Can You Cut Geometries in GATE Like in MCNPX?

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MCNPX allows for the creation of irregular geometries by intersecting different shapes, such as spheres and cylinders. In contrast, GATE, which is based on GEANT4, does not permit intersecting volumes, making the creation of complex geometries like a semi-cylinder challenging. The GATE manual provides limited information on this topic, suggesting that users might need to experiment with the software or seek assistance through the mailing list. Ultimately, one user resolved their issue by importing an STL file from OpenSCAD into GATE. This highlights the potential workaround for users needing to create complex geometries.
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Hi every one. As you all know, in MCNPX you can define different geometries and cut them with each other and create new irregular geometries. For example, you can cut a sphere with a cylinder and create a semi spherical geometry within the cross section of cylinder. now Here is my question: is this feature available in GATE or not?
I want to create a semi cylinder.
 
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I don't know GATE at all. The underlying GEANT4 appears to support this, but the only relevant info I can find in the GATE manual is that volumes are not allowed to intersect. That is not a great sign.

The only other thing I've found is on their listserv.
http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/pipermail/gate-users/2014-January/006991.html

If you get no other replies here, I think your options are to play around with the program or join the mailing list and ask.
 
Alex A said:
I don't know GATE at all. The underlying GEANT4 appears to support this, but the only relevant info I can find in the GATE manual is that volumes are not allowed to intersect. That is not a great sign.

The only other thing I've found is on their listserv.
http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/pipermail/gate-users/2014-January/006991.html

If you get no other replies here, I think your options are to play around with the program or join the mailing list and ask.
I resolved my problem. I imported the Stl file from Openscad for Gate.
Thanks for the help
 
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