Re: VMC news

 Hi Rene,

 Ok, I will have to update Geant4 VMC for  this as it wont't compile now.
 We have defined more enums in vmc which do not  follow Root conventions:
 TMCParticleType.h
 TMCProcess.h
 TPDGCode.h
 Do you want to clenup these, too?

 Ivana

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On Thu, 19 May 2005, Rene Brun wrote:



> Hi Ivana,

> 

> Note that I have renamed the 3 enums in TMCOptical.h

> from TMCOpSurfacexxx to EMCOpSurfacexxx to follow the ROOT

> naming conventions.

> 

> Rene

> 

> On Thu, 19 May 2005, Ivana Hrivnacova wrote:

> 

> > 

> > Dear all,

> > 

> > There have been added in VMC new functions for definition of

> > surfaces  and material properties for optical physics:

> > TVirtualMC:

> >    virtual void  DefineOpSurface(...);

> >    virtual void  SetBorderSurface(...);

> >    virtual void  SetSkinSurface(...);

> >    virtual void  SetMaterialProperty(...);

> > TVirtualMCApplication:

> >    virtual void  ConstructOpGeometry() {}

> > 

> > These new functions make possible to set materials and surfaces

> > properties for optical physics in Geant4; this new setting has no

> > impact for Geant3. They complete already existing TVirtualMC function

> > SetCerenkov() which stays as before.

> > 

> > All settings via these new functions, as well as via

> > SetCerenkov  have to be done in the new VMC application

> > function ConstructOpGeometry() instead of ConstructGeometry().

> > In case of Geant3, it does not matter, but in case of Geant4

> > this is necessary.

> > 

> > There is also added a new VMC example (E06),

> > which redefines via VMC Geant4 novice example N06 demonstrating

> > optical photon generation and transport.

> > 

> > Besides that, there is added visualization settings for G3+TGeo

> > (examples E02, E03) and demonstration on including own user Geant4

> > physics list (E03).

> > 

> > All is available in the development versions (CVS head)

> > of Root, geant3 and geant4_vmc.

> > 

> > Best regards,

> > 

> > Ivana

> > 

> > 

>