Re: GEANT3 to ROOT files

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Thu Jul 01 1999 - 18:22:43 MEST


Michael Katz-Hyman wrote:
> 
> Thanks:
> 
> Is there a GEANT Fortran call that would basically accomplish the same
> thing. I want to be able to start the FORTRAN event display, have it draw
> the detector, dump the geometry file, convert it to a ROOT geometry file,
> edit it from there.
> 

Yes, you can also do it in Fortran.
In your Geant program, add the following statement after your already
existing statement
    call ggclos
the following line
    call grfile(21,'detector.geom','ON')

Rene Brun

> Thanks
> Michael Katz-Hyman
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Rene Brun wrote:
> 
> > Hi Michael,
> > You can convert a Geant geometry to Root geometry with the following
> > steps
> >  1- run the interactive version of Geant and type the command;
> >         Geant > rz/file 21 detector.geom on
> >     This produces a Zebra RZ file detector.geom.
> >
> >  2- run the g2root program in $ROOTSYS/bin/g2root
> >        g2root detector.geom detector.C
> >     this converts the Zebra RZ file into a Root macro detector.C
> >
> >  3- run the following Root session;
> >     Root > .x detector.C
> >     Root > detector.Draw()
> >     Root > c1.x3d()    (this invokes the 3-d Root viewver)
> >     Root > TFile f("detector.root","NEW")  //open a new root file
> >     Root > detector.Write()                //Write the geometry
> > structure
> >     Root > f.Write()
> >
> > Note that the TNode structure currently in Root was not designed
> > as a replacement for a true geometry package. The idea was mainly to
> > draw
> > simple geometries in event display programs.
> > We are currently investigating several alternatives for a true &
> > efficient
> > geometry package supporting;
> >   - a disk data base with storage of multiple geometry versions
> >   - an interactive editor and viewer
> >      - with 3-d views
> >      - but also 2-d cut views
> >   - with interfaces to existing or future MC such as Geant3 or Geant4
> >
> > Rene Brun
> >
> >
> > Michael Katz-Hyman wrote:
> > >
> > > I am aware of those programs.
> > >
> > > Out old event display is written in Fortran and GEANT and our geometries
> > > are half way hard-coded into the FORTRAN.  Under ROOT you can move in the
> > > ROOT Canvas to save as a macro under the file menu.  Is there a GEANT
> > > routine that would essentially do the same for volumes created by GEANT?
> > >
> > >         Thanks
> > >         Michael Katz-Hyman
> > >
> > > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Valeri Fine (Faine) wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are many ways to do this depends of your goals.
> > > >
> > > > Go to
> > > >
> > > > http://root.cern.ch/root/Search.phtml
> > > >
> > > > and look for "g2root" and "gh2root"
> > > >
> > > > An example of another "home-made, but still ROOT-based" solution is present
> > > > on:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/html/comp_l/root/html/St_geom_Maker.html
> > > >
> > > >   With my regards,
> > > >                                 Valery
> > > >
> > > >
> >



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