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$Id: History,v 1.64 2010/05/11 15:04:01 gcosmo Exp $
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                      Category History file
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This file should be used by G4 developers and category coordinators
to briefly summarize all major modifications introduced in the code
and keep track of all category-tags.
It DOES NOT substitute the  CVS log-message one should put at every
committal in the CVS repository !

   Please keep a summary of these message in geometry/History!

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     * Reverse chronological order (last date on top), please *
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 May 11, 2010  J.Allison                  geom-bool-V09-03-00
  - Introduced recursive algorithm in CreatePolyhedron(): it uses
    HepPolyhedronProcessor from 'graphics_reps', which tries small shifts
    in an attempt to avoid numerical problems in the calculation of the
    polyhedron in BooleanProcessor. Recursion allows HepPolyhedronProcessor
    to try all permutations, also for Booleans of Booleans.
    Helps in reducing the number of cases of "Error in Boolean processor" for
    visualization, but still some stubborn cases are left.

 Oct 24, 2007  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V09-00-00
  - Improved response of Inside() for G4SubtractionSolid and G4UnionSolid
    according to suggestion in problem report #979.

 May 18, 2007  G.Cosmo                    geom-bool-V08-03-00
  - Use kAngTolerance and kRadTolerance from G4GeometryTolerance class.
  - Updated unit tests.
  - Coworks with tag "global-V08-03-03".

 Nov 08, 2006  G.Cosmo                    geom-bool-V08-01-02
  - Fixed compilation problems on SUN-CC for changes in the last tag.
    Added inclusion of <sstream> header in G4IntersectionSolid.cc and
    G4UnionSolid.cc.

 Nov 06, 2006  J.Allison                  geom-bool-V08-01-01
  - G4IntersectionSolid, G4SubtractionSolid, G4UnionSolid:
    fixed CreatePolyhedron() for case of component that does
    not have a G4Polyhedron representation.
  - Added checks for point on boolean surface to unit tests
    testG4DisplacedSolid and testG4SubtractionSolid (V.Grichine).

 Oct 19, 2006  G.Cosmo                    geom-bool-V08-01-00
  - Added GetSurfaceArea() method, accessors and modifiers to base class
    G4BooleanSolid, implementing the caching mechanism as for volumes.

 May 03, 2006  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V08-00-00
  - Fix in G4IntersectionSolid::CalculateExtent() for the correctly handling
    extent computation for nested intersections and always respect the rule
    pMax > pMin.

 Nov 09, 2005  G.Cosmo                    geom-bool-V07-01-01
  - Added fake default constructor for concrete solids types and relevant
    utility classes, for usage of direct object persistency.

 Sep 15, 2005  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V07-01-00
  - Added concrete implementation for GetPointOnSurface() to
    G4BooleanSolid and G4DisplacedSolid.
  - Updated unit tests testG4DisplacedSolid and testG4IntersectionSolid.

 May 04, 2005  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V07-00-03
  - Make the new implementation of Inside() with surface-normal for
    edges/vertices the deafult one.
    Removed G4NEW_SURF_NORMAL compilation flag.

 Mar 23, 2005  J.Allison                  geom-bool-V07-00-02
  - Added test for Number-Of-Rotation-Steps in GetPolyhedron()
    for G4DisplacedSolid and G4BooleanSolid. Requires tag "greps-V07-00-02".

 Mar 10, 2005  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V07-00-01
  - Modified Inside(p) G4SubtractionSolid and G4UnionSolid, to fix
    inconsistency for non-zero sum of surface-normals.
    Available only through activation of G4NEW_SURF_NORMAL compilation flag.
  - Updated unit tests.

 Mar 03, 2005  J.Allison
  - Changed AddThis() to AddSolid() in the concrete implementations of
    DescribeYourselfTo(G4VGraphicsScene&) for all solids. Use the
    newly available CreatePolyhedron() for components of Boolean
    solids, instead of GetPolyhedron().

 Feb 22, 2005  V.Grichine                 geom-bool-V07-00-00
  - Fix in G4IntersectionSolid::DistanceToIn(p,v) to allow for correct
    simmetrical treatment of the solids' intersection. Algorithm reviewed
    as proposed by D.Bazzacco in problem report #723.
  - New unit test testBoolSurfaceInOut.cc for checking dIn-dOut and AB,
    BA booleans on surface.

 Oct 10, 2004  J.Allison                  geom-bool-V06-02-01
  - Added GetPolyhedron, a smart access function that creates a G4Polyhedron
    on request and stores for future access.  A null pointer means "not
    available".

 Sep 22, 2004   V.Grichine                geom-bool-V06-02-00
  - Added specific implementation for G4BooleanSolid::GetCubicVolume()
    to cache the computed value.
  - Moved inline methods for G4BooleanSolid to .icc file.

 May 07, 2004   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V06-01-00
  - Moved G4ReflectedSolid class to "management" module.
  - Moved G4ReflectionFactory class to "volumes" module.
  - Moved unit test for reflection to "volumes" module.
  - Coworks with tags: geommng-V06-01-00, geomvol-V06-01-00 and
                       geomdiv-V06-01-00.

 Feb 27, 2004   V.Grichine                geom-bool-V06-00-00
  - G4UnionSolid.cc, G4SubtractionSolid.cc: fix in debug printout for
    SurfaceNomal().

 Dec 01, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-02-04
  - G4ReflectedSolid.cc: fixed trivial leak in constructor.

 Nov 03, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-02-03
  - Code cleanup and headers inclusion review
    (replaced by forward declarations where necessary).

 Oct 28, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-02-02
  - Migration to new G4Exception scheme.

 Oct 28, 2003   J.Apostolakis
  - Modified test/GNUmakefile to delete un-necessary directories.
    It no longer refers to navigator (old volumes), but includes
    intercoms (for G4VVisManager).

 Oct  9, 2003   V.Grichine                geom-bool-V05-02-01
  - Fixes to default safety to zero in DistIn/Out(p) methods.
    Note: Using previous test GNUmakefile (to be corrected).

 Sep 30, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-02-00
  - Updated GNUmakefile for unit tests, according to new structure
    introduced in "geometry-V05-02-00".

 Jun 12, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-01-02
  - G4ReflectionFactory:
    o Made public accessors: GetConstituentLV(), GetReflectedLV(),
      IsConstituent() and IsReflected().
    o Added accessor GetReflectedVolumesMap() to access list of
      reflected volumes.

 May 22, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-01-01
  - Implementations for Set/GetScalePrecision() in G4ReflectionFactory
    missing! Now fixed.

 May 12, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-01-00
  - Added set/get methods for scale precision in G4ReflectionFactory.

 Mar 25, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-00-01
  - Fixed trivial strict pedantic warnings in G4ReflectedSolid.cc and
    G4ReflectionFactory.cc.
  - Minor fixes to unit tests.

 Jan 27, 2003   G.Cosmo                   geom-bool-V05-00-00
  - G4ReflectionFactory[.hh.cc] (courtesy of I.Hrivnacova):
    o Added set/get functions Set/GetVolumesNameExtension() for volume-name
      extension. By default now the factory assigns "_refl" postfix to name
      of reflected volumes.
    o Assumed less strict condition in the CheckScale() method, to avoid
      precision problems with imported rotation matrices.

 Oct 29  2002  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-bool-V04-01-01
  - Added method CleanTransformations() to G4DisplacedSolid and corrected
    implementation in destructor of G4BooleanSolid to not call for deletion
    of G4VSolid in the case where displacement is used.
    This fixes a problem noticed on Linux-g++ at application closeout for
    double deletion of a solid in such special case.

 Oct 28  2002  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-bool-V04-01-00
  - Added implementation of StreamInfo() to comply with new interface for
    G4VSolid in "geommng-V04-01-03".
  - Some cosmetic changes to code formatting.
  - Extended unit tests to include new user test-cases (V.Grichine).

 May 11  2002  Vladimir Grichine    geom-bool-V04-00-05
  - G4ReflectedSolid.cc: bounding-box like algorithm for CalculateExtent().

 Apr 16  2002  Vladimir Grichine    geom-bool-V04-00-04
  - G4ReflectedSolid.cc: enhanced algorithm for CalculateExtent(), now
    passing all basic unit tests.
  - Updated unit test for G4ReflectedSolid, testG4ReflectedSolid.cc

 Mar 26  2002  Vladimir Grichine    geom-bool-V04-00-03
  - G4ReflectedSolid.cc: modified implementation of CalculateExtent() to
    properly consider transformation of reflected extent.

 Feb 15  2002  Vladimir Grichine    geom-bool-V04-00-02
  - G4ReflectedSolid[.hh.cc]:
    o Defined new methods Set/GetTransform3D() and Set/GetDirectTransform3D()
      for defining/accessing the real reflected transformation
    o Moved methods for G4AffineTransform to protected.

 Feb 07  2002  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-bool-V04-00-01
  - G4ReflectionFactory.cc: fixed bug causing repetition of daughter volumes.

 Jan 10  2002  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V04-00-00
  - Moved all verbosity mode warnings to G4BOOLDEBUG and commented exceptions.
  - Activated G4BOOLDEBUG mechanism in GNUmakefile.
  - Fixed unit tests.

 Nov 08  2001  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V03-02-02
  - Fix for verbosity in G4ReflectionFactory.cc. Reduced of one level.

 Oct 18  2001  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V03-02-01
  - Introduced first implementation of classes G4ReflectedSolid and
    G4ReflectionFactory for reflections of positioned volumes
    (courtesy of V.Grichine and I.Hrivnacova).
  - Fixed bug in G4ReflectedSolid::CreatePolyhedron().

 Aug 13  2001  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V03-02-00
  - Introduced G4BOOLDEBUG flag and replaced G4Exception statements with
    simple warnings to G4cerr for rare occurences of anomalous conditions.

 May 30  2001  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V03-01-00
  - G4IntersectionSolid: fix in DistanceToIn(p,v) resolving bug observed
    in problem report #153.

 Mar 19  2001  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V03-00-03

  - G4IntersectionSolid:
    o fix in CalculateExtent() for computation of pMin and pMax, to avoid
      assignment in case CalculateExtent() of one component solid fails.
    o fix in Inside() to return kOutside in case first component solid's
      Inside() returns kOutside.
  - G4UnionSolid:
    o fix in CalculateExtent() for computation of pMin and pMax: initialised
      local variables.

 Jan 31  2001  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V03-00-02

  - Fix in G4UnionSolid::DistanceToOut(p,v,...) for assignment of
    argument *n. Previous fix was incomplete!

 Jan 23  2001  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V03-00-01
 
  - Fixed wrong labels for G4Exception calls in G4UnionSolid.cc and
    G4SubtractionSolid.cc to identify the correct class.
    Fixes bug report #200.

 Jan 08  2001  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V03-00-00

  - Fix in G4UnionSolid::DistanceToOut(p,v,...) for assignment of
    argument *n to happen only if calcNorm is false.
    (courtesy of D.Williams)
  - Updated unit tests testG4IntersectionSolid.cc, testG4SubtractionSolid.cc
    and test/testG4UnionSolid.cc.

 Nov 22  2000  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V02-00-03

  - Added new set methods for matrix/vectors to G4DisplacedSolid:
      SetTransform(G4AffineTransform&),
      SetDirectTransform(G4AffineTransform&),
      SetFrameRotation(const G4RotationMatrix&),
      SetFrameTranslation(const G4ThreeVector&),
      SetObjectRotation(const G4RotationMatrix&),
      SetObjectTranslation(const G4ThreeVector&).

 Nov 20  2000  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V02-00-02

  - Fixes to remove warnings from "-Wall -ansi -pedantic" g++ compiler options:
    o commented out variables declared and not used.
    o fixed declaration of variables used before being initialised.
    o fixed order of initialisation of member data in constructors.
    o fixed usage of unsigned-int (size_t) for array indeces.

 Nov 2   2000  Gabriele Cosmo       geom-solid-bool-V02-00-01

  - QA code revision and cleanup (+fixes from CodeWizard filtering):
    o Added (private) declarations of copy constructor and assignment
      operator where needed.
    o Changed virtual functions to non-inline wherever's the case.

 Sep 13  2000  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V02-00-00

  - G4SubtractionSolid.cc: relaxed behavior in SurfaceNormal(p), where
    it is allowed for a point to be inside the solid. A message is thrown
    to cerr instead of a G4Exception.

 Jun 26  2000  Vladimir Grichine    geom-solid-bool-V01-01-03

  - Fixed bug in G4SubtractionSolid::DistanceToOut(p,v,...). validNorm
    flag was uncorrectly set to true. Fixes report #102.

 Jun 6   2000  John Apostolakis     geom-solid-bool-V01-01-02

  - Protecting the use of pointers validNorm and n, if calcNorm is false

 Jun 6   2000  John Allison         geom-solid-bool-V01-01-01

  - Re-enabled CreatePolyhedron() method from G4UnionSolid, G4IntersectionSolid
    and G4SubtractionSolid.  Coworks with greps-V01-01-04.

 May 26  2000  John Allison         geom-solid-bool-V01-01-00

  - Disabled CreatePolyhedron() method from G4UnionSolid, G4IntersectionSolid
    and G4SubtractionSolid. It now temporarly returns a NULL pointer.
    Visualisation of Boolean solids is therefore temporarly disabled, pending
    a definitive fix in graphics_reps.
    Files G4UnionSolid.cc, G4SubtractionSolid.cc and G4IntersectionSolid.cc
    are included in the branch-tag "boolean_nopoly_branch".

 Apr 27  2000  Gabriele Cosmo

  - Reorganised comments for the Software Reference Manual.
  - Added CVS headers and standard G4 header where missing.

 Apr 11  2000  John Allison

  - CreatePolyhedron implemented for BooleanSolids.
  - G4DisplacedSolid: reversed implementation of GetFrameRotation and
    GetObjectRotation, removing inappropriate invertion.
  - G4DisplacedSolid::GetConstituentMovedSolid() made const.

 Jan 19  2000   Gabriele Cosmo      geom-solid-bool-V01-00-00

  - Syncronized file versions with HEAD (essentially CVS headers changes)
  - Fixed cases of G4std::min which were not migrated on the HEAD in files:
    G4UnionSolid.cc and G4IntersectionSolid.cc

 Nov 24  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-05

  - Small fix in src/G4DisplacedSolid.cc to the return type 
         (const G4AffineTransform --> G4AffineTransform)
    to conform with the specification of the class.

 Nov 19  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-04

  -  Fixes from Vladimir, and additional tests

 Nov 10  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-03b

  - Renamed  GetConstituentSolid to GetConstituentMovedSolid in G4DisplacedSolid
     to avoid clashing with method that gets the contituents of a G4BooleanSolid.

 Nov 10  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-03a

  - Tag with additional methods for Persistency

 Nov 10  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-03-cand

  New method: Get Object Rotation/Translation methods in Displaced Solid

 Nov  9  1999                       geom-solid-bool-V00-01-02-cand
  
  - Tag with additional methods for Visualisation

   G4DisplacedSolid,  G4BooleanSolid

      Added methods to access data members:
          Get Constituent Solid  (int) for Boolean   Solid 
          Get Constituent Solid        for Displaced Solid 
          Get Frame Rotation/Translation methods in Displaced Solid



  Dec  1  1998   John Apostolakis   geom-boolean-4-ja

    Code portability changes.

  Nov 27  1998   J.Apostolakis & V.Grichine   geom-boolean-3-vg

    Fixes agreed in code review were implemented.