<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Gate-users,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am trying to figure out the minimum amount of lines I need to put in the macro file in order to generate a root file with 'hits' in it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As far a I understand from the manual the macro I pasted below should work. I get no errors, but also no output.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would you please let me know what I'm missing?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dmitry</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># GEOMETRY<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""><br class="">/gate/geometry/setMaterialDatabase data/GateMaterials.db<br class=""><br class=""># World<br class="">/gate/world/geometry/setXLength 50 cm<br class="">/gate/world/geometry/setYLength 50 cm<br class="">/gate/world/geometry/setZLength 50 cm<br class="">/gate/world/setMaterial Air</pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">#system<br class="">/gate/world/daughters/name scanner<br class="">/gate/world/daughters/insert box<br class="">/gate/scanner/geometry/setXLength 20 cm<br class="">/gate/scanner/geometry/setYLength 3 cm<br class="">/gate/scanner/geometry/setZLength 20 cm<br class="">/gate/scanner/placement/setTranslation 0.0 0.0 0.0 cm<br class="">/gate/scanner/setMaterial Air<br class="">/gate/scanner/vis/setVisible 1<br class="">/gate/scanner/vis/setColor cyan<br class=""><br class="">#sensor<br class="">/gate/scanner/daughters/name sensor1<br class="">/gate/scanner/daughters/insert box<br class="">/gate/sensor1/geometry/setXLength 20 cm<br class="">/gate/sensor1/geometry/setYLength 1 cm<br class="">/gate/sensor1/geometry/setZLength 20 cm<br class="">/gate/sensor1/setMaterial Silicon<br class="">/gate/sensor1/placement/setTranslation 0.0 0.0 0.0 cm<br class="">/gate/sensor1/vis/setVisible 1<br class="">/gate/sensor1/vis/setColor yellow<br class="">/gate/systems/scanner/level1/attach sensor1<br class="">/gate/sensor1/attachCrystalSD</pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># PHYSICS<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""><br class="">/gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BERT_EMV<br class=""></pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">/gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion world 1 mm<br class="">/gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion world 1 mm<br class="">/gate/physics/Positron/SetCutInRegion world 1 mm</pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">/gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion scanner 0.1 mm<br class="">/gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion scanner 0.1 mm<br class="">/gate/physics/Positron/SetCutInRegion scanner 0.1 mm</pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess HadronIonisation proton<br class=""></pre><div class=""><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(74, 92, 110); font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace; font-size: 9.8pt;" class="">#==================================================<br class=""># OUTPUT<br class="">#==================================================<br class="">/gate/output/root/enable<br class="">/gate/output/root/setFileName TrackerHits<br class="">/gate/output/root/setRootHitFlag 1<br class="">#/gate/output/tree/addFileName TrackerHits.root<br class="">#/gate/output/tree/hits/enable<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># INITIALISATION<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""><br class="">/gate/run/initialize<br class=""><br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># BEAMS<br class="">#=====================================================<br class="">/gate/source/addSource PBS PencilBeam<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setParticleType proton<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setEnergy 250.0 MeV<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setSigmaEnergy 1.0 MeV<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setPosition 0 250 0 mm<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setSigmaX 2 mm<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setSigmaY 2 mm<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setSigmaTheta 3 mrad<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setSigmaPhi 3 mrad<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setEllipseXThetaEmittance 15 mm*mrad<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setEllipseYPhiEmittance 15 mm*mrad<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setRotationAxis 1 0 0<br class="">/gate/source/PBS/setRotationAngle 90 deg<br class="">/gate/application/setTotalNumberOfPrimaries 100<br class=""><br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># VISUALISATION<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""><br class="">/control/execute mac/visu.mac<br class=""><br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""># START BEAMS<br class="">#=====================================================<br class=""><br class="">/gate/random/setEngineName MersenneTwister<br class="">/gate/random/setEngineSeed 123456<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">/gate/application/noGlobalOutput<br class="">#/gate/application/setTotalNumberOfPrimaries 200<br class="">/gate/application/start</pre><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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