WinPLOTR

WinPLOTR is a software to plot powder diffraction patterns. It can be used to plot raw or normalized data files coming from neutron and X-ray diffractometers (conventionnal or synchrotron radiation) as well as as Rietveld files created by the Fullprof refinement program.
WinPLOTR can also be used as a Graphical User Interface for several programs used frequently in powder diffraction data analysis (ex: FullProf, DicVOL ...).

The main capabilities of the WinPLOTR software are the following:

• several data file format (neutron, RX, synchrotron, time of flight)
• choice of X_space:
  • 2theta (deg) / Time of flight (microseconds) / Energy (KeV)
  • Q (A-1) = 4pi . sin(Theta) / lambda
  • d (A)
  • sin(Theta) / lambda (A-1)
  • s = 1/d (A-1) = 2 * sin(Theta) / lambda
• graphic options: cursor, zoom ...
• plot options:
  • change colors, markers type and size, styles...
  • shifts data
  • hidden parts management
  • 3D lines
• select and save points with the mouse
• automatic peak search
• automatic profile fitting
• save Bragg peaks positions as DICVOL input file
• automatic background points search
• calculation: summation, difference, smoothing, derivative curves
• profile fitting procedure
• Fullprof files (.PRF):
  • (hkl) information (by clicking on reflexions)
  • (hkl) listing
• edit .PCR Fullprof input files
• Graphical User Interface for external programs (ex: FullProf, Dicvol, Mendel, SuperCELL, TREOR) and user defined programs
• save patterns plots as .WPL files
• save settings
• Colored PostScript file, HPGL files
• users'guide on line

The program WinPLOTR can be freely distributed without restrictions only within the scientific community. Industrial or commercial institutions have to contact directly with the author for using the program.