====== File formats ======
The following list contains the different file formats you may run into while working with the [[software:start|MGC software]]. Most of them are text files (ASCII-based), some are image files.

  * [[fileformat:edf|edf]] | diffraction images, with a header including the omega angle. Be careful, you might be generating gigabytes of data!
  * [[fileformat:tif|tif]] | diffraction images in TIFF format. Be careful, you might be generating gigabytes of data!
  * [[fileformat:flt|flt]] | peaks, as you would get them from a peak searching routine and that can be loaded in ImageD11.
  * [[fileformat:gff|gff]] | a file containing grain information, 1 grain on each line
  * [[fileformat:gve|gve]] | a list of g-vectors, as you should see them in an experiment. The peaks are transformed into scattering vectors (g-vectors). This file can be used for indexing in either GrainSpotter or ImageD11- index.
  * [[fileformat:ini|ini]] | a sample input file for indexing with [[software:grainspotter|GrainSpotter.]] Using the .gve file is written. It will then be possible to try the GrainSpotter indexing program immediately.
  * [[fileformat:ubi|ubi]] | a list of the UBi matrices of the simulated grains. Grain orientations as inv(U*B).
  * [[fileformat:ref|ref]] | reflection files (one per grain) having all the information about the reflections.
  * [[fileformat:par|par]] | the input parameters for PolyXSim written in the par format of for [[software:ImageD11|ImageD11]].
  * [[fileformat:inp:basic|inp]] | the input file for [[software:polyxsim|PolyXSim]].
  * [[fileformat:cif|cif]] | a standard file structure for the archiving and distribution of crystallographic information.