[Gate-users] Cold source in Gate 6.1 issue with physical volume creation

[Simon Stute]

Hi,

/gate/run/initialize AFTER the volume definitions, and BEFORE the source
definitions.

Simon

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Emmanuel BRARD <
emmanuel.brard at iphc.cnrs.fr> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to simulate a cold source using the example given in the
> documentation. But I get the following error about the confinement :
>
> [G4] Confirming activity forbidden in volume 'ColdVolume_phys'...
> [G4]  **** Error: Volume does not exist ****
> [G4]  Ignoring forbid condition for volume 'ColdVolume_phys'
>
> Which seems a bug to me if the physical volume associated is indeed not
> created.
>
> Here it the code used :
> GATE version name: gate_v6.1
>
> /gate/world/daughters/name ColdVolume
> /gate/world/daughters/insert cylinder
> /gate/ColdVolume/vis/forceWireframe
> /gate/ColdVolume/vis/setColor green
> /gate/ColdVolume/geometry/setRmax 5.0 mm
> /gate/ColdVolume/geometry/setHeight 2. mm
>
> /gate/source/addSource number1
> /gate/source/number1/setActivity 100000. becquerel
> /gate/source/number1/gps/particle gamma
> /gate/source/number1/setType backtoback
> /gate/source/number1/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/number1/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/number1/gps/radius 15.0 mm
> /gate/source/number1/gps/halfz 5.0 mm
> /gate/source/number1/gps/centre 0. 0. 0. cm
> /gate/source/number1/gps/monoenergy 511. keV
> /gate/source/number1/gps/angtype iso
>
> /gate/source/number1/dump 1
>
> /gate/source/addSource number2
>
> /gate/source/number2/setActivity 100000. becquerel
> /gate/source/number2/gps/particle gamma
> /gate/source/number2/setType backtoback
> /gate/source/number2/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/number2/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/number2/gps/radius 5.0 mm
> /gate/source/number2/gps/halfz 1.0 mm
> /gate/source/number2/gps/centre 0. 0. 0. cm
> /gate/source/number2/gps/monoenergy 511. keV
> /gate/source/number2/gps/angtype iso
> /gate/source/number2/gps/Forbid ColdVolume
> /gate/source/number2/dump 1
>
>
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