Geometry working group
Work items for 2003
Dates assigned to items are to be considered just indicative.
Items marked with 
refer to new developments.
Items marked with 
will involve contribution
from external sources interested in the project.
Items marked with 
will require coordination
with more than one Working Group.
- Solids and volumes:
- Twisted trapezoid shape
by November 30th, 2003
- Reflection of parameterised volumes and reflection-factory enhancement
by October 31st, 2003
- Divisions [design and implementation]
by May 31st, 2003
- Handling of specific overlapping support structures
(limited MANY functionality) [feasibility study]
by July 31st, 2003
- Redesign of G4Sphere and testing on tolerances for
spherical/cylindrical surfaces
by September 30th, 2003
- Enhancements to tools for detection of overlapping volumes
by May 31st, 2003 (UI commands)
by November 30th, 2003 (OLAP tool)
- BREPS testing: specific shapes and advanced constructs
- Biasing:
- Weight-window biasing
by June 30th, 2003 (weight roulette)
by October 31st, 2003 (weight window)
- Advanced example for importance biasing
by May 31st, 2003
- Tallies:
- Analysis and design iteration
by October 31st, 2003
- Navigation & Transportation:
- Abstract navigator and transportation [design and prototype implementation]
by October 31st, 2003
- Magnetic field & propagation:
- Redesign of propagation in field
by October 31st, 2003
- Use of safety in G4PropagatorInField and
G4ChordFinder
by May 31st, 2003
- Tests and enhancement of performance for propagation in field
by October 31st, 2003
- Visualization of field's lines
by November 30th, 2003
- General code review and improvements:
- Code cleanup for code duplication and headers inclusions
by November 30th, 2003
- Enhancements in automatic detection of illegal
geometry constructions
by May 31st, 2003
- URD revision:
- Completion of detailed URD document
by September 30th, 2003
- Routine activities
- Testing suite for solids (CSG/specific/Boolean/BREPS)
Extend SBT/Fred to all solids, possible improvement in the
area of graphics/GUI
- Improve testing and documentation
- Software Process Improvement
- Traceability:
- Generate map of unit tests <> classes/functionalities <> use cases
- Generate map of system tests <> use cases
25 March 2003,
GC