New Capabilities for 2024
To enhance the value of the PDF® Databases, ICDD has incorporated many new developments for the 2024 product release. Every year, we listen to our customers to create a better product for you. Below are just some of the many value-added developments designed to make the ICDD products more functional and powerful for 2024.
New Formula Fields
![Formula Fields Formula Fields](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Formula-Fields.png)
Ideal Formula: Describes the general chemistry of the compound, especially in cases of minerals and solid solutions. Minor substituents or variations may be ignored in this representation.
Analytical Formula: Based on experimental elemental analysis, such as XRF and microprobe analysis. This formula is descriptive and represents a composition derived based on experimental measurements.
Optimized Element Searches
![Optimized Element Searches Optimized Element Searches](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Optimized-Element-Searches.png)
PDF Card Features
![PDF Card Features PDF Card Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PDF-Card-Features.png)
- New arrow buttons allow the user to quickly traverse through the search results table
- Mouse wheel option
Graphing Features
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![Graphing Features Graphing Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Graphing-Features.png)
- Automatic vertical zooming
- Gradient color fill option
- Raw data (PD3 patterns) in search results*
- Diffraction pattern preview when dragging and dropping*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
2D Structure Templates*
![2D Structure Template 2D Structure Template](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Unknown.png)
- Used for 2D structure and substructure searches
- 200 templates available
- Use as starting structure or complete structure
- Search by template name
*Only available in PDF-5+ databases
3D Structure Features
![3D Structure Features 3D Structure Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3D-Structure-Features.png)
- Export 3D structure animation to a GIF file*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
SAED Simulation Features
![SAED Simulation Features SAED Simulation Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SAED-Simulation-Features.png)
- Added support for importing Gatan *.dm3 files*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
SIeve/SIeve+ Features
![SIeve:SIeve+ Features SIeve:SIeve+ Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SIeveSIeve-Features.png)
- Support for new file formats
- Rigkau *.asc
- Rigkau *.rasx
- Hide irrelevant matches
- Supports NIST SRM 660c as an internal standard
- Single peak search
- Select peak using the mouse
- Search strong or long lines
- User-defined error window
- Useful for trace phase analysis
2D Diffraction Features*
![2D Diffraction Features 2D Diffraction Features](https://www.icdd.com/./wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2D-Diffraction-Features.png)
- 2D images are dynamically displayed when importing multiple files
- Red vertical line indicates progress of pattern integration
- Thumbnail preview images
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases