====== PyCifRW ====== //PyCIFRW// provides support for reading and writing [[fileformat:cif|CIF (Crystallographic Information Format)]] files using Python. It was developed at the Australian National Beamline Facility (ANBF), run by the Australian Synchrotron Research Program (ASRP), as part of a larger project to provide CIF input/output capabilities for data collection. It is now (Jan 2015) maintained and developed within the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). It is available at [[https://pypi.org/project/PyCifRW/]] //PyCIFRW// is used by [[software:polyxsim|PolyXSim]] to simulate multigrain diffraction based in a CIF file input. CIF-based input will not work if you do not have this python package installed.