diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
index d3cb2d50d..29a8b8852 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromTable.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ for name in filenames:
     for l in [options.quaternion,options.phase,options.microstructure]:
         if l is not None: labels.append(l)
 
-    geom = damask.Geom.load_table(name,options.pos,labels)
+    t = damask.Table.load(name)
+    geom = damask.Geom.from_table(t,options.pos,labels)
     damask.util.croak(geom)
 
     geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else os.path.splitext(name)[0]+'.geom',compress=False)
diff --git a/python/damask/_configmaterial.py b/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
index 2d897e79f..a7ecec108 100644
--- a/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
+++ b/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from . import grid_filters
 from . import Config
 from . import Lattice
 from . import Rotation
-from . import Table
 
 class ConfigMaterial(Config):
     """Material configuration."""
@@ -27,13 +26,13 @@ class ConfigMaterial(Config):
 
 
     @staticmethod
-    def load_table(fname,coordinates=None,constituents={},**kwargs):
+    def from_table(table,coordinates=None,constituents={},**kwargs):
         """
         Load from an ASCII table.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        fname : str, file handle, or damask.Table
+        table : damask.Table
             Table that contains material information.
         coordinates : str, optional
             Label of spatial coordiates. Used for sorting and performing a
@@ -50,11 +49,12 @@ class ConfigMaterial(Config):
         --------
         >>> import damask
         >>> import damask.ConfigMaterial as cm
-        >>> damask.Table.load('small.txt')
+        >>> t = damask.Table.load('small.txt')
+        >>> t
             pos  pos  pos   qu   qu    qu    qu   phase    homog
         0    0    0    0  0.19  0.8   0.24 -0.51  Aluminum SX
         1    1    0    0  0.8   0.19  0.24 -0.51  Steel    SX
-        >>> cm.load_table('small.txt','pos',{'O':'qu','phase':'phase'},homogenization='homog')
+        >>> cm.from_table(t,'pos',{'O':'qu','phase':'phase'},homogenization='homog')
         material:
           - constituents:
               - O: [0.19, 0.8, 0.24, -0.51]
@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ class ConfigMaterial(Config):
             homogenization: SX
 
         """
-        t = Table.load(fname)
         if coordinates is not None:
-            t = t.sort_by([f'{i}_{coordinates}' for i in range(3,0,-1)])
+            t = table.sort_by([f'{i}_{coordinates}' for i in range(3,0,-1)])
             grid_filters.coord0_check(t.get(coordinates))
+        else:
+            t = table
+
         constituents_ = {k:t.get(v) for k,v in constituents.items()}
         kwargs_       = {k:t.get(v) for k,v in kwargs.items()}
 
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ class ConfigMaterial(Config):
                 fraction: 1.0
                 phase: Aluminum
             homogenization: SX
-        
+
         """
         c = [{'constituents':u} for u in ConfigMaterial._constituents(**constituents)]
         for k,v in kwargs.items():
diff --git a/python/damask/_geom.py b/python/damask/_geom.py
index 7a5b20fcc..eb4dd055e 100644
--- a/python/damask/_geom.py
+++ b/python/damask/_geom.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from . import environment
 from . import VTK
 from . import util
 from . import grid_filters
-from . import Table
 from . import Rotation
 
 
@@ -246,14 +245,14 @@ class Geom:
 
 
     @staticmethod
-    def load_table(fname,coordinates,labels):
+    def from_table(table,coordinates,labels):
         """
         Load an ASCII table.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        fname : str, file handle, or damask.Table
-            Table that contains geometry information.
+        table : damask.Table
+            Table that contains material information.
         coordinates : str
             Label of the column containing the spatial coordinates.
         labels : str or list of str
@@ -261,16 +260,15 @@ class Geom:
             Each unique combintation of values results in a material.
 
         """
-        table = (fname if isinstance(fname,Table) else Table.load(fname)). \
-                sort_by([f'{i}_{coordinates}' for i in range(3,0,-1)])
+        t = table.sort_by([f'{i}_{coordinates}' for i in range(3,0,-1)])
 
-        grid,size,origin = grid_filters.cell_coord0_gridSizeOrigin(table.get(coordinates))
+        grid,size,origin = grid_filters.cell_coord0_gridSizeOrigin(t.get(coordinates))
 
         labels_ = [labels] if isinstance(labels,str) else labels
-        _,unique_inverse = np.unique(np.hstack([table.get(l) for l in labels_]),return_inverse=True,axis=0)
+        _,unique_inverse = np.unique(np.hstack([t.get(l) for l in labels_]),return_inverse=True,axis=0)
         ma = unique_inverse.reshape(grid,order='F') + 1
 
-        return Geom(ma,size,origin,util.execution_stamp('Geom','load_table'))
+        return Geom(ma,size,origin,util.execution_stamp('Geom','from_table'))
 
 
     @staticmethod