diff --git a/documentation/docs/index.md b/documentation/docs/index.md index 5b085fcfd09c0a3aa0e057b8275571a9bd979f89..4f109ec0a43b3ebed53cff147390fea5d86509a5 100755 --- a/documentation/docs/index.md +++ b/documentation/docs/index.md @@ -22,35 +22,54 @@ you can pick the modules and tools you need, and **you will use only what you re ### Geometry Description -A complete set of shapes and geometrical primitives to describe your detector +A complete set of shapes and geometrical primitives to describe your detector's geometry A set of 'nodes' to build your detector tree +### Alignment + A smart mechanism to handle detector alignment, with multiple alignment costants kept in cache and synchronized + +### Virtual Geometry / Surfaces + +Tools to describe and handle 2D surfaces as part of a Virtual Geometry, which can be placed and misaligned alongside the regular, full geometry + +Very useful to describe a simplified Tracking Geometry and still move and handle together with the full geometry + ### Visualization -A complete, standalone visualization tool to interactively check, inspect, debug your detector geometry in an easy way +A complete, **interactive visualization** tool to check, inspect, debug your detector geometry in an easy way ### GDML support -An exporter to export a GeoModel geometry into GDML +An **exporter** to export a GeoModel geometry into GDML -An importer to import a GDML geometry into GeoModel *(work in progress)* +An **importer** to import a GDML geometry into GeoModel *(work in progress)* ### Standalone Detector Simulation -#### Quick Feedback with a Geant4-based simulation +#### Easy Geant4-based simulation + +An **interactive graphical interface** to steer a standalone Geant4-based simulation of your detector, to get quick feedback on your detector while you're still working on it + +#### Clash Detection & Visualization + +Standalone tools to identify clash points and overlaps between geometry volumes with a fast Geant4-based algorithm + +Interactive visualization of clash points in the standalone GeoModel visualization module + +#### Volume Computation -An interactive graphical interface to steer a standalone Geant4-based simulation of your detector, to get quick feedback on your detector while you're still working on it +Methods to compute the volume of all shapes, included Boolean shapes, and store it in the GeoModel I/O file for later use #### Mass calculation -A standalone mass calculator tool, to quickly compute the masses of your detector from the command line +A standalone **mass calculator tool**, to quickly compute the masses of your detector from the command line #### Geantino Maps -A standalone tool to generate geantino maps of your newly built detector +A standalone tool to **generate geantino maps** of your newly built detector