Satoshi' Tanaka's ideas on the Space Example and Training kits
(1) As for the Space example, it is nice to create some fine
visualization outputs as a part of achivements of the workshops.
The outputs will really appeal to people, and can be used for Geant4
propaganda
The following formats of outputs are convenient for the propaganda.
(A) High-quality PostScript files
(B) VRML 1.0/2.0 files for Web
If the geometry of the Space example already exists, all we have
to do beforehand are:
(a) Install DAWN to the working machine(s) at the workshop.
I have already installed DAWN and DAWNCUT (for cut view) in
/afs/cern.ch/sw/contrib/DAWN/bin/Linux
according to Guy's guidance.
(b1) Install Mesa, the free OpenGL, to the working machine(s) at
the workshop. It seems that the directory /afs/cern.ch/sw/contrib/Mesa
is still empty. It is hard to install Mesa from Japan remotely.
I hope someone at CERN will do it before the workshop.
Mesa is essentially required by most of G4 visualization drivers.
(Mesa 3.2 is included the recent RedHat Linux distribution.)
(b2) Install VRMLview (VRML-file viewer) to the worling machine(s)
at the workshop.
I will install it to /afs/cern.ch/sw/contrib/DAWN/bin/Linux on Monday.
Or one can obtain the Linux binary from
http://www.sim.no/downloads.html
Note that VRMLview needs Mesa libraries to be installed.
(2) As for the training kit, it is nice to consider the following items.
(A) Tutorial of finding incorrectly overlapping volumes with DAVID.
(B) How to generate geometry tree using John Allison's implementation.
(C) Link the contents of the training kit to the User's Guide.
For the above, the preparatoin should be:
(a1) Install DAVID to the working machine(s) at the workshop.
I have already installed DAVID
/afs/cern.ch/sw/contrib/DAWN/bin/Linux .
(a2) Prepare an example of incorrectly overlapping volumes beforehand.