[mcstas-users] First release candidate of McXtrace xray tracing software package.

[Erik Bergbäck Knudsen]

Hello everyone,

The McXtrace developer team is happy to report that the first official
alpha-release, mcxtrace-0.9alpha of our software is finally out. 

You can get the installer packages from http://download.mcxtrace.org.

Installation via the binary distributions for Ubuntu (> =9.10), Mac OS
X and Windows is generally recommended. On the Unix-like platforms,
the code should peacefully co-exist with McStas - this is known NOT to
be the case on Windows. 

For more information check the wiki at www.mcxtrace.org. Any reports of
bugs, problems or indeed successes are much appreciated!

Documentation is pending, but under way.

The McXtrace component includes 21 components:

misc/Progress_bar.comp

monitors/E_monitor.comp
monitors/L_monitor.comp
monitors/PSD_monitor.comp
monitors/PSD_monitor_4PI.comp

optics/Arm.comp
optics/Lens_elliptical.comp
optics/Lens_parab.comp
optics/Lens_simple.comp
optics/Mirror_curved.comp
optics/Mirror_elliptic.comp
optics/Mirror_parabolic.comp
optics/Slit.comp
optics/Slit_N.comp

samples/Powder_N.comp
samples/Saxs_spheres.comp

sources/Source_div.comp
sources/Source_flat.comp
sources/Source_gaussian.comp
sources/Source_lab.comp
sources/Source_pt.comp


On behalf of the McXtrace team,

Erik Knudsen

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