[Gate-users] Unable to Complete Test Simulation

[Amy Meldrum]

There is absolutely no way to see tracks on visualization anymore? I hope
there is, as I am very interested in that part of the visualization for my
research. Having an image with tracks would be most desired.

-Amy


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Marc Chamberland <
MarcChamberland at cmail.carleton.ca> wrote:

>  Hi Amy,
>
>  I'm not sure if there is any way to see the tracks anymore. The
> visualization used to auto-update, but this was taken out a few versions
> ago. Now, you have to use /gate/geometry/rebuild to refresh your
> visualization. This might be why you are not seeing any tracks. Of course,
> once your simulation is done, it's too late to give the rebuild command.
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
>
>  As for the output containing nothing, I suggest you try the PET
> benchmark macro, but change the acquisition time to only 1 second (so you
> don't wait hours for it to run). This should generate a small Root file. If
> this works, then I would not worry about the example.
>
>  Marc
>
>
>
>  __________________________
>
>  Marc Chamberland, MSc
> PhD candidate
> Department of Physics
> Carleton University
> Ottawa (ON)
>
>  On 2013-08-21, at 1:37 PM, Amy Meldrum <ameldru at g.clemson.edu>
>  wrote:
>
>  Hello all,
>
>
>  I am a beginner and I was trying to work through the example simulation
> given in the beginning of the GATE v6.2 User's Guide. I am currently using
> vGATE. I was able to follow the example all the way up until the end. After
> setting "/gate/application/setTotalNumberOfPrimaries 100" and then
> "/gate/application/start" I get the following message:
>
>
>  [Acquisition-0]
> [Acquisition-0]=========Source Initialization=========
>  [Acquisition-0]
>  [Acquisition-0]=========Acquisition starts!==========
>  [Acquisition-0] Simulation start time = 0 sec
>  [Acquisition-0] Simulation end time  = 1 sec
>  [Acquisition-0] Simulation will have   = 1 run(s)
>  [Acquisition-0]
>  [Acquisition-0] Slice 0 from 0 to 1 s [slice=1 s], final stop at 1 s.
>  WARNING: G4VisManager::EndOfEvent: Automatic event keeping suspended.
> The number of events in the run exceeded the maximum, 100, that can be
> kept by the vis manager.
> The number of events kept by the vis manager can be changed with
> "/vis/scene/endOfEventAction accumulate <N>", where N is the maximum number
> you wish to allow. N < 0 means "unlimited".
> 100 events have been kept for refreshing and/or reviewing
>
>
>
>  Also, none of the output data files generated contain anything, nor does
> the visualization show any tracks, like Figure 1.8 does in the User's Guide.
>
>
>  Any help? I would like to know that I am able to run this example before
> creating my own simulations.
>
>  Thank you,
>
>  Amy
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