The xorient program calculates the orientation of a boule based on Microdiffraction X-Ray data and generates CNC paths for EDM cuts from the boule. The calculations involved where derived by Ganesh Rathinam as part of his Masters Project. This document is available separately.
To run xorient you must have the soft/qt module loaded. Use the following commands:
module load soft/qt xorient
Xorient in installed on twain, schmid, moire, tesla, instron and ampere.