  Several visualization schemes have been developed for imaging materials at
the atomic level through atom probe tomography. The main shortcoming of these
tools is their inability to parallel process data using multi-core computing
units to tackle the problem of larger data sets. This critically handicaps the
ability to make a quantitative interpretation of spatial correlations in
chemical composition, since a significant amount of the data is missed during
subsequent analysis. In addition, since these visualization tools are not
open-source software there is always a problem with developing a common
language for the interpretation of data. In this contribution we present
results of our work on using an open-source advanced interactive visualization
software tool, which overcomes the difficulty of visualizing larger data sets
by supporting parallel rendering on a graphical user interface or script user
interface and permits quantitative analysis of atom probe tomography data in
real time. This advancement allows materials scientists a codesign approach to
making, measuring and modeling new and nanostructured materials by providing a
direct feedback to the fabrication and designing of samples in real time.
