I have scanned some of my experimental surfaces using Zeta and Alicona optical profilometers. Is there any opensource software to perform measurement of areal texture parameters on the output files of these instruments.
PS: I have take readings of major areal texture parameters from these instruments. I am expecting that such software will allow me to analyse more areal texture parameters than those given in the interface of the above mentioned profilometers.
Hi Jithin,
I could try to open your file on the commercial software Vision 64 from Bruker, which does a good job for surface areal analysis. Just to see if it works for you.
You should take a look at Gwyddion (http://gwyddion.net/). It contains pretty much all the tools and filters for surface analysis.
The user community is quite active if you need advice or support.
Hi Dr. Melentiev,
Thank you for your help. I am attaching the file here. Kindly check and let me know if the software you mentioned works with this file.
Hi Dr. Lengaigne,
Thank you for your valuable suggestion. I have used Gwyddion. However, I found only a few areal texture parameters that could be evaluated using this software. I will check in its user community to make sure if I have not missed something.
I converted .al3d to .sdf using Gwyddion and then opened the file in Vision (see attached). Is there any particular areal parameter you are interested in?
Hi Dr. Melentiev,
I would like to express my gratitude that you took so much effort in helping me. From the image you attached, it feels that this software is exactly what I required. I was especially interested in Summit density (Sds) or peak count (Pc), which is given by this software. Thanks a lot for this.
I checked the software homepage. As you said, it is a commercial software. Being a student, I cannot make a purchase of the software. Is there any way I can use the software on a trial basis? Please let me know if you know something regarding this.
Best regards,
Jithin
Dr. Blateyron,
Yes, I am using the trial version of MountainsMap software currently. I found it very helpful.
Your works on areal texture parameters are my major references in my current work. Thank you for those too.
Regards,
Jithin
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Ruslan Melentiev Jithin Sundaresan, I have one query related to the measurement of the surface texture of the polymer. Is it possible to measure the surface texture of the polymer with the help of Zeta and Alicona optical profilometer? or I will face issues due to the optical transparency of polymer.
Swarup S. Deshmukh, I have seen the roughness of glass slide via optical interferometre.
Hi Swarup, one of my colleagues who had an issue in scanning surface texture of a transparent material using Alicona, found better results in Zeta. However, she have said the best results she obtained was using atomic force microscopy. I'm not sure how much helpful it is in your case.
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