diff --git a/data/EBSD3/SimulatedMultiPhase.h5 b/data/EBSD3/SimulatedMultiPhase.h5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..291536914
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/EBSD3/SimulatedMultiPhase.h5 differ
diff --git a/data/summary.txt b/data/summary.txt
index aa6f19a24..f1eb07b3b 100644
--- a/data/summary.txt
+++ b/data/summary.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ alphaBetaTitanium EBSD EDXLMDTi64.cpr
 testgrains grain2d     testgrains.mat
 NeperGrain3d grain3d   ..
 dubnaODF   SO3Fun      ..
+xnovo      EBSD3       SimulatedMultiPhase.h5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/mtexdata.m b/tools/mtexdata.m
index dc70261f2..758234bc4 100644
--- a/tools/mtexdata.m
+++ b/tools/mtexdata.m
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 % read list of all available sample data
 list = readtable(fullfile(mtexDataPath,'summary.txt'),'ReadRowNames',true);
 
-type2var = containers.Map({'PoleFigure', 'EBSD', 'grain2d','SO3Fun','grain3d'}, {'pf','ebsd','grains','odf','grains'});
+type2var = containers.Map({'PoleFigure', 'EBSD', 'EBSD3','grain2d','SO3Fun','grain3d'}, {'pf','ebsd','ebsd3','grains','odf','grains'});
 
 if nargin < 1
 
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@
 % change warning to error to make it catchable
 w = warning('error','MATLAB:load:cannotInstantiateLoadedVariable');
 try
-  
   matFile = fullfile(mtexDataPath,[ lower(name) '.mat']);
+  assert(~check_option(varargin,'force'));
   load(matFile,'out');
-
 catch
  
   fName = fullfile(mtexDataPath,type,char(list(name,:).files));
@@ -87,6 +86,14 @@
   
   switch type
 
+
+    case 'EBSD3'
+      switch name
+        case 'xnovo'
+          out = loadEBSD_xnovo(fName);
+      end
+
+
     case 'grain3d'
       switch name
         case 'NeperGrain3d'