Welcome to the ESRF home page of
ANA-ROD
On these web pages you can find documentation about and download the latest
versions of the ANA, AVE and ROD programs originally
written by Elias Vlieg (e.vlieg@science.ru.nl) for MS-DOS and later modified at
the ESRF in order to run on different operating systems as well. They are
available for MS Windows (using gcc with
MinGW-w64 or Microsoft's Visual
C++) and for Linux 64 bit.
There are two different distributions available, one "standard" that is up to
date with the latest version of Elias Vlieg, and one "extended" where additional
features have been incorporated.
Development of the extended version has been discontinued, because standard
version 1.6 introduced extensive changes to the code that made it incompatible
with the extended version. However, this frozen version is and will remain
available for download, as it contains features that might still be useful.
WINROD
The ANAROD programs have a terminal-based command-line interface. This is mainly
for historical reasons, but it is also quite easy to adapt the interface to
modified functionalities of the ANAROD programs. In addition, it provides the
experienced user with a fast and efficient way of processing data. However, its
many options distributed over several layers of sub-menus make it difficult for
the new or casual user to understand and use.
To improve this situation, many users have asked for a graphical user interface
(GUI). Thanks to the work of Daniel Kaminski, there is now a GUI for the Windows
version of ROD.
It can be downloaded directly from the "WinRod download" link on his
web page.
These web pages are divided into the following categories:
Information and manuals for the standard version
Information and manuals for the extended version
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Download pages
For easier navigation between the pages use the menu on the left.
News 11/07/2019:
A new standard version of ANAROD (version 1.7) has been released with the
following features:
ROD:
- add liquid layer to model that contributes only to specular rod
- include dispersion correction in atomic scattering factors and all
corresponding calculations
- add handling of fit parameter constraints
- add option to generate SHELX .res file for plotting of disorder
ellipsoid
- add option to give different weight to specular data
- add option to do dynamical calculation of specular reflection
- change default extension of molecule file from "mol" to "moc"
- add line in molecule file with starting positions and rotations of
molecule
Plot routines:
- add thickness control parameters for plotting curves and lines
For details, see the latest version of the ROD manual.
Last updated on 26/09/2019