DREAM.3D is an open source, cross-platform and modular software package that allows users to reconstruct, instantiate, quantify, mesh, handle and visualize multidimensional, multimodal data. The core software package has many major functionalities, including:
- Import a series of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) data files (either TSL .ang or HKL .ctf) or images (.bmp, .jpeg, .tif or .png) as a 3D volume and export the data packed into a single HDF5 data file in order to reduce data size and clutter
- Alignment, cleaning, reconstruction, segmentation and analysis of imported data
- Statistics, either synthetically created or from real data, can be used to generate a statistically equivelent material structure
- Reconstructed and synthetic volumes can be surfaced meshed to allow export into FEM or other simulations.
The above items represent only a subset of the specific capabilities of DREAM.3D. In general, DREAM.3D can be considered a generic tool for processing multidimensional, multimodal data. The main DREAM.3D web site has more information on the project, in addition to official binary distributions and example data files. DREAM.3D is built with a Plugin system that allows other institutions to build additional Filters using their own programming resources and intellectual property and still protect those rights under the BSD license.
DREAM.3D is open-source and available under a BSD license. See the Resources/DREAM3D/DREAM3DLicense.txt file that comes with the project for more information.
For information on building DREAM.3D and all its necessary dependencies, see the Documentation/Developer/ directory.
Please consider signing up for the DREAM.3D Users Google group! It's the fastest way to ask your DREAM.3D questions, get help with using DREAM.3D, and connect with both developers and the community at large. If you are interested in contributing to the DREAM.3D project, also sign up to the DREAM.3D Developers Google group to get help with compiling and adding to DREAM.3D. If you find an error with DREAM.3D or want to request a new feature, please open up an issue.
Please reference the Contributing file for more information on contributing to the DREAM.3D project.
Nightly snapshot builds are available for download here. These binaries are built every night from the head of the develop branch, and may have bugs or other instabilities.
Parts of DREAM.3D were written under US Air Force (AFRL) Contract FA8650-07-D-5800 and Naval Research Labs (NRL) Contract N00173-07-C-2068. Many others have contributed to the code including the following (non-exhaustive) list:
- BlueQuartz Software (http://www.bluequartz.net)
- US Air Force Research Laboratory (Materials Directorate)
- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- US Naval Research Laboratory
- The Ohio State University
- Dr. Michael A. Groeber (VC, CC)
- Dr. Adam Pilchak (VC, CC)
- Dr. Megna Shah (VC, CC)
- Dr. Michael Uchic (VC)
- Dr. Chris Woodward (VC)
- Mr. Michael A. Jackson (VC, CC)
- Dr. Sean P. Donegan (VC, CC)
- Dr. Dennis Dimiduk (VC)
- Mr. Joseph B. Kleingers (CC)
- Ms. Sally Connell
- Dr. Megna Shah (VC, CC)
- Dr. Somnath Ghosh (VC)
- Dr. Tony Rollett (VC, CC)
- Dr. Greg Rohrer (CC)
- Dr. Marc De Graef (CC)
- Dr. Sukbin Lee (CC)
- Dr. Joseph C. Tucker (VC, CC)
- Dr. Lisa Chan (CC)
- Dr. Stephen Sintay (CC)
- Dr. Abhijeet Brahme (CC)
- Dr. David Saylor (CC)
- Dr. Joe Fridy (CC)
- Dr. Patrick Callahan (CC)
- Dr. Shlomo Taasan (CC)
- Dr. Dave Rowenhorst (VC, CC)
- Mr. William Lenthe (VC, CC) (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Mr. Matthew Priddy (CC) (Georgia Tech University)
- Mr. Jarrell Waggoner (CC) (Univ. South Carolina)