[Gate-users] How to compile a new geometry class?

[Andreas Menzel]

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the hint. But, as we are still trying to figure out which 
type/dimensions etc. of collimator to use, we don't have a CAD model yet.

Also, the GDML I made using a Python script defines essentially a 
tessellated solid, so technically the difference should not be too big.

Best regards,

Andreas


Am 01.06.2017 um 10:27 schrieb Andrew Nixon:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Just to add a third option to your list: if you have a CAD model of your collimator you can import it directly into Gate as a tessellated solid via an .STL file.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew.
>
> Andrew Nixon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gate-users [mailto:gate-users-bounces at lists.opengatecollaboration.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Menzel
> Sent: 01 June 2017 08:40
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> Subject: [Gate-users] How to compile a new geometry class?
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> Dear Gate community,
>
> probably this has been asked before, but it seems I cannot use the mailing list's archive.
>
> So, can someone please tell me where to find instructions on how to compile a newly added class in Gate? I don't seem to find it in the online documentation, either.
>
> To be specific, I am supposed to do a simulation which contains a rather complex collimator. As the Gate scripting language does not seem to support what I am trying to do, I decided to use two different ways and try out which one works better: The first one is to use Geant4's boolean solids and do subtractions of geometry primitives. The second would be to load a GDML file containing the geometry which also can be done in Geant4. I only started the first one and I wrote a Gate geometry class and a messenger connected to it as well as the necessary header files.
>
> Now, is there some template makefile / CMakeLists.txt I could use to actually compile these and test them? Or do I just put the sources into the location of the other Gate sources and re-make the whole thing so that the new files are compiled?
>
> Thanks for your help!
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> Andreas Menzel
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