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Accurate shapes of the accessible reciprocal-space region for non-coplanar Bragg and Laue geometries are given. Vector formulae for finding these regions and for experimental geometry calculations for obtaining diffraction from any accessible (using a given wavelength) reciprocal node are presented. A method for converting these formulae to scalar equations is proposed. Solutions are given and illustrated as three-dimensional figures in reciprocal space.