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ExportGeometry v1

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ExportGeometry dialog.

Summary

Extract components from larger in-memory instrument, save as IDF style xml

Properties

Name Direction Type Default Description
InputWorkspace Input Workspace Mandatory Workspace containing the instrument to be exported
EulerConvention Input string YZY Euler angles convention used when writing angles. Allowed values: [‘ZXZ’, ‘XYX’, ‘YZY’, ‘ZYZ’, ‘XZX’, ‘YXY’, ‘XYZ’, ‘YZX’, ‘ZXY’, ‘XZY’, ‘ZYX’, ‘YXZ’]
Components Input str list   Comma separated list of instrument component names to export
Filename Input string Mandatory Save file. Allowed extensions: [‘.xml’]

Description

This algorithm is intended to write out portions of an instrument’s geometry in the Instrument Definition File xml format. The resulting file is meant to be copied by-hand into a geometry file, the output is not a useable IDF as written.

The main use of this algorithm is if the instrument geometry is calibrated in mantid, this algorithm can be used to help get the information back into the initial instrument definition file.

Usage

LoadEmptyInstrument(Filename="NOMAD_Definition.xml",
                    OutputWorkspace="NOM_geom")
import mantid
filename=mantid.config.getString("defaultsave.directory")+"NOMgeometry.xml"
ExportGeometry(InputWorkspace="NOM_geom",
               Components="bank46,bank47",
               Filename=filename)
import os
if os.path.isfile(filename):
    print("File created: True")

Output:

File created: True

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | Utility\Instrument