Diamond Version 4 Download Area

Download Diamond Version 4.6.8

Diamond version 4 is distributed as a self-extracting executable file (*-Setup.exe). It is provided with online-help, a user manual/tutorial, the "Crystallography Open Database" (COD) as well as several sample files.

The software package provided below can either be used:

1. to install the Diamond demonstration version,
2. to install the Diamond full version for the electronic delivery option,
3. or to install an updated version, if you do not use the "automatic online update" function.

The download package contains a general license file that lets Diamond run as demonstration version only. In order to turn Diamond into a full version, you have to obtain a special license file that you typically receive per e-mail when you purchase a software license for Diamond with the "electronic delivery option". (The special license file will replace the general license file with the instructions provided with this e-mail.)

Note: If you have ordered the Diamond installation package on a software DVD (rather than downloaded from here), the special license file is already included in this package.

Registration

If you are interested in the free-of-charge demo version, we would appreciate very much if you register for our mailing list. Although this is not mandatory for downloading the software from below, we would like to be able to inform you by e-mail when updated versions have become available.

Restrictions of the demonstration version
The DIAMOND demonstration version is identical with the full version except of the following restrictions:

• No saving: Changes in structure documents cannot be saved in the original file formats of Diamond 3, 4, and 5 (the Diamond Document format, "diamdoc") and the Diamond Structure File format ("DSF"), which has been used by earlier versions of Diamond.
• Banner: A banner with "Diamond Demonstration Version" will be written into saved bitmaps, Windows Metafiles, and printouts.

Readme / Installation Instructions
April 2, 2022

Download Diamond Version 4.6.8 (Diamond-4.6.8-Setup.exe)
[706,771,336 bytes]     April 2, 2022

Important notes for using the download package to update Diamond to a newer version
This information is for customers who want to update their Diamond version but do not use the "online update" function (or where the online update has failed for whatever reason).

1. Before you start the installation after successful download, make a backup copy of your license file "yourlicense.lic", which is located in the Diamond program directory, by default: "C:\Program Files\Diamond 4".
2. Uninstall your current Diamond 4.x version. Otherwise the installer will throw a message that "another version of the product is already installed" on your computer. (Your personal/latest Diamond settings keep stored in the Windows registry.)
3. Install Diamond (which contains only the general demonstration license file).
4. After successful installation re-copy your backuped license file into the Diamond program directory in order to re-enable the full functionality.

Previous version
If you encounter trouble with the latest version of Diamond, you can download a previous version from here. (Don't forget to backup your license file "yourlicense.lic" when you uninstall and re-install Diamond.)

Crystallography Open Database (COD)
A comprehensive (though not up-to-date: March 2012) version of the "Crystallography Open Database (COD)" is included in the Diamond software package, amongst them data from "American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database" (AMCSD) as well as from International Union of Crystallography" (IUCr) journals.

In this context, we would like to thank Pete Strickland (IUCr), Armel Le Bail (COD) and Bob Downs (AMCSD) for their kind permission to download and distribute their data free-of-charge!

POV-Ray

Download POV-Ray (povwin-3.7-agpl3-setup.exe)
[31,273 KByte]  October 28, 2014

Please note:
(1) The POV-Ray editor (to edit, change, render, and debug POV-Ray 3D scene files) uses a different license type and is thus not included in the above mentioned software package. The last step in the installation procedure will point you to a POV-Ray web page where you can download the POV-Ray editor from. We strongly recommend to install this editor, too, even if you do not intend to edit or debug POV-Ray scene files. Otherwise you will receive a prompt whenever Diamond starts a POV-Ray rendering job and the command "Tools/POV-Ray/Launch Environment..." fails or shows an auxiliary POV-Ray window where you cannot edit the POV-Ray scene file.
(2) You should run POV-Ray separately before you make the first POV-Ray rendering job from Diamond. Otherwise Diamond may have trouble locating the POV-Ray executable "pvengine[64].exe" on your hard disk.

User Manual

Download User Manual in English, Version 4.6 (manual.pdf)
[7,061,425 bytes]       August 27, 2019

Please note: All manuals/tutorials have been checked and proofread by the authors each - but mistakes in translation, errors and typos cannot be avoided!