Re: USRBIN estimator with region binning

Thank you for the responses Alberto and Vasilis,

I understand that one is able to choose three sets of regions for a USRBIN estimation, each with its
own step size (thank you for the explanation on the step size in this context Alberto). Flair is
setup to allow for this; however, in my simple test case, I am only concerned with four regions
(which appear in the input file in the order I listed):

rBlkBox 5 +bBlkBox -bVacBox
rVacBox 5 +bVacBox -bBeWin -bTaConv -bAlWin -bdUC3Tgt
rBeWin 5 +bBeWin =======> R1from
rTaConv 5 +bTaConv
rAlWin 5 +bAlWin
rdUC3Tgt 5 +bdUC3Tgt <====== R1to

The geom plot I created contains the four regions between rBeWin and rdUC3Tgt.
I am attaching the flair and input files. Thanks for looking into this Vasilis.

Best wishes,
Mina

On 11-08-16 08:07 AM, Vasilis Vlachoudis wrote:
> Hi Mina,
>
> if you select the region USRBIN then you can enter 3 ranges of regions with a variable step. You will see them appearing in flair as
> R1from: xxx R1to:xxx Step1: xxx
> Default for step is 1
> You have to remember that the from:to range has to be in the same order as is in the input file.
>
> You did the right thing to create a plot and try to super impose it on the data. However if in the plot appears only one region, gnuplot doesn't really like it and gives this error message. Please ensure that the plot covers at least a couple of regions. In case you cannot succeed please send me the input and the flair project to check.
>
> Cheers
> Vasilis Vlachoudis
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Alberto Fasso' [fasso_at_slac.stanford.edu]
> Sent: 16 August 2011 15:38
> To: fluka-discuss_at_fluka.org
> Cc: Mina Nozar; Vasilis Vlachoudis
> Subject: Re: USRBIN estimator with region binning
>
> Hi Mina,
>
>> My first question concerns "R1from" and "R1to". Does this mean that all regions defined in the
>> input file between the two regions set to R1from and R1to will be included as "bins" in this
>> estimator? i.e. if I have the following regions defined in my input file,
>>
>> rBeWin 5 +bBeWin
>> rTaConv 5 +bTaConv
>> rAlWin 5 +bAlWin
>> rdUC3Tgt 5 +bdUC3Tgt
>>
>> Question:
>> Will there be 4 bins in the usrbin estimator, one for each of the above
>> regions?
>
> Yes, if the step is equal to 1 (default). If the step was for instance 3, then
> only rBeWin and rdUC3Tgt would be considered as bins. You only indicated 4
> regions, but if there were many more, every third region would be considered
> as a bin.
> I see that you are using FLAIR: I have never used FLAIR for region binning, but
> I have just tried and I have noticed that it does not allow you to define
> a step "From region X to region Y in steps of Z". In my opinion, this is an
> error in FLAIR, therefore I copy Vasilis Vlachoudis, the FLAIR author, to
> see if he can correct it.
> In the meantime you can still edit the input file yourself: the step for
> the first region set is WHAT(4) of the second line, the step for the second set
> is WHAT(5), and the step of the third set is WHAT(6).
>
> The rest of your mail is strictly related to FLAIR, and in particular to
> Gnuplot, with both of which I am not very familiar. I hope that Vasilis will
> look into it as well when he is back from vacation (don't forget that in Europe
> most people are on vacation in August).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alberto
>
>> Problem:
>> When trying to look at the distribution, I get the following message:
>> "
>> Plot of Region or Special binning has been requested, however no geometry to plot-onto has been
>> selected. -Auto- or 'No' plot cannot not work with this type of binning. Please create first a
>> geometry plot.
>> "
>>
>>
>> Then I plot and save the default geom plot (Green projection which is the X-Z projection in my case)
>> and try again. This time, I get a message saying:
>>
>> "
>> Please check the Output window for error messages from gnuplot.
>> "
>>
>> The error message says:
>>
>> <e< Warning: empty cb range [-1.70498:-1.70498], adjusting to [-1.68793:-1.72203]
>> <e< gnuplot> splot 'EBeam_PhotonDist_Region.dat' ind 1 us 5:3:7 notitle ,'Green.dat' ind 0 us
>> 5:3:(0) w l ls 1 notit,'' ind 2 us 5:3:(0):6 w labels noenhancedoffset 0,.3 point ps 0.7 pt 11 tc lt
>> 0 font '' notitle
>> <e<
>>
>> <e< line 0: ';' expected
>>
>>
>> Can someone please help me get around this problem?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Mina