Workflow Guide

This page is the roadmap for the whole GUI. It shows the usual analysis order and links to the dedicated page for each workflow.

Analysis tabs

Recommended order

For most datasets, the recommended order is:

Load file(s)
   |
   v
Tip Area Function
   |
Frame compliance
   |
Hardness / Young's modulus
   |
   +--> Creep
   +--> Tip Radius
   |      |
   |      +--> Pop-in
   \--> Classification

[Export / save available after results]

Not every project needs every branch. Many users stop after TAF, frame compliance, and hardness/modulus analysis, then save or export the results.

Why this order

Start with Tip Area Function when you need a calibrated area function for later workflows.
Use Frame Compliance next whenever the target workflow needs frame compliance correction.
Use Hardness and Young’s Modulus after TAF and frame compliance are ready, because it is the main downstream analysis step for many datasets.
Use Creep after Hardness and Young’s Modulus in the usual workflow, because creep analysis needs a material Young’s modulus input.
Use Pop-in after TipRadius, because pop-in analysis needs a calibrated tip radius.
Continue to TipRadius or Classification only if your project needs those later analyses.

Export results

After checking the results and plots, the GUI supports:

exporting results to xlsx
exporting results to hdf5

The exported hdf5 result files use pandas/PyTables format, which can be opened by tools such as ViTables. Creep-rate exports include the per-test columns time[s], equiv stress[GPa], and creep rate[s-1].

Save sessions

If you want to continue the work later, the GUI supports:

saving sessions
reloading saved sessions