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$Id: History,v 1.153 2008/08/19 15:32:14 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 !

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     * Reverse chronological order (last date on top), please *
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Aug 19th, 2008      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V09-01-02
- Restored names of methods DumpInfo() to G4LogicalSkinSurface and
  G4LogicalBorderSurface.

Jul 16th, 2008      P.Gumplinger - geomvol-V09-01-01
- Change the name of the method DumpInfo() to DumpTableInfo()
  in G4LogicalSkinSurface and G4LogicalBorderSurface.

Feb 4th, 2008       I.Hrivnacova - geomvol-V09-01-00
- Fixed problem of double-deletion of rotation matrix in destructor
  of G4AssemblyVolume.

Nov 16th, 2007      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V09-00-01
- Added inline specification to methods in G4AssemblyTriplet class.

Oct 12th, 2007      P.Gumplinger - geomvol-V09-00-00
- Minor cleanup: moved typedef to begin of include files and rename to
  theSkinSurfaceTable in G4LogicalBorderSurface and G4LogicalSkinSurface classes.
- Added explicit initialisation of first volume entry to zero in
  G4TouchableHistory constructor, to ensure correct behavior for 'out-of-world'
  touchable handle. (J.Apostolakis)

May 11th, 2007      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-03-00
- Use call to G4GeometryTolerance instead of kCarTolerance in
  G4ReflectionFactory.
- Requires tag "global-V08-03-00" and related tag set.

Apr 11th, 2007      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-02-02
- More extensions to the CheckOverlaps() algorithm:
  o Added possibility to define a tolerance for reporting overlaps; added
    new argument to signature, by default tolerance is set to zero.
  o Optimised implementation for detecting daughter volumes which are
    totally overlapping.
  o Added check on current volume to optimise and correctly handle the
    case of explicit call of the method when geometry is constructed.

Mar 23rd, 2007      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-02-01
- Extended CheckOverlaps() algorithm, detect also cases of daughter volumes
  which are totally overlapping. Made warning message message more clear.

Jan 31st, 2007      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-02-00
- Added flag for controlling verbosity to CheckOverlaps() method for
  G4PVPlacement and G4PVParameterised. By default, verbosity is ON.
- Requires tag "geommng-V08-02-00".

Nov 10th, 2006      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-01-00
- Use 'direct' rotation/translation instead of 'frame' rotation/translation
  in concrete CheckOverlaps() method of G4PVPlacement and G4PVParameterised
  volumes. Fixes a problem reported for wrong transformation associated
  to overlap-check in displaced boolean solids (V.Grichine).
- Updated unit test 'testG4NavigationHistory': added test for NULL
  navigation-history (J.Apostolakis).

May 5th, 2006       G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-00-04
- G4AssemblyVolume:
  o Corrected decomposition of transformation in G4AssemblyVolume.
  o Added methods GetVolumesIterator() and TotalImprintedVolumes() for
    accessing the list of physical-volumes imprinted
  o Cleaned up comments and descriptions.
- Corrected conditions for overlap check in G4PVPlacement constructors.

May 2nd, 2006       G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-00-03
- G4AssemblyVolume: now G4AssemblyVolume can support assembly of assemblies
  and reflections. Reviewed and modified MakeImprint() methods to act
  recursively (kind contribution of I.Hrivnacova).
- Extended overlaps check also for reflection of placements.
- Moved G4AssemblyTriplet class from 'management' module.
- Protect against checking overlaps on world volume placement ...
- Requires tag "geommng-V08-00-04".

Apr 4th, 2006       G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-00-02
- Moved G4VNestedParameterisation and G4VVolumeMaterialScanner classes to
  'management' module, to support material scanning in G4Region.
- Requires tag "geommng-V08-00-01".

Mar 15th, 2006      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-00-01
- G4AssemblyVolume: added default boolean argument to MakeImprint()
  methods to allow for optional check for overlaps of constituent volumes.

Dec 20th, 2005      G.Cosmo - geomvol-V08-00-00
- G4AssemblyVolume: fixed initialisation of names for placed volumes
  which was corrupted after migration to <sstream> as side effect.

Nov 24th, 2005      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V07-01-05
- Revised implementation of G4VNestedParameterisation,
  taking out use of G4PhysicalTouchable.
- Added implementations of virtual methods to identify materials 
  for nested parameterisations.
- Removed G4PhysicalTouchable helper class.

Nov 16th, 2005      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V07-01-04
- Corrections to tag below:
  o Fixed G4PVPlacement's IsRegularStructure() method.
  o Added missing methods for regular-structures to G4PhysicalTouchable.

Nov 11th, 2005      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V07-01-03
- Added methods to identify regular structures in physical-volume derived
  classes (replicas, parameterised volumes, placements). 
  New virtual methods implemented:
   - IsRegularStructure()     [from G4VPhysicalVolume, defined in Replica]
   - GetRegularStructureId()
  Note that G4PVPlacement always return 'false' and 0 respectively.
  New method defined for Replicas:
   - SetRegularStructureId()  virtual 

Nov 9th, 2005       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V07-01-02
- Added fake default constructor for concrete types of volumes (placements,
  parameterised and replica), for usage of direct object persistency.
- Implemented migration to <sstream> for affected classes: G4AssemblyVolume.

Oct 19th, 2005      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V07-01-01
- Introduced first implementation for optional check of overlaps at
  construction to G4PVPlacement and G4PVParameterised volumes. Default
  resolution of 1000 points is defined for the check.
  The check is disabled by default.
- Introduced method CheckOverlaps(p) for placements and parameterised
  volumes. The resolution for the check can be specified providing the
  number of points wished to be generated.
- Updated unit test for G4ReflectedSolid.

Jul 25th, 2005      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V07-01-00
- Cleanup and fixes in use of inline methods in G4VNestedParameterisation
  and G4PhysicalTouchable.

Jun 14th, 2005      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V07-00-01
- Added G4VNestedParameterisation with ability to use parent information
  to compute/change material.
- Added G4PhysicalTouchable class to enable this type of parameterisation.
  This class is an implementation class only, and its name especially
  and potentially other aspect is/are likely to be changed.   
  ---> A revision of the interface of G4VPVParamerisation can provide this
       capability in future, in a simpler way.
  This tag coworks with "geomnav-V07-00-00". 

Jun 6th, 2005       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V07-00-00
- Moved constructors/destructors and operators for G4NavigationLevelRep
  and G4NavigationLevel to .cc file and not inlined.

Dec 2nd, 2004       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-02-01
- Implemented migration to <cmath> for standard mathematical functions.

Sep 7th, 2004       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-02-00
- G4ReflectionFactory.cc: added automatic reflection for visualization
  attributes, biasing weights and regions associated to the logical volume.

Jun 9th, 2004       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-01-03
- Adopt G4DLLIMPORT/G4DLLEXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for
  allowing support of DLLs on Windows.
- Coworks with "global-V06-01-02b".

Jun 7th, 2004       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-01-02
- Export extern symbols for allowing support of DLLs on Windows.
  Modified files: G4NavigationLevel.icc, G4NavigationLevelRep.icc.
- Coworks with "global-V06-01-02a".

May 19th, 2004      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-01-01
- Added CleanSurfaceTable() static methods in G4LogicalBorderSurface and
  G4LogicalSkinSurface classes for the clearing of the surface tables in
  case of dynamic geometries (by T.MacPhail).

May 13th, 2004      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-01-00
- Imported G4ReflectionFactory and unit test 'testG4ReflectedSolid' from
  module "solids/Boolean".
- Enhanced G4ReflectionFactory to support reflection of divided volumes
  (courtesy of I.Hrivnacova). Added Divide(...) set of methods.
- Coworks with tags: geommng-V06-01-00, geomdiv-V06-01-00 and
                     geom-bool-V06-01-00.

March 4th, 2004     G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-00-01
- G4NavigationHistory.icc: fixed bug in NewLevel() causing segmentation
  violation for cases of geometry with deep nested levels. Fixes problem
  report #597. (Thanks to A.Zoglauer who reported this)

January 19th, 2004  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V06-00-00
- G4AssemblyVolume.cc: fixed initial value for 'numberOfDaughters' of
  imprinted volumes copy-numbers. Fixes problem report #566.

December 5th, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-08
- G4TouchableHistory.cc: added initialisation of allocators for navigation
  levels, moved from G4TransportationManager, where they were introduced
  as workaround for solving static initialisation a long time ago.

December 4th, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-07
- G4NavigationHistory[.icc.cc]: fixed redundant calls and initialisations.
- G4NavigationLevel.icc, G4NavigationLevelRep.icc: fixed implementation of
  operator=() for inlining.

December 1st, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-06
- G4LogicalBorderSurface[.hh.icc.cc], G4LogicalSkinSurface[.hh.icc.cc]:
  o modified to use G4SurfaceProperty instead of G4OpticalSurface.
    Requires tag "materials-V05-02-00".
    Requires tag "geommng-V05-02-05".
- Updated unit tests to use derived navigator.

November 17th, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-05
- Added protection to placement and replica constructors for cases
  where a volume is placed inside itself.

November 10th, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-04
- Migrated unit tests to new G4Navigator interface.

November 2nd, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-03
- Code cleanup and headers inclusion review (replaced by forward
  declarations where necessary).

October 23rd, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-02
- Migrated calls to G4Exception to new scheme.

September 30th, 2003  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-02-01
- Logical reorganisation and restructure of modules.
  Moved files to geometry/management:
    G4BlockingList[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter[.hh.cc]
    G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter[.hh.cc]
  Moved files to new module geometry/navigation:
    G4AuxiliaryNavServices[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4GeometryMessenger[.hh.cc]
    G4Navigator[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4NormalNavigation[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4ParameterisedNavigation[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4PropagatorInField[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4ReplicaNavigation[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4TransportationManager[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4VoxelNavigation[.hh.icc.cc]
  Imported files from geometry/management:
    G4AssemblyVolume[.hh.icc.cc]
    G4PVParameterised[.hh.cc]
    G4PVPlacement[.hh.cc]
    G4PVReplica[.hh.cc]
- Removed implementation of method Setup() and updated initialisation of
  data, according to changes in the base class G4VPhysicalVolume.
  Affected classes: G4PVPlacement, G4PVReplica.
- Updated GNUmakefile in test directory.

September 12th, 2003  J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V05-02-00
- G4PropagatorInField.cc:
  o Made optional the printing of information on 'looping' particles.
    It is now controlled by the verbose flag.
    Addresses CMS request in problem report #509.

June 25th, 2003     G. Folger - geomvol-V05-01-04
- Added disclaimer of liability where needed.

June 21st, 2003     J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V05-01-03
- G4PropagatorInField (the tag requires "field-V05-01-05"):
  Likeliest to cause effect on Users is this:
  *************************************************************************
  * Changed default value of "maximum step count" to 1,000 (from 10,000)  *
  *   --> this may cause more particles to be recognised to loop earlier, *
  *          as this parameter controls this too.                         *
  *************************************************************************
  Also neccessary fixes and improvements:
   1) Added new method FindAndSetFieldManager() to find the current field manager 
        and set it for the Propagator.
   2) Added new method SetDetectorFieldManager(), 
         so as to have it updated when the global field manager is changed.
   3) Added new state variable to insure that the current field Manager 
         has been set for the current step
      The flag ensures that the method FindAndSetFieldManager() is always
      called once for each call to ComputeStep().
 - G4TransportationManager: corrected the method SetFieldManager().
   It now messages the current global PropagatorInField to notify it 
 - Changes from "g4std" to <std> incorporated.

May 26th, 2003      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V05-01-02
- G4PropagatorInField:  use safety in G4PropagatorInField.
    (Adds to the state of this class).
  Reinstates the changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08"

May 20th, 2003      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-01-01
- G4GeometryMessenger[.hh.cc]:
  o Added new commands for controlling geometry overlaps: added recursion
    to line_test and cylinder_test; added possibility to customise the
    resolution and shape of grid/cylinder for the test; added ability to
    select depth of recursion in the geometry tree.
  o Added explicit call to OpenGeometry() in method CheckGeometry() to
    force cleanup of voxelisation when command navigator/reset is called.
- Coworks with tag "geomver-V05-01-00" for geometry/verification.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

May 8th, 2003       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-01-00
- G4PropagatorInField.cc: fix in ComputeStep() to avoid step computation
  if proposed step length is too small (less than kCarTolerance).
  Fixes problem report #485.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Mar 31st, 2003      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-00-03
- Fixed trivial strict pedantic warnings.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Mar 17th, 2003      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-00-02
- G4Navigator[.hh.cc]: added 'inline' specifier in declaration of
  method LocateGlobalPointAndUpdateTouchableHandle().
  Removed redundant calculation of localPoint in method
  LocateGlobalPointWithinVolume()
- G4GeometryMessenger[.hh.cc]: added UI command for setting navigator
  verbosity at run-time (/geometry/navigator/verbose [n], n in [0..4]).
- G4ReplicaNavigation.icc: fixed debug statement in VoxelLocate().
- G4VoxelNavigation.cc: fixed debug statement in destructor.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Mar 5th, 2003       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-00-01
- G4NavigationHistory.icc: fix in  methods Clear() and SetFirstEntry().
  Correctly initialise navigation levels. Resolves discrepancy in the
  copy number assigned to the world volume, if retrieved through the
  touchable or explicitely through the physical volume.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Feb 6th, 2003       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V05-00-00
- Fix in G4GeometryMessenger to check for geometry closed when commands
  are applied. Command /geometry/navigator/reset and test commands apply
  only when system is in "Idle" state.
- G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter[.hh.cc]: fixed initialisation of data member
  in constructor. Fixed comments layout for Software Reference Manual.
- G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter[.hh.cc]: fixed comments layout for
  Software Reference Manual.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Nov 30th, 2002      S. Sadilov - geomvol-V04-01-09
- Small correction on the top of "geomvol-V04-01-07a" in files: 
    G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter.cc 
    G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter.cc 
  to fix cout/G4cout, endl/G4endl mistakes.
- Does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V04-01-08".

Nov 29th, 2002      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-01-08
- G4PropagatorInField:  use safety in G4PropagatorInField.
    (Adds to the state of this class).

Nov 29th, 2002      S. Sadilov - geomvol-V04-01-07a
- Minor corrections (cout/G4cout, endl/G4endl) to files
  G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter.cc G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter.cc 

Nov 27th, 2002      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-07
- G4BlockingList.cc: fixed initialisation of fBlockTagNo to 1.
  Fixes warnings reported by Valgrind to G4BlockingList, G4VoxelNavigation
  and G4ParameterisedNavigation.

Nov 19th, 2002      J. Generowicz - geomvol-V04-01-06
- Created G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter, making G4VCurvedTrajectoryFliter
  truly abstract.

Nov 8th, 2002       J. Generowicz
- Introduced G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter, and gave PIF means of
  manipulating and communicating with it.

Oct 29th, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-01-05
- G4PropagatorInField
  Re-introduced memory of Charge Mass and Momentum into PropagatorInField,
  in order for it to message the correct ChordFinder at each step with this
  information.  It now does this task.

Aug  6th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-04
- Formatting cleanup in source implementation files.

Jul 29th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-03
- G4PropagatorInField[.hh.icc.cc]:
  Restored call to GetChordFinder()->SetChargeMomentumMass() in method
  SetChargeMomentumMass(), as was originally in release 4.1.
  All modifications introduced in tag "geomvol-V04-00-11" have now been removed.

Jul 29th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-02
- G4PropagatorInField.cc:  (J.Apostolakis)
  o Restored ComputeStep() as it was before tag "geomvol-V04-00-11", by
    removing call to GetChordFinder()->SetChargeMomentumMass().
    This call was responsible for failure of unit tests, where no field strength
    was observed in some cases.
  o Set 'fNoZeroStep' to zero if (fNoZeroStep > fAbandonThreshold_NoZeroSteps)
    at the end of ComputeStep(). Fixes problem report from P.M.DeFreitas
    occurring in Mokka (Tesla), when reading primaries from their Pythia files.
- G4PropagatorInField[.hh.cc]:
  o Removed not-implemented constructor taking G4Navigator* as argument.
  o Get rid of static const data for default epsilonStep size.
  o Initialise all data members in constructor !
  o Code cleanup.

Jul 24th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-01
- Removed static initialisations of data of G4FieldManager.
  Coworks with tag "field-V04-01-01".

Jul 23rd, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-01-00
- Some code cleanup and cosmetics...

Jun 18th, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-11
- G4PropagatorInField.cc
  o Fix for messaging incorrect ChordFinder with Mass, Charge, Momentum. 
   ( Problem seen for multiple FieldManagers - reported by Grahame Blair )

Jun 13th, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-10
- G4Navigator.cc
  o Fix for navigation problem (dereference null volume pointer) in exampleN05
     caused by ExitNormal fix. 

Jun  3rd, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-09
- G4Navigator[.hh.icc.cc]:
  o Cosmetics for Software Reference Manual and formatting.
  o Fixed few cases of endl/G4endl mystypes...

May 31st, 2002      J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-08
- G4Navigator.cc:
  o Corrections for problem report #351, #284 concerning ExitNormal:
     - using Daugther's solid preferentially (if applicable)
     - adjusting fEntering/fEnteredDaugther in LocateGlobalPointAndSetup
         to enable this 
     - correcting location of point for which exit normal is requested
         for 'non-convex point' on solid boundary
  Thanks to Bryan Tipton (tipton@krl.caltech.edu),
            Antonis Papanestis (antonis.papanestis@cern.ch)
       and  Peter Gumplinger for their demonstrations of the delicate problem.

May 15th, 2002      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-07
- G4ParameterisedNavigation:
  o Introduced 3D voxelisation technique for parameterised volumes with
    unspecified axis. Changed to become subclass of G4VoxelNavigation and
    adopt the same voxel location algorithms for optimised navigation.
- G4VoxelNavigation:
  o Changed to become base class for optimised navigation.
  o Cosmetics and reformatting.
- G4NormalNavigation.icc, G4ReplicaNavigation.icc, G4VoxelNavigation.icc:
  o Minor optimisations.
  o Cosmetics and reformatting.
- G4Navigator.cc:
  o Invoke specific VoxelLocate call for parameterised navigation.
- Co-works with "global-V04-00-06" and "geommng-V04-00-05".

Apr 19th, 2002      G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-06
- Moved inline constructors and destructors to no inline.
  Affected files: G4BlockingList[.icc,cc], G4NavigationHistory[.icc,.cc],
                  G4PropagatorInField[.hh.icc.cc].

Apr 3rd, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-05
- G4GeometryMessenger[.hh.cc]: added new commands to exploit more features of the
  G4GeomTestVolume class for detecting geometry overlaps:
  o /geometry/test/grid_test - runs the default grid test, same as "run".
  o /geometry/test/recursive_test - runs the grid test in recursive mode.
  o /geometry/test/cylinder_test - to shoot lines in a cylindrical pattern.
  o /geometry/test/line_test - to shoot a line according to position and direction.

Mar 22nd, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-04
- G4PropagatorInField: added Set/Get methods for MaximumEpsilonStep

Feb 20th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-03
- G4GeometryMessenger.cc: fixed local variable name not to clash with
  class data member.

Jan 21st, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-02
- G4Navigator: reset blocked volume when locating 'within volume',
    after ensuring that it does not get called when 
    ComputeSafety() is at a boundary.
   --> Fix for cases of longstanding 'Point P is Inside' errors.

Jan 10th, 2002       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V04-00-01
- Activated mechanism in GNUmakefile for allowing compilation with
  G4DEBUG_FIELD or G4DEBUG_NAVIGATION flags. Replaced DEBUG with
  G4DEBUG_NAVIGATION in G4Navigator.cc.

Jan  8th, 2002       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V04-00-00
- G4AuxiliaryNavServices
  o Fixed it so that it only considers whether a (Point,Direction) 'ray' if
    it is on the surface (it was mistakenly also checking those inside, and
    rejecting them.)
    [ This erroneous condition occurred frequently in the new usage of Locate 
      with Direction to initialise a step.  
      It's unclear if it occurred also at other times.]

Jan 8th, 2002        G. Cosmo
- Fixed compilation problems and warnings on unit tests.
  (G.Cosmo, R.Chytracek)

Dec 11th, 2001       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-02-08
- G4Navigator:
  o Added kNormal and Copy Number to NewLevel (Navigation Level) for
    Normal Navigation
    Now all TouchableHistory objects should have a valid entry in ReplicaNumber:
    - in the case of a placement volume it will be the copy number
    - in replicated volumes it will be the replica number
  o Commented out fix introduced in geomvol-V03-02-05.

Dec 11th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-07
- G4Navigator:
  o Undoing the fix in geomvol-V03-02-05 -- because of problems in 
    several tests (mostly large N tests). 
    ----> Must resolve these !! <----

Dec  8th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-06
- G4PropagatorInField:
  o additional thresholds for No of steps, + get/Set methods
  o Modified choice of subsequent step size in case of Zero step
    - decrease quickly at first to try to ensure that the first/second
      "re-steps" are enough in most cases.
    - utilise addition threshold parameters (for # of steps)
      to slow down the rate of decrease of the step size
      for the 'difficult' cases which do not converse after
      a few steps.                           

Dec  6th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-05
- G4Navigator:
  Fix for Locate Global Point Within Volume: clear state
  variables (that had erroneously been forgotten).

Dec  6th, 2001       R. Chytracek - geomvol-V03-02-04
- G4Navigator:
  o Fixed mirroring of the input argument for global direction into
    local variable in LocateGlobalPointAndSetup().
  o Cosmetics for the Software Reference Manual in .hh file.

Dec  4th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-03
- G4Navigator:
  o Modified the interface
    - creating a new ResetState method (that only reset state - not stack)
    - adding a new optional argument to LocateGlobalPointAndSetup method 
    - adding direction argument to LGPAS w/ touchable history 
  o Modified the implementation 
    - to reset its state when touchable history is used to re-initialise it
    - to use the direction in LocateGlobalPointAndSetup methods!
- G4PropagatorInField:
  o Added use of new Largest Acceptable Step data member.
  o Protected, in reseting of Proposed Step length, against
    making it bigger in cases where several zero steps seen.
  o Several debugging prints added. (only in G4Verbose, ...)

Nov 28th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-02
- Added GetCurrentFieldManager method to PropagatorInField
- Incorporates additions seen in "geomvol-V03-02-00a/b/c"
   and in "geomvol-V03-02-01". 
- This tag is required by the new tag "transport-V03-02-06" in Transportation.

Oct 18th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-01
- Added a new 'maximum' epsilon value in G4PropagatorInField,
  as some ill-conditions appear to be due to large proposed relative errors.
  NOTE: does NOT include changes in "geomvol-V03-02-00a/b/c".

Nov 8th, 2001        G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-02-00c
- Added handles for reference counting: G4GRSSolidHandle, G4GRSVolumeHandle,
  G4TouchableHistoryHandle.
- Modified G4Navigator for reference counted touchables. Introduced new methods
  CreateTouchableHistoryHandle() and LocateGlobalPointAndUpdateTouchableHandle(...).
- New unit tests testG4ParameterisedMaterial.cc and testG4TouchableHandle.cc.

Nov 1st, 2001        G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-02-00b
- G4GeometryMessenger.cc: fixed definition of unit category for tolerance.

Oct 24th, 2001       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-02-00a
- Moved G4GeomTestMessenger from geometry/verification to geometry/volumes.
  Renamed to G4GeometryMessenger.
- GeometryMessenger: renamed directory to geometry/test. Added directory
                     geometry/navigator. Added geometry/navigator/reset command
                     for resetting navigation history and position.
- G4PropagatorInField.icc: fixed warning on Linux-g++....

Oct 18th, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-02-00
- Corrected the initialisation of fEpsilonMin in G4PropagatorInField 
   constructor, which was forgotten.

May 31st, 2001       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-08
- Fixed usage of 'fabs', which belongs to global scope, NOT in std
  namespace. Detected by compilation error on DEC ISO/ANSI setup.
- G4VoxelNavigation.icc: initialised data-member in initialiser list of
  constructor with explicit initialisation to dummy values to allow porting
  on ObjecSpace STL.

May 23rd, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-01-07
- Added methods to Set the minimum epsilon (relative accuracy) to
  Propagator In Field.

May 23rd, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-01-06
- Added new parameter to Propagator In Field, 
  fEpsilonMin which is the minimal relative accuracy for MF driving.

May 23rd, 2001       J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-01-05
- Moved Delta Intersection and One Step from PropagatorInField to Field Manager.
- Modified G4TransportationManager.cc to initialise default values accordingly.
  (Incorporating changes into a tag, finally, after fix to G4FieldManager 
  constructors. ) 
o This tag requires and co-works with field-V03-01-01.
  This now ENABLES the use of different Field Managers for different parts of
  the detector.  First implementation allows a volume that has a field
  manager to override the global one.  
  Note: All field managers currently must refer to fields in global coordinates
o New ability: to set the delta accuracy parameters differently in different
  volumes (even while maintaining the same field as the global one!).  

May 23rd, 2001       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-04
- Fixes in G4ReplicaNavigation for bug reports #253 and #254:
  o in VoxelLocate(...), treated particular case of rotational symmetry
    with extent over 360 degrees (courtesy of H.Boie).
  o in DistanceToOutPhi(...), fix to correctly handle cases where the
    starting point is on boundary of replicas and direction is along boundary.

May 15th, 2001       G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-03
- G4AuxiliaryNavServices::CheckPointOnSurface(): added additional check to resolve
  endless looping of G4Navigator in case the track is passing through a point, edge
  or surface shared by two solids.
  This problem occured when G4Navigator was trying to transport a particle when
  exiting a solid. Transportation will now perform a few zero steps and continues
  stepping instead of looping around the same point. Fixes problem report #185.

April 27th, 2001     G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-02
- G4VoxelNavigation.icc: fixed compilation warnings on HP-UX, concerning
  potential uninitialised vector elements.

April 20th, 2001     G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-01
- Updated unit tests to conform to recent STL vector migration.

April 17th, 2001     G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-01-00
- Migration to STL vector:
  o Modified classes:
    G4VoxelNavigation, G4NavigationHistory, G4BlockingList,
    G4LogicalSkinSurface, G4LogicalBorderSurface.
  o Removed GetIndex() and table-index data from G4LogicalSkinSurface
    and G4LogicalBorderSurface.

March 19th, 2001     J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V03-00-03
- G4PropagatorInField: 
     Modified to use new (not obsolete) methods of G4FieldTrack. 
     Deleted old/obsolete ComputeStep method 
         (that was being used only for testing purposes, but
          could not be used anymore after change to Momentum Integration.)

March 12th, 2001     G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-00-02
- G4ReplicaNavigation::ComputeStep(): apply push of kCarTolerance to ourStep
  in case the proposed step is zero.

February 23rd, 2001  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-00-01
- Restored original 0.5 shift for kPhi transformation in ComputeTransformation()
  methods, as original specifications from P.Kent impose.
- Fixed bug in ComputeTransformation(const G4int rNo, G4VPhysicalVolume* pVol)
  where 'pVol' was NOT passed to SetPhiTransformation() in the kPhi case (!).

February 15th, 2001  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V03-00-00

- Fix in G4ReplicaNavigation::ComputeTransformation(...) for kPhi case.
  Removed shift of 0.5 to center of replica volume to conform with original
  specifications for replica transformations in Phi.
- Cosmetics in G4ReplicaNavigation.cc.

November 20th, 2000  G. Cosmo - geomvol-V02-00-01

- 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.

November 1st, 2000   G. Cosmo - geomvol-V02-00-00

- QA code revision and cleanup (+fixes from CodeWizard filtering):
  o Added (private) copy constructor and assignment operator where needed.
  o Added "const" qualifier to accessor methods, wherever needed.
  o Added equality check on operator= where needed.
  o Made destructor "virtual" for classes having virtual methods,
    wherever missing.
  o Changed virtual functions to non-inline wherever's the case.
  o Changed return value to be "const" pointer to functions:
    - G4LogicalBorderSurface::GetVolume1()
    - G4LogicalBorderSurface::GetVolume2()
    - G4LogicalSkinSurface::GetLogicalVolume()
  o G4NavigationHistory: moved kHistoryMax and kHistoryStride to
    geomdefs.hh and made static constants. Reorganised comments.
  o G4VoxelNavigation: moved kNavigatorVoxelStackMax in geomdefs.hh.
    Changed "do-loops" with "while-loops" where convenient.
  o Added "inline" qualifier to methods' declarations.
  o General cosmetics

June     2nd, 2000  J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V01-01-02

include/G4PropagatorInField.hh,icc
  o Moved Delta Intersection and Delta One Step to FieldManager
     (from Propagator in Field),  to allow them to differ over the detector.

G4TransportationManager.cc
  o Changed static variable for above (default values).


May     17th, 2000   G. Cosmo - geomvol-V01-01-01

G4ReplicaNavigation.cc:
- Added check to returned safety value in DistanceToOut(). Zero is
  returned if the computed velue is less than kCarTolerance.
- Introduced temporary fix to ComputeStep() in the first step computation
  for replica boundaries. 'ourStep' is not set to the computed 'sampleStep'
  if 'sampleStep' happens to be zero.
  This fix helps to get rid of infinite loops when a point is on a
  shared surface of a replica or on a shared vertex; a more definitive
  solution to the problem is needed for the correct replica location.

May     16th, 2000   J. Apostolakis

G4PropagatorInField[.hh.icc]:
- Added implementations for SetDeltaOneStep and SetDeltaIntersection.

May      9th, 2000   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V01-01-00

Improvements in G4PropagatorInField  incorporating include file fixes
in geometry-V01-01-02
[ ie: Introduced kCarTolerance for check over taken step length and
TruePathLength in G4PropagatorInField::ComputeStep(). ]

May      8th, 2000   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-fieldImprove1

Internal tag for version that improves the behavior of the field.
[ it does not include the changes of geometry-V01-01-02 ]

May      5th, 2000   J. Apostolakis 

G4PropagatorInField improvements modifying:
 i) the comparison for detecting probable loop condition
      - to accomodate solids that (wrongly) return small finite answer instead
        of zero for Distance on surface.  [ can probably be reversed eventually]
ii) the condition for exit from while (sufficient path length) to
    avoid making a very small final step :  used the tolerance.

April 25th, 2000   G. Cosmo

- Reorganised comments for the Software Reference Manual.
- Moved inlined definition to .icc files, where needed.
  Created: G4LogicalBorderSurface.icc and G4LogicalSkinSurface.icc.
- Removed obsolete G4Transform class. Removed files:
  G4Transform[.hh.icc].

January 19th, 2000   G. Cosmo - geomvol-V01-00-00

Sycronized files versions with HEAD after ISO-C++ migration.
(essentially CVS headers changes). Left out only G4Navigator[.hh.cc].

December 2nd, 1999   G. Cosmo - geomvol-V00-01-02

G4TransportationManager: Fixed definition of the singleton to conform
    to the canonical implementation. Moved default constructor from private
    to protected and added call to G4Exception in case of multiple instances
    through derived classes.

November 26th, 1999   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-V00-01-01

G4TouchableHistory: Moved GetTranslation and GetRotation from inline file 
    to source file -- as they use static variables in the methods themselves.
        --> cannot be handled by new HP aCC compiler

G4PropagatorInField: Initialised fVerboseLevel in constructor. (omision)
        --> on WinNT 4.0sp4 / VC++ 6.0  it was given value of 1 not 0.

November 10th, 1999   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-01-01-01b

Modified test/GNUmakefile to make it use fully-granular libraries.
New test code in testG4Volumes for Object/Frame Rotation/Translation.

October  29th, 1999   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-01-01-01a

Moved initialisation of static data members of G4PropagatorInField 
  fDefault_Delta_Intersection_Val
  fDefault_Delta_One_Step_Value 
to G4TransportationManager.cc, to ensure correct order initialisation 
of static (class) data members 

G4PropagatorInField warning message about integration inaccuracy 
now printed (for a maximum of 10 times) and in Verbose. 

July     27th, 1999   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-01-01-02

Modified G4Navigator to distinguish Candidate volume from Blocked volume

July     27th, 1999   J. Apostolakis - geomvol-01-01-01

Tagged  --- here ??? ---

July     27th, 1999   J. Apostolakis
G4PropagatorInField:
Added instance variables to keep track of "abnormal" case - which caused loop:

  This is induced when a step at a boundary goes into one volume
    - but in that volume it encounters an intermediate boundary
      and when the step is subdivided it finds a zero step.
   Then it looped between the volumes

This is corrected by finding this problem (#subsequent zero steps > threshold)
and attempting ever smaller trial steps until it succeeds.

->  it was not done for the first step

July     27th, 1999   J. Apostolakis

G4PropagatorInField:
  Made DeltaIntersection and DeltaOneStep instance variables (not class var.)
  Added Get/Set methods.   Old  values of are now the defaults.


July      1st, 1999   J. Apostolakis - field-01-00-06a

In G4PropagatorInField   --> method LocateIntersectionPoint():

  Integration inaccuracies cause an internal step's mid-point and endpoint
    to be further apart than their curve length difference.  (Unphysical)

  In order to compensate, we re-compute the step's endpoint.  [ This also
    requires modification in G4ChordFinder::ApproxCurvePointV  ]

A better solution would be to re-start/re-structure the loop to handle this
sort of case.   But this would be a more major change ...

May      19, 99      J.Apostolakis, F. Behner

   In G4Navigator: Changed cout -> G4cout
                   Changed protection for printing of Physical volume name:
                    (because of warning on SUN;  same functionality)


   In G4NavigationLevel, created an optional operator delete(void *, void *)
    this is accepted by DEC, and not accepted by SUN, HP
    new flag created in architecture for protection: ~ G4NO_ISO_DELETES 

May      17, 99      J. Allison.
   In G4NavigationLevel, changed operator new(size_t, G4NavigationLevel *)
   to operator new(size_t, void *) because the former is not accepted
   by Sun CC 4.2 (with STL Interface.)

May       3, 99      J. Apostolakis 
   testG4ReplicaNavigation.cc
      Changed comparison of doubles, to give it a tolerance.  

April     8, 99      (committed & recorded J. Apostolakis  May 3rd)
   G4NavigationLevel.{hh,icc}: Minor Changes 
      added const to copy constructor and
      new 'new' operator with size_t - for STL use with preallocated containers" 


March    19, 99      J. Apostolakis        geomvol-01-00-03

   New tag for replica fix.


March    18, 99      J. Apostolakis

   A fix for looping in Replicas:
        In the case where a zero step is done in Replicas, we must allow
    ReplicaNavigator to handle the case itself - or else we loop.

March    11, 99      J. Apostolakis

   G4GRSVolume.icc: corrected G4Exception messages.

February 18, 99      J. Apostolakis        

 include/G4VoxelNavigation.hh
 src/G4VoxelNavigation.cc    : overwrote versions 1.2 with production version
      --->  when changes are refined and retested, they could be reincorporated

February 17, 99      J. Apostolakis        geomvol-01-00-02

 Moved G4PropagatorInField here from magneticfield to remove correct
  dependency.

February 15, 99      J. Apostolakis        geomvol-01-00-01

   Only fixes in G4Navigator's incorporated.
   GNUmakefile corrected (for SUN-CC).

January      99,     J. Apostolakis

Fix for ComputeSafety in Navigator:                              G4Navigator.cc
            the voxel information that was used was incorrect       v 1.3
                -> it resulted in wrong value of safety


December     98                                   geant4-00-RandD

 include/G4VoxelNavigation.hh
 src/G4VoxelNavigation.cc    : versions 1.2 are trial versions from beta "head"

December     98                                   

Trial fix for navigation in replicas                             G4Navigator.cc
                                                                    v 1.2
         (a problem persists with this version)


December     98                                   geant4-00

   Code moved: production tag from beta repository.