[Gate-users] Gate v6.2 Source setRotationAxis

[Sonoko Nakano]

Hello Gate users,

I tried to attach the source to a volume and rotate the volume. But the source is not rotated.
Can someone help me?


## PHANTOM                                                          
## Create the phantom volume                                        
##############################################################      
/gate/world/daughters/name Phantom1                                
/gate/world/daughters/insert cylinder                              
/gate/Phantom1/geometry/setRmax 5  mm                              
/gate/Phantom1/geometry/setRmin 0. mm                              
/gate/Phantom1/geometry/setHeight 6.3 cm                                            
/gate/Phantom1/setMaterial Air
#/gate/Phantom1/vis/setColor white                                  
#/gate/Phantom1/vis/forceSolid


## D E F I N E  T H E  S O U R C E
#############################################################
/gate/source/addSource SourceConfinement
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/type Volume    
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/shape Cylinder 
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/radius 1 mm
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/halfz 31.5 mm
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/centre 0. 0. 0. mm
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/particle gamma
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/energy 140. keV
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/setActivity 2400000 Bq
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/angtype iso

/gate/source/SourceConfinement/attachTo Phantom1      #<----- attach to the volume

/gate/Phantom1/placement/setRotationAxis 1 0 0       #<----- rotate the volume
/gate/Phantom1/placement/setRotationAngle 90 deg     #<----- rotate the volume
/gate/source/SourceConfinement/visualize 5000 red 2


When I view the volume (called Phantom1), it is rotated.
But when I view the source, it is not rotated. 

Thank you,

Sonoko



----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Chamberland" <MarcChamberland at cmail.carleton.ca>
To: "Sonoko Nakano" <snakano at sfu.ca>
Cc: "Gate Users" <gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:25:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Gate-users] Gate v6.2 Source setRotationAxis

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can use these commands with a source. 


You have to use the Geant4 General Particle Source (gps) commands to position a source. 


See the Geant4 gps user's manual here: http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps/new_gps_sum_files/gps_sum.htm 




But I believe a simpler alternative is to attach the source to a volume and place (or move) the volume as you wish. 




Marc 






__________________________ 


Marc Chamberland, MSc PhD candidate 
Department of Physics 
Carleton University 
Ottawa (ON) 


On 2013-08-19, at 2:18 PM, Sonoko Nakano < snakano at sfu.ca > 
wrote: 


Hello Gate users, 

My computer is MacBook Pro(Mac OSX), and I am using gate v6.2. 

When I use /gate/source/[source name]/setRotationAxis 1 0 0 
/gate/source/[source name]/setRotationAngle 90 deg 

I got an error message: 

***** COMMAND NOT FOUND </gate/source/[source name]/setRotationAxis 1 0 0 > ***** 

Can someone help me? 

Thank you, 

Sonoko 
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