One holistic way to view a reciprocal lattice (or subset thereof) without the requirement for 3-d or moving frames is with a pole figure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_figure See Palmer & Ladd for a better discussion. I don't know what software can make a pole figure, though. James On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > Hello ccp4 & phenix BB members, > > I would like to view the intensity-weighted reciprocal lattice for several > data sets that I have collected. (The data have been indexed, integrated and > scaled with Denzo and Scalepack.) I was wondering if anyone could offer some > advice on what might be the best and/or most practical way to do this? > > I know that there are several programs out there that can generate sections > (i.e. 0,k,l) of the reciprocal lattice, such as LABELIT and xrayplot. Are > there any other options for doing this, perhaps within ccp4 and/or phenix? I > once saw someone give a presentation and they had a little video that showed > a three dimensional section of the reciprocal lattice rocking back and forth, > which was really cool. I liked this because I felt like it gave a much more > holistic representation as opposed to viewing a bunch of individual sections. > I don't know if there is an easy way to do this, or if this person somehow > managed to create this 3D depiction from a series of sections. > > Any tips or recommendations would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > -- > Michael C. Thompson > > Graduate Student > > Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Division > > Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry > > University of California, Los Angeles > > mi...@chem.ucla.edu
