XDAMP is a principal program designed to aid in electrical engineering applications that are comprised of two-dimensional waveforms and various other images. Although XDAMP is one of many graphical user interfaces (GUI) available, XDAMP characteristically uses the Interactive Data Language (IDL) as a processing engine and therefore increases accessibility from various platforms ranging from Windows to UNIX.

The structure of XDAMP's latest release, version 4.122, supports user ease and concurrently application accuracy. For example, once data files are opened, xdamp proceeds to create waveform/image buttons and subsequently operator buttons enabling one to accurately manipulate waveforms and images that can be eventually saved in HDF, EPS, JPEG, GIF or PICT formats. Notably, xdamp is capable of manipulating images in space and amplitude as well as time and amplitude.

Besides typical time shifting, adding, multiplying and integration operations, XDAMP also allows mirroring, rotation through arbitrary angles, histogram equalization, and Leefiltering. By facilitating various High Performance Electrical Modeling and Simulation (HPEMS) projects at Sandia National Laboratories, XDAMP has heightened the potential and efficiency of electrical simulations.