assembly.C

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/// \file
/// \ingroup tutorial_eve
/// Geometry detector assembly example
///
/// Modified to save the assembly as shape-extract.
/// 1. Run `root assembly.C`
///    This will produce assembly.root containing the extract.
/// 2. Display the assembly as:
///    `root show_extract.C("assembly.root")`
///
/// \image html eve_assembly.png
/// \macro_code
///
/// \author Andrei Gheata

void assembly()
{
//--- Definition of a simple geometry
   gSystem->Load("libGeom");
   auto geom = new TGeoManager("Assemblies",
      "Geometry using assemblies");
   Int_t i;
   //--- define some materials
   auto matVacuum = new TGeoMaterial("Vacuum", 0,0,0);
   auto matAl     = new TGeoMaterial("Al", 26.98,13,2.7);
   //--- define some media
   auto Vacuum = new TGeoMedium("Vacuum",1, matVacuum);
   auto Al = new TGeoMedium("Aluminium",2, matAl);

   //--- make the top container volume
   auto top = geom->MakeBox("TOP", Vacuum, 1000., 1000., 100.);
   geom->SetTopVolume(top);

   // Make the elementary assembly of the whole structure
   auto tplate = new TGeoVolumeAssembly("TOOTHPLATE");

   Int_t ntooth = 5;
   Double_t xplate = 25;
   Double_t yplate = 50;
   Double_t xtooth = 10;
   Double_t ytooth = 0.5*yplate/ntooth;
   Double_t dshift = 2.*xplate + xtooth;
   Double_t xt,yt;

   auto plate = geom->MakeBox("PLATE", Al, xplate,yplate,1);
   plate->SetLineColor(kBlue);
   auto tooth = geom->MakeBox("TOOTH", Al, xtooth,ytooth,1);
   tooth->SetLineColor(kBlue);
   tplate->AddNode(plate,1);
   for (i=0; i<ntooth; i++) {
      xt = xplate+xtooth;
      yt = -yplate + (4*i+1)*ytooth;
      tplate->AddNode(tooth, i+1, new TGeoTranslation(xt,yt,0));
      xt = -xplate-xtooth;
      yt = -yplate + (4*i+3)*ytooth;
      tplate->AddNode(tooth, ntooth+i+1, new TGeoTranslation(xt,yt,0));
   }

   auto rot1 = new TGeoRotation();
   rot1->RotateX(90);
   TGeoRotation *rot;
   // Make a hexagone cell out of 6 toothplates. These can zip togeather
   // without generating overlaps (they are self-contained)
   TGeoVolume *cell = new TGeoVolumeAssembly("CELL");
   for (i=0; i<6; i++) {
      Double_t phi =  60.*i;
      Double_t phirad = phi*TMath::DegToRad();
      Double_t xp = dshift*TMath::Sin(phirad);
      Double_t yp = -dshift*TMath::Cos(phirad);
      rot = new TGeoRotation(*rot1);
      rot->RotateZ(phi);
      cell->AddNode(tplate,i+1,new TGeoCombiTrans(xp,yp,0,rot));
   }

   // Make a row as an assembly of cells, then combine rows in a honeycomb
   // structure. This again works without any need to define rows as
   // "overlapping"
   auto row = new TGeoVolumeAssembly("ROW");
   Int_t ncells = 5;
   for (i=0; i<ncells; i++) {
      Double_t ycell = (2*i+1)*(dshift+10);
      row->AddNode(cell, ncells+i+1, new TGeoTranslation(0,ycell,0));
      row->AddNode(cell,ncells-i,new TGeoTranslation(0,-ycell,0));
   }

   Double_t dxrow = 3.*(dshift+10.)*TMath::Tan(30.*TMath::DegToRad());
   Double_t dyrow = dshift+10.;
   Int_t nrows = 5;
   for (i=0; i<nrows; i++) {
      Double_t xrow = 0.5*(2*i+1)*dxrow;
      Double_t yrow = 0.5*dyrow;
      if ((i%2)==0) yrow = -yrow;
      top->AddNode(row, nrows+i+1, new TGeoTranslation(xrow,yrow,0));
      top->AddNode(row, nrows-i, new TGeoTranslation(-xrow,-yrow,0));
   }

   //--- close the geometry
   geom->CloseGeometry();

   TEveManager::Create();

   auto node = gGeoManager->GetTopNode();
   auto en   = new TEveGeoTopNode(gGeoManager, node);
   en->SetVisLevel(4);
   en->GetNode()->GetVolume()->SetVisibility(kFALSE);

   gEve->AddGlobalElement(en);

   gEve->Redraw3D(kTRUE);

   en->ExpandIntoListTreesRecursively();
   en->Save("assembly.root", "Assembly");
}