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The SLIC simulator package uses a low-level XML data format while the reconstruction uses a smaller, more targetted format called the "compact description". Using a compact geometry in the simulator requires converting it to LCDD first.
Building and Running GeomConverter
- Follow the instructions in Building org.lcsim software to build the GeomConverter package.
- Run the application
This command displays a simple GUI for running the application where the target format can be selected along with the Input and Output files.No Format maven run
Building and Running a GeomConverter distribution
Command Syntax
The full syntax for running GeomConverter is
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GeomConverter [-o format] [<infile> [<outfile>]]
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If no output file is specified the GUI will be displayed. If no format is given the format will be guessed based on the output file.
Running the Converter
- After building GeomConverter, run this command to convert a compact detector file to LCDD
- Go to the GeomConverter directory and build a distribution in place.
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- Run the compact to LCDD converter using the script.
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Command Syntax
The full syntax for running GeomConverter is
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GeomConverter [-o format] [<infile> [<outfile>]]
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Running in SLIC
The output LCDD file det.lcdd can be used as input to SLIC, which might look like this.
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