diff --git a/processing/pre/OIMlinear2linearODF.py b/processing/pre/OIMlinear2linearODF.py
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index d50c07a37..000000000
--- a/processing/pre/OIMlinear2linearODF.py
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@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
-
-import os,sys
-from optparse import OptionParser
-import numpy as np
-import damask
-
-scriptName = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
-scriptID   = ' '.join([scriptName,damask.version])
-
-sampleSym = {  'Orthotropic'  : (90,90,90),
-               'Triclinic'    : (360,180,360)
-            }
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-#                                MAIN
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-parser = OptionParser(option_class=damask.extendableOption, usage='%prog options [file[s]]', description = """
-Transform the binned texture data from "TSL OIM Analysis" into linear ODF data,
-
-""", version = scriptID)
-
-parser.add_option('-s', '--symmetry', dest='symmetry', choices=sampleSym.keys(),
-                  metavar = 'string',
-                  help='Sample symmetry {%s} [Triclinic]'%(' '.join(sampleSym.keys())))
-                                     
-parser.set_defaults(symmetry = 'Triclinic')
-
-(options,filenames) = parser.parse_args()
-
-#--- setup file handles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-files = []
-if filenames == []:
-  files.append({'name':'STDIN',
-                'input':sys.stdin,
-                'output':sys.stdout,
-                'croak':sys.stderr,
-               })
-else:
-  for name in filenames:
-    if os.path.exists(name):
-      files.append({'name':name,
-                    'input':open(name),
-                    'output':open(name+'_tmp','w'),
-                    'croak':sys.stdout,
-                    })
-
-#--- loop over input files ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-for file in files:
-  file['croak'].write('\033[1m' + scriptName + '\033[0m: ' + (file['name'] if file['name'] != 'STDIN' else '') + '\n')
-
-  while True:                                                                                       # read header (forward and get bin Size)
-    line = file['input'].readline()
-    words = line.split()
-    if len(words)>=3:
-      if words[1]=='Bin' and words[2]=='Size:': binSize=float(words[3][:-1])
-    if not line.startswith('#'): break
-
-  delta = [sampleSym[options.symmetry][i]/binSize for i in xrange(3)]
-
-  nPhi1,nPHI,nPhi2 = map(int,delta)
-  dPhi1,dPHI,dPhi2 = [sampleSym[options.symmetry][i]/delta[i] for i in xrange(3)]
-
-  N = (nPhi1-1)*(nPHI-1)*(nPhi2-1)
-
-
-  ODF = [[[[None] for k in range(nPhi2)] for j in range(nPHI)] for i in range(nPhi1)]
-  linear = [None]*N
-
-  ODF = np.empty([nPhi1,nPHI,nPhi2],'d')
-
-  for iPhi1 in range(nPhi1):
-    for iPHI in range(nPHI):
-      for iPhi2 in range(nPhi2):
-        ODF[iPhi1,iPHI,iPhi2] = float(line.split()[3])*0.125                                      # extract intensity (in column 4) and weight by 1/8
-        line = file['input'].readline()
-
-  for iPhi1 in range(nPhi1-1):
-    for iPHI in range(nPHI-1):
-      for iPhi2 in range(nPhi2-1):
-        linear[iPhi1*(nPHI-1)*(nPhi2-1)+iPHI*(nPhi2-1)+iPhi2] =\
-          ODF[iPhi1  ,iPHI  ,iPhi2  ] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1  ,iPHI  ,iPhi2+1] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1  ,iPHI+1,iPhi2  ] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1  ,iPHI+1,iPhi2+1] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1+1,iPHI  ,iPhi2  ] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1+1,iPHI  ,iPhi2+1] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1+1,iPHI+1,iPhi2  ] +\
-          ODF[iPhi1+1,iPHI+1,iPhi2+1]
-
-
-  file['output'].write('4 header\n')
-  file['output'].write('limit phi1 %-6.2f Phi %-6.2f phi2 %-6.2f\n'%sampleSym[options.symmetry])
-  file['output'].write('delta phi1 %-6.2f Phi %-6.2f phi2 %-6.2f\n'%(dPhi1,dPHI,dPhi2))
-  file['output'].write('centration cell-centered\n')
-  file['output'].write('density\n')
-
-  for i in range(N):
-    file['output'].write('%g\n'%(linear[i]))
-  
-#--- output finalization -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-  if file['name'] != 'STDIN':
-     file['output'].close()
-     os.rename(file['name']+'_tmp',os.path.splitext(file['name'])[0] +'.linearODF')