SLIC FAQ

This is an FAQ for the SLIC simulator package and related content. See also the org.lcsim Frequently Asked Questions

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SLIC FAQ

General

Obtaining and Building

Commands

LCIO

Physics

Magnetic Field

Geometry

Visualization

Event Generation

Random Engine

Grid

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Are there any papers or writeups about SLIC
At what sites is SLIC installed
How can I change the physics list
How can I dump information about my LCIO file from the command line
How can I get help on the command line interface
How can I get help on the macro commands
How can I make SLIC look for XML schemas in a local directory
How can I print information about the current event generator
How can I run SLIC at FNAL
How can I run SLIC at NICADD
How can I run SLIC at SLAC
How can I set the directory for the random dumps
How do I activate or deactivate certain Geant4 processes
How do I append to an existing LCIO file
How do I automatically delete an existing LCIO file
How do I automatically name an LCIO file
How do I build a SLIC binary using SimDist
How do I build CLHEP
How do I build GDML
How do I build Geant4
How do I build LCDD
How do I build LCIO
How do I build LCPhys
How do I build SLIC from scratch
How do I build Xerces
How do I cause slic to fail if it finds an existing LCIO file
How do I change the delta of intersection with the chord for the field stepper
How do I change the delta of one step for the field stepper
How do I change the magnetic field stepper used by Geant4
How do I checkout SLIC from CVS
How do I check the LCDD geometry for errors
How do I create a dipole using the compact description
How do I create an event with two or more different particles using the GPS
How do I create a simple solenoid using the compact description
How do I create a solenoidal field map using the compact description
How do I create full detector geometry files from the compact description
How do I dump a GDML file of the current geometry using SLIC
How do I dump the state of the CLHEP random engine
How do I find out what version of Geant4 I am running
How do I find out what version of SLIC I am running
How do I install the XML schemas to a local directory
How do I load back the state of the random engine that I dumped previously
How do I print some information about various Geant4 and SLIC data objects at runtime
How do I print the table of defined materials
How do I rebuild the Geant4 visualization libraries
How do I reset an event source to the first record
How do I run a file with Geant4 macro commands
How do I run a SLIC Linux binary on SL5
How do I run in batch mode
How do I run in interactive mode
How do I run SLIC from the command line
How do I set the CHBIT_LONG flag to store explicit hit positions
How do I set the CHBIT_PDG flag to store each individual MCParticle contribution in a hit
How do I set the minimum tracking distance using Geant4 commands
How do I set the name of the LCIO file
How do I set the number of events to run
How do I set the output path for LCIO files
How do I set the random seed
How do I set the run number
How do I setup the public and private keys from a Grid certificate
How do I skip events in a StdHep file
How do I submit a batch job using LSF
How do I use an LCIO file as my event source
How do I use a StdHep file as my event source
How do I use the General Particle Source (GPS) as my event source
How do I use the LCG grid
How do I use the OSG Grid
How do I use the particle gun as my event source
How do I visualize with DAWN
How do I visualize with HepRep and WIRED
How do I visualize with OpenGL
How do I visualize with OpenInventor
How do I visualize with ROOT
How do I visualize with VRML
Is there a forum for issues related to SLIC
Is there a mailing list for announcements about SLIC
Is there an online CVS for SLIC
Is there a wiki about SLIC
What are SLIC's external dependencies
What command line options does SLIC support
What event generators are available from within SLIC
What GUIs are available for SLIC
What is GDML
What is GeomConverter
What is LCDD
What is LCDetectors
What is LCIO
What is LCPhys
What is SimDist and why should I use it
What is SLIC
What is the compact description
What is the default physics list
What operating systems and compilers are supported by SLIC
What other Geant4 physics lists does SLIC support
What other simulators use LCPhys
What should I do when I get an error message about missing Geant4 data files
What tools will I need to build SLIC
Where are Powerpoint presentations about SLIC
Where are the SLIC release notes
Where can I download SLIC binaries
Where can I find analysis results that were based on SLIC
Where can I find full detector geometry files in the compact description
Where can I get example macro files
Where can I get some example LCDD files
Where can I report bugs in SLIC
Where is the online code documentation for SLIC
Where is the SLIC homepage
Where is the SLIC manual
Who is the primary maintainer of SLIC