7. Some useful UI commands

To initialize the project

/run/initialize # The first step for any project

For .mac

./virus macro.mac -i # Will execute the macro and then open interactive session

For materials list

/material/nist/listMaterials # List all materials

ls /material/nist # List all material available

/material/nist/printElementZ 1 # Retrieving information for a certain element

For axis

/vis/scene/add/axes 0 0 0 20 cm # 20 will be the new value for x,y,z

For visualization

/vis/open OGLSQt # Opens a graphic Qt window. /vis/drawVolume # Draw all volume /vis/scene/add/trajectories smooth # /vis/scene/endOfEventAction accumulate # /vis/viewer/zoomTo 5 #5 times zoom from the centre]

/vis/viewer/zoom 5

/vis/viewer/pan 5 0 m

/vis/viewer/panTo 5 0 m

For checking geometry is ok and well located

/tracking/verbose 1

/run/beamOn 1

For ParticleGun or fgun defined in PrimaryGeneratorAction

/gun/position 0 0 0 cm # position of the source will be centre]

/gun/position 10 0 0 cm # position of the source shift to positive x at 10 cm]

Help

help /vis/viewer/PutHereTheCommandName

Change UI choice

export G4UI_USE_TCSH=1 # Env. for TCSH window

./virus macro.mac -i # Without Qt (Not interactive)

unset G4UI_USE_TCSH # Set default or back on Qt window

run macro file
/control/execute file.mac