CATIA-GDML geometry builder

Due to conceptual difference between geometry descriptions in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems and particle transport Monte Carlo (MC) codes direct conversion of detector geometry in either direction is not feasible. An original set of tools has been developed for building a GEANT4/ROOT compatibl...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 331; no. 3; pp. 032035 - 6
Main Authors Belogurov, S, Berchun, Yu, Chernogorov, A, Malzacher, P, Ovcharenko, E, Semennikov, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 23.12.2011
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CAD
Computer aided design
Construction
Descriptions
Design engineering
Direct conversion
Exchange
Geometry
Packages
Physics
Transport
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Summary:Due to conceptual difference between geometry descriptions in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems and particle transport Monte Carlo (MC) codes direct conversion of detector geometry in either direction is not feasible. An original set of tools has been developed for building a GEANT4/ROOT compatible geometry in the CATIA CAD system and exchanging it with mentioned MC packages using GDML file format. A Special structure of a CATIA product tree, a wide range of primitives, different types of multiple volume instantiation, and supporting macros have been implemented.
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ISSN:1742-6596
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1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/331/3/032035