MTEX User Group

Aim

The aim of the the MTEX User Group is to support anyone at Manchester who uses or will be using MTEX to analyse their EBSD, X-ray, Synchrotron or Neutron Diffraction data. We aim to do this by;

Supporting new users with more documentation and example code. The documentation will be collated on this LightForm Wiki page. Example code will be included in the documentation, either written within the page, or as links to a GitHub repository.
Keeping up-to-date with the latest methods for complex analyses. Every month we will have a presentation from one of our users about how they are using MTEX to analyse their data, or to present a particular MTEX concept, to provide the group with greater insight into the MTEX features. We also aim to foster collaboration within the group, by discussing what projects our users are currently working.
Helping troubleshoot users problems. There will be support provided during the meeting, to see if our user group can offer any solutions to solve the problem. We also have a #mtex Slack channel where users can post their issues for input from the entire group.

Useful Links

MTEX User Group Support

LightForm Wiki : We will record documentation about particular analyses that have been done at Manchester on the Wiki. This will be continually updated. Example code will be included in the documentation, either written within the page, or as links to a GitHub repository. We hope that this will provide a resource for new users to quickly get up to speed with MTEX and to build on what has already been done at Manchester. We also encourage our users to contribute their novel techniques to the documentation on the main MTEX site.
Presentations and Meeting Minutes : We will keep a record of any previous meeting’s presentations and minutes on Dropbox.
#mtex Slack Channel : Our #mtex Slack Channel is hosted by the EBSD User Group, please click on the link to join. Please post any questions or updates related to MTEX here and our users will be quick to respond to help out.

MTEX Support

There also currently exists great suppoort and documentation from Ralf and the wider MTEX community.

MTEX Website : This is the best resource to learn about MTEX, there is a great amount of documentation and examples available and the site is being continually updated.
MTEX Forum: Please sign up to the MTEX GitHub forum, where you can view a record of past issues from the wider MTEX community. You can also opt to receive email updates containing a summary of users issues and Ralf’s solutuions. Note, this was recently moved from the previous Google Forum.
MTEX Community Scripts : A collection of MTEX scripts from the wider community is now being shared and collated on GitHub Gist. This is a good place to check out more complex analysis code.

Meetings

The MTEX User Group meeting will be held once a month at 10.00am - 11.00am, with the aim to share our MTEX analyses in a relaxed and informal environment. The meetings consist of;

A presentation from one of our users that will introduce a new analysis, concept, or way of working with MTEX. The presentation can be in any format, such as powerpoint or even working through some example code. Please let us know if you would like to present at the next meeting.
An overview of current projects will share what everyone is currently working on and provide opportunity for users to help each other out and collaborate.
A troubleshooting session will give an opportunity to discuss any problems, allowing other users to suggest their solutions, or an ‘expert’ can nominate themselves to take a look after the meeting.

The meeting calendar can be viewed here - https://lightform-group.github.io/wiki/

Meeting Record

22-07-2020 : ‘MTEX User Group Introduction’ by Christopher Daniel and ‘Using MTEX to Visualise Crystal Orientations’ by Nick Byres

19-08-2020 : ‘Slicing EBSD Maps and Separating Different Texture Components’ by Nick Byres.

16-09-2020 : ‘Separating Data based on Grain Orienration’ and ‘Understanding Dominant Slip Mechanisms using MTEX’ by Mia Maric

14-10-2020 : ‘Novel Ways to Present and Analyse Data in MTEX with Additional Plots’ by Sam Armson

11-11-2020 : TBC

Organisers

The current organisers of the MTEX User Group are: Christopher Daniel - christopher.daniel@manchester.ac.uk, Wayne Heatman - wayne.heatman@manchester.ac.uk and Nick Byres - nicholas.byres@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.

Please feel free to contact us if you have something interesting to present at our next meeting, would like to be part of the organisisng team, or if you need help contributing to this Wiki.