[Gate-users] Did not understand the command /gate/volume1/surfaces/surface1/setSurfacename surfacename

[Vesna Cuplov]

Hello,

If you define the surface between your PMT(cylinder) and the SPECThead as
your detecting surface, you
need to do the following:

Definition of the surface going from specthead (Sensitive detector volume)
towards pmt:

/gate/SPECThead/surfaces/name                           Detection
/gate/SPECThead/surfaces/insert                           pmt

(Your entire SPECThead is your sensitive detector? You did not define any
crystal or pixel levels?*)*

/gate/SPECThead/surfaces/Detection/setSurface
your_detecting_surface

You can also define the surface going from your pmt towards spect_head
which is not the same as
the previous surface.

Let me know how it goes.
vesna



On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM, open researcher <
openresearcher90 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gate users!
>
> I am trying to detect Optical photons (generated
> from scintillating crystal) in PMTs.
> I have defined PMTs as cylindrical volume with glass as material.
> As it is mentioned in Gate users guide, for detection of   optical photons
> one should use a dielctric -metal surface,
>  I have defined the surface between PMT volume and SPECThead volume with
> REFLECTIVITY 0.05 and EFFICIENCY 0.95.
>
> In users guide it is mentioned that 'To load properties from the
> surface.xml file into the newly created surface, the name of the surface
> properties that should be read must be given to the surface' using command
>                             /gate/volume1/surfaces/surface1/setSurfacename
> surfacename
> But I am getting an error  'COMMAND NOT FOUND
> </gate/pmt/surfaces/surface1/setSurfacename di_metal>' (di_metal is the
> name of the surface, pmt is volume). If I don't use this
> command, simulation is running without any error, but I am not able to get
> image.
> Any help ?
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
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