Overview
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.
Command Syntax
The full syntax for running GeomConverter is
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GeomConverter [-o format] [<infile> [<outfile>]] |
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.
where VERSION corresponds to the build version, e.g. 1.11-SNAPSHOTNo Format java -jar ./target/bin/GeomConverter-VERSION-bin.jar -o lcdd compact.xml det.lcdd
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Windows users need to run GeomConverter.bat from the Windows command prompt instead of the GeomConverter script. |
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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slic -g det.lcdd -z -n |