Getting started¶

Source Code¶

First of all, download the source code of the Matlab toolbox.

To have more details about the use of the toolbox, please have a look to :

README.txt

Run the following Matlab script and answer ‘y’ or ‘yes’ to add path to the Matlab search paths:

path_management.m

The Matlab function used to set the Matlab search paths is: path_management.m

Run one of these Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) to play with the toolbox.

Matlab function	Features	YAML config. file
demo	Start and run other GUIs.
EBSD map GUI	Analysis of slip transmission across GBs for an EBSD map.	config_gui_EBSDmap_defaults.yaml
Bicrystal GUI	Analysis of slip transfer in a bicrystal.
preCPFE_SX	Preprocess of CPFE models for indentation or scratch in a SX.	config_CPFEM_defaults.yaml
preCPFE_BX	Preprocess of CPFE models for indentation or scratch in a BX.	config_CPFEM_defaults.yaml
GBinc	Calculation of grain boundaries inclination.

Figure 3 The different GUIs of the STABiX toolbox.

Note

‘SX’ is used for single crystal and ‘BX’ for bicrystal.

“YAML is a human friendly data serialization standard for all programming languages.”

Default YAML configuration files, stored in the folder yaml_config_files, are loaded automatically to set the GUIs :

You have to set your own YAML configuration files, by following instructions given in this README.

Warning

If you create your own YAML configuration files after running STABiX, you have to run again the path_management.m Matlab function.

For some options and functions implemented in the STABiX toolbox, you have to download and to install the MTEX Toolbox.

If the OpenGL rendering is not satisfying, you can modify the corresponding option in the config.yaml file.