tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805856980450756766.post2821022440491473277..comments2024-03-19T12:30:42.367+01:00Comments on Will work for science.: The "ideal" Monte Carlo user interfaceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613098782917752267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805856980450756766.post-1420004512668850722011-04-14T02:18:05.239+02:002011-04-14T02:18:05.239+02:00Hi Chris,
Thanks for stopping by our blog and com...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by our blog and commenting!<br /><br />You are definitely right about ray tracing programs (I assume that's what you mean by optical photons). I also agree that the major problem is that 3D CAD and MC particle transport are both very difficult and require very specialized knowledge, so you're unlikely to find those groups of people together, minus big money. Ray tracing is a significantly simpler (and more lucrative?) problem, I assume.<br /><br />P.S. SimpleGeo looks really nice, but I only have Linux machines.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293477186383292023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805856980450756766.post-5467439190047360532011-04-01T21:14:44.601+02:002011-04-01T21:14:44.601+02:00Well there are a number of MC codes that do integr...Well there are a number of MC codes that do integrate a CAD-style GUI as their primary user interface. However, they are dealing with a different domain/energy range, namely optical photon transport. Thus, their purpose is significantly different than the particle transport codes that you mention. <br /><br />There are basically two reasons which I can see, there might of course be others as well, why you don't find such interfaces in typical radiation transport codes. On one hand those codes have a long standing history which goes way back and the code base does not lend itself easily to the development of a modern 3D CAD interface without embarking essentially on a redesign and rewrite of hundred thousands of lines of code. <br /><br />On the other hand the developers of 3D CAD applications as well as those of MC particle transport codes live in two different universes. For 3D CAD you need people specialized in computer graphics & software development, whereas typically the developers of MC radiation transport codes have their background in nuclear/theoretical physics. For the time being these are still two camps who do not really know each other, even though there surely would be significant benefit to my mind.Chris Theishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991706276885442910noreply@blogger.com