columx

2.3.6

Advanced electron optics simulation platform for TEM/STEM/SEM column design

Published
July 4, 2026
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ColumX License
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Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Shuimu Scientific. All rights reserved.

ColumX is dual-licensed:

1. COMMUNITY EDITION — GNU General Public License v3 (GPL v3)
   The Community Edition (modules: constants, paraxial, glaser, ray3d,
   source, wave, field, instruments) is free software: you can redistribute
   it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
   as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
   License, or (at your option) any later version.

   See the full GPL v3 text at: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

2. PROFESSIONAL / ENTERPRISE EDITION — Commercial License
   All other modules (aberration, lens_cascade, crystal, multislice, stem,
   cbed, eels, hrtem, dpc, multipole, column, electrostatic_paraxial,
   coulomb, deflection, fem2d, abtem_interface, gui, api, web) require a
   commercial license from Shuimu Scientific.

   For licensing inquiries: contact@columx.com | https://columx.com/pricing

3. PATENT NOTICE
   The following inventions are patent-pending and are NOT covered by the
   GPL v3 license above:
   (a) Adaptive-power hybrid Seidel/Glaser aberration computation
   (b) Kirkland scattering factor multi-crystal potential calculation
   (c) Conrady multi-lens cascade aberration propagation

   Use of these inventions in derivative works requires a separate patent
   license agreement.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
Versions
7 versions
VersionLicensePublishedStatus
2.3.6 Latest ViewingGPL-3.0-onlyJul 4, 2026 Scanned
2.3.5 GPL-3.0-onlyJul 4, 2026 Scanned
2.3.4 GPL-3.0-onlyJun 28, 2026 Scanned
2.3.3 GPL-3.0-onlyJun 28, 2026 Scanned
2.3.2 GPL-3.0-onlyJun 28, 2026 Scanned
2.3.1 MITJun 26, 2026 Scanned
2.3.0 MITJun 26, 2026 Scanned