egs_lattice.h

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#  Copyright (C) 2019 Rowan Thomson and Martin Martinov
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#  Author:          Martin Martinov, 2019
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#  Contributors:    Frederic Tessier
#                   Ernesto Mainegra-Hing
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#  Martinov, Martin P., and Rowan M. Thomson. Taking EGSnrc to new lows:
#  Development of egs++ lattice geometry and testing with microscopic
#  geometries. Medical Physics 47, 3225-3232 (2020).
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*/
 
 
#include "egs_base_geometry.h"
#include "../egs_gtransformed/egs_gtransformed.h"
 
#ifndef EGS_LATTICE_GEOMETRY_
#define EGS_LATTICE_GEOMETRY_
 
#ifdef WIN32
 
    #ifdef BUILD_LATTICE_DLL
        #define EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
    #else
        #define EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
    #endif
    #define EGS_LATTICE_LOCAL
 
#else
 
    #ifdef HAVE_VISIBILITY
        #define EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility ("default")))
        #define EGS_LATTICE_LOCAL  __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden")))
    #else
        #define EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT
        #define EGS_LATTICE_LOCAL
    #endif
 
#endif
 
class EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT EGS_Lattice : public EGS_BaseGeometry {
protected:
 
    EGS_BaseGeometry         *base;    
    EGS_TransformedGeometry  *sub;     
    int                       ind;     
    int                       maxStep; 
    EGS_Float                 a, b, c; 
    string                    type;    
 
public:
 
    EGS_Lattice(EGS_BaseGeometry *B, EGS_BaseGeometry *S, int i, EGS_Float x,
                EGS_Float y, EGS_Float z, const string &Name = "");
    ~EGS_Lattice();
 
    EGS_Vector closestPoint(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        return EGS_Vector(int(round(x.x/a))*a,
                          int(round(x.y/b))*b,
                          int(round(x.z/c))*c);
    };
 
    int computeIntersections(int ireg, int n, const EGS_Vector &x,
                             const EGS_Vector &u, EGS_GeometryIntersections *isections) {
        return base->computeIntersections(ireg,n,x,u,isections);
    };
 
    bool isRealRegion(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->isRealRegion(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->isRealRegion(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
 
    bool isInside(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        return base->isInside(x);
    };
 
    int isWhere(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        int temp = base->isWhere(x);
        if (temp == ind) {// Are we in the subgeom?
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
            if (sub->isInside(x)) {
                return sub->isWhere(x) + base->regions();
            }
        }
        return temp; // otherwise base geom
    };
 
    int inside(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        return isWhere(x);
    };
 
    int medium(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) { // If ireg is greater than base regions
            return sub->medium(ireg-base->regions());
        }
        return base->medium(ireg); // If in base region
    };
 
    EGS_Float howfarToOutside(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x, const EGS_Vector &u) {
        if (ireg < 0) { // Error catch, not inside
            return 0;
        }
 
        // Are we in the subgeom
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) {
            return base->howfarToOutside(ind,x,u);
        }
        return base->howfarToOutside(ireg,x,u);
    };
 
    int howfar(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x, const EGS_Vector &u,
               EGS_Float &t,int *newmed=0, EGS_Vector *normal=0) {
        // Catch t=0 exception, which sometimes causes issues when ind is the region neighboring -1
        if (t < epsilon) {
            t = 0.0;
            return ireg;
        }
 
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) { // Are we in the subgeom?
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
 
            // Do the howfar call
            EGS_Float tempT = t;
            int tempReg = sub->howfar(ireg-base->regions(),x,u,tempT,newmed,normal);
 
            // If we do leave the subgeom, we want to return the index
            // of the region of the base geometry we would be entering,
            // which is not necessarily ind if subgeom is at a boundary
            EGS_Vector newX = u;
            newX.normalize();
            newX = x + (newX * tempT);
 
            if (base->isWhere(newX) != ind) {// If we leave ind region of base
                t = tempT;
 
                tempReg = base->howfar(ind,x,u,t,0,normal);
                if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                    *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
                }
 
                //if (t<0) {
                //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from subgeom of %s\n",getName().c_str());
                //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                //}
                return tempReg;
            }
 
            if (!(tempReg+1)) {// If we leave sub geom back into ind
                if (newmed) {
                    *newmed = base->medium(ind);
                }
                t = tempT;
                return ind;
            }
 
            // else we stay in sub geom
            t = tempT;
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from subgeom of %s\n",getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            return tempReg+base->regions();
        }
        else if (ireg == ind) {// If we are in the region that could contain subgeoms
            // Determine the path travelled ------------------------------------------------ //
            EGS_Float tempT = t;
            base->howfar(ireg,x,u,tempT); // Get how far it is in temp
            EGS_Float max = tempT;
 
            // Iterate through the lattice ------------------------------------------------- //
            EGS_Float min = max, minX = max, minY = max, minZ = max; // Distance to closest subgeom for three different cases
            EGS_Vector unit = u;
            unit.normalize();
            EGS_Vector xInt = unit*(a/4.0/fabs(unit.x)), yInt = unit*(b/4.0/fabs(unit.y)), zInt = unit*(c/4.0/fabs(unit.z));
            EGS_Vector tempP; // Temporarily hold indices of subgeom we are testing against
            EGS_Vector finalP, finalX, finalY, finalZ; // Current closest intersecting subgeom
 
            EGS_Vector x0;
            EGS_Float max2 = max*max;
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minX;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalX = tempP;
                        minX = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += xInt;
            }
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minY;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalY = tempP;
                        minY = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += yInt;
            }
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minZ;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalZ = tempP;
                        minZ = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += zInt;
            }
 
            finalP = finalX;
            min = minX;
            if (min > minY) {
                min = minY;
                finalP = finalY;
            }
            if (min > minZ) {
                min = minZ;
                finalP = finalZ;
            }
 
            // Check last point
            tempT = max;
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x+unit*tempT));
            sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT);
            if (tempT < min  && tempT > 0) {
                min = tempT;
                finalP = closestPoint(x+unit*tempT);
            }
 
            // We did intersect subgeom
            if (min < max) {
                tempT = t;
                sub->setTransformation(finalP);
                int tempReg = sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT,newmed,normal);
                if (tempReg+1) {
                    if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                        *newmed = sub->medium(tempReg);
                    }
                    t = tempT;
 
                    //if (t<0) {
                    //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d in base geom of %s\n", ind, getName().c_str());
                    //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                    //}
                    return tempReg+base->regions();
                }
            }
 
            // We didn't intersect subgeom
            int tempReg = base->howfar(ireg,x,u,t,newmed,normal);
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d in base geom of %s\n", ind, getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
            }
 
            return tempReg;
        }
        else {// Not in region containing subgeoms, then it is quite easy
            // unless we enter directly into a subgeom when entering
            // region ind
            int tempReg = base->howfar(ireg,x,u,t,newmed,normal);
 
            // If we enter region ind
            if (tempReg == ind) {
                // newX is the point of entrance
                EGS_Vector newX = u;
                newX.normalize();
                newX = x + (newX * t);
 
                sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(newX));
                int newReg = sub->isWhere(newX);
                if (newReg+1) {                         // see what region we are in
                    if (newmed && newReg >= 0) {        // in subgeom, if its not -1
                        *newmed = sub->medium(newReg);    // then return the proper
                    }
                    //if (t<0) {                          // media and region
                    //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d (not ind) in base geom of %s\n", ireg, getName().c_str());
                    //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                    //}
                    return newReg + base->regions();
                }
            }
 
            if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
            }
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d (not ind) in base geom of %s\n", ireg, getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            return tempReg;
        }
    };
 
    EGS_Float hownear(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x) {
        EGS_Float temp, dist = base->hownear(ind,x);
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) {
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
            temp = sub->hownear(ireg-base->regions(),x);
            dist=(temp<dist)?temp:dist;
        }
        else if (ireg == ind) {
            // Check all nearby geometries
            EGS_Float xa = floor(x.x/a)*a, yb = floor(x.y/b)*b, zc = floor(x.z/c)*c;
            EGS_Vector x0[8] = {EGS_Vector(xa,  yb,  zc),
                                EGS_Vector(xa+a,yb,  zc),
                                EGS_Vector(xa,  yb+b,zc),
                                EGS_Vector(xa+a,yb+b,zc),
                                EGS_Vector(xa,  yb,  zc+c),
                                EGS_Vector(xa+a,yb,  zc+c),
                                EGS_Vector(xa,  yb+b,zc+c),
                                EGS_Vector(xa+a,yb+b,zc+c)
                               };
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
                sub->setTransformation(x0[i]);
                temp = sub->hownear(-1,x);
                if (temp < dist) {
                    dist = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            dist = base->hownear(ireg,x);
        }
        return dist;
    };
 
    int regions() {
        return base->regions() + sub->regions();
    }
 
    int getMaxStep() const {
        return maxStep;
    };
 
    const string &getType() const {
        return type;
    };
 
    void printInfo() const;
 
    // I have no idea what this boolean stuff is for
    bool hasBooleanProperty(int ireg, EGS_BPType prop) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->hasBooleanProperty(ireg, prop);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->hasBooleanProperty(ireg - base->regions(), prop); // then check sub regions
    };
    void setBooleanProperty(EGS_BPType prop) {
        base->setBooleanProperty(prop);
    };
    void addBooleanProperty(int bit) {
        base->addBooleanProperty(bit);
    };
    void setBooleanProperty(EGS_BPType prop, int start, int end, int step=1) {
        base->setBooleanProperty(prop,start,end,step);
    };
    void addBooleanProperty(int bit, int start, int end, int step=1) {
        base->addBooleanProperty(bit,start,end,step);
    };
 
    EGS_Float getRelativeRho(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->getRelativeRho(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->getRelativeRho(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
    void setRelativeRho(int start, int end, EGS_Float rho);
    void setRelativeRho(EGS_Input *);
 
    void  setBScaling(int start, int end, EGS_Float rho);
    void  setBScaling(EGS_Input *);
    EGS_Float getBScaling(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->getBScaling(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->getBScaling(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
 
    virtual void getLabelRegions(const string &str, vector<int> &regs);
 
protected:
    void setMedia(EGS_Input *inp,int,const int *);
};
 
class EGS_LATTICE_EXPORT EGS_Hexagonal_Lattice : public EGS_BaseGeometry {
protected:
 
    EGS_BaseGeometry        *base;    
    EGS_TransformedGeometry *sub;     
    int                      ind;     
    int                      maxStep; 
    EGS_Float                a;       
    vector<EGS_Float>        d;       
    string                   type;    
    EGS_Float                gap;     
    //   y and z have a shorter recurrence scale than a
public:
 
    EGS_Hexagonal_Lattice(EGS_BaseGeometry *B, EGS_BaseGeometry *S, int i, EGS_Float x, const string &Name = "");
    ~EGS_Hexagonal_Lattice();
 
    // Based off the closestPoint() function in the egs_lattice definition, here we check against the four
    // Bravais lattices that make up the hexagonal lattice to find the closest point
    EGS_Vector closestPoint(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        EGS_Float i1,j1,k1,i2,j2,j3,k3,j4;
        EGS_Float r3a = 2.0*gap;
 
        i1 = a*(round(x.x/a));
        j1 = r3a*(round(x.y/r3a));
        k1 = r3a*(round(x.z/r3a));
 
        i2 = a*(0.5+round(x.x/a-0.5));
        j2 = r3a*(0.5+round(x.y/r3a-0.5));
 
        j3 = r3a*(0.25+round(x.y/r3a-0.25));
        k3 = r3a*(0.5+round(x.z/r3a-0.5));
 
        j4 = r3a*(-0.25+round(x.y/r3a+0.25));
 
        EGS_Vector p1(i1,j1,k1);
        EGS_Vector p2(i2,j2,k1);
        EGS_Vector p3(i1,j3,k3);
        EGS_Vector p4(i2,j4,k3);
 
        d[0] = (x-p1).length2();
        d[1] = (x-p2).length2();
        d[2] = (x-p3).length2();
        d[3] = (x-p4).length2();
 
        if (d[0] < d[1] && d[0] < d[2] && d[0] < d[3]) {
            return p1;
        }
        if (d[1] < d[2] && d[1] < d[3]) {
            return p2;
        }
        if (d[2] < d[3]) {
            return p3;
        }
        return p4;
    };
 
    int computeIntersections(int ireg, int n, const EGS_Vector &x,
                             const EGS_Vector &u, EGS_GeometryIntersections *isections) {
        return base->computeIntersections(ireg,n,x,u,isections);
    };
 
    bool isRealRegion(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->isRealRegion(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->isRealRegion(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
 
    bool isInside(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        return base->isInside(x);
    };
 
    int isWhere(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        int temp = base->isWhere(x);
        if (temp == ind) {// Are we in the subgeom?
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
            if (sub->isInside(x)) {
                return sub->isWhere(x) + base->regions();
            }
        }
        return temp; // otherwise base geom
    };
 
    int inside(const EGS_Vector &x) {
        return isWhere(x);
    };
 
    int medium(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) { // If ireg is greater than base regions
            return sub->medium(ireg-base->regions());
        }
        return base->medium(ireg); // If in base region
    };
 
    EGS_Float howfarToOutside(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x, const EGS_Vector &u) {
        if (ireg < 0) { // Error catch, not inside
            return 0;
        }
 
        // Are we in the subgeom
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) {
            return base->howfarToOutside(ind,x,u);
        }
        return base->howfarToOutside(ireg,x,u);
    };
 
    int howfar(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x, const EGS_Vector &u,
               EGS_Float &t,int *newmed=0, EGS_Vector *normal=0) {
        // Catch t=0 exception, which sometimes causes issues when ind is the region neighboring -1
        if (t < epsilon) {
            t = 0.0;
            return ireg;
        }
 
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) { // Are we in the subgeom?
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
 
            // Do the howfar call
            EGS_Float tempT = t;
            int tempReg = sub->howfar(ireg-base->regions(),x,u,tempT,newmed,normal);
 
            // If we do leave the subgeom, we want to return the index
            // of the region of the base geometry we would be entering,
            // which is not necessarily ind if subgeom is at a boundary
            EGS_Vector newX = u;
            newX.normalize();
            newX = x + (newX * tempT);
 
            if (base->isWhere(newX) != ind) {// If we leave ind region of base
                t = tempT;
 
                tempReg = base->howfar(ind,x,u,t,0,normal);
                if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                    *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
                }
 
                //if (t<0) {
                //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from subgeom of %s\n",getName().c_str());
                //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                //}
                return tempReg;
            }
 
            if (!(tempReg+1)) {// If we leave sub geom back into ind
                if (newmed) {
                    *newmed = base->medium(ind);
                }
                t = tempT;
                return ind;
            }
 
            // else we stay in sub geom
            t = tempT;
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from subgeom of %s\n",getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            return tempReg+base->regions();
        }
        else if (ireg == ind) {// If we are in the region that could contain subgeoms
            // Determine the path travelled ------------------------------------------------ //
            EGS_Float tempT = t;
            base->howfar(ireg,x,u,tempT); // Get how far it is in temp
            EGS_Float max = tempT;
 
            // Iterate through the lattice ------------------------------------------------- //
            EGS_Float min = max, minX = max, minY = max, minZ = max; // Distance to closest subgeom for three different cases
            EGS_Vector unit = u;
            unit.normalize();
            EGS_Vector xInt = unit*(a/8.0/fabs(unit.x)), yInt = unit*(gap/8.0/fabs(unit.y)), zInt = unit*(gap/8.0/fabs(unit.z));
            EGS_Vector tempP; // Temporarily hold indices of subgeom we are testing against
            EGS_Vector finalP, finalX, finalY, finalZ; // Current closest intersecting subgeom
 
            EGS_Vector x0;
            EGS_Float max2 = max*max;
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minX;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalX = tempP;
                        minX = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += xInt;
            }
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minY;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalY = tempP;
                        minY = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += yInt;
            }
 
            x0 = x;
            while ((x-x0).length2() < max2) {// Quit as soon as our testing position is beyond current closest intersection (which could be tempT)
                tempT = minZ;
                tempP = closestPoint(x0);
                sub->setTransformation(tempP);
                if (sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT)+1) // Intersection!
                    if (tempT < max && tempT > 0) {
                        finalZ = tempP;
                        minZ = tempT;
                        break;
                    }
                x0 += zInt;
            }
 
            finalP = finalX;
            min = minX;
            if (min > minY) {
                min = minY;
                finalP = finalY;
            }
            if (min > minZ) {
                min = minZ;
                finalP = finalZ;
            }
 
            // Check last point
            tempT = max;
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x+unit*tempT));
            sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT);
            if (tempT < min  && tempT > 0) {
                min = tempT;
                finalP = closestPoint(x+unit*tempT);
            }
 
            // We did intersect subgeom
            if (min < max) {
                tempT = t;
                sub->setTransformation(finalP);
                int tempReg = sub->howfar(-1,x,u,tempT,newmed,normal);
                if (tempReg+1) {
                    if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                        *newmed = sub->medium(tempReg);
                    }
                    t = tempT;
 
                    //if (t<0) {
                    //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d in base geom of %s\n", ind, getName().c_str());
                    //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                    //}
                    return tempReg+base->regions();
                }
            }
 
            // We didn't intersect subgeom
            int tempReg = base->howfar(ireg,x,u,t,newmed,normal);
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d in base geom of %s\n", ind, getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n",ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
            }
 
            return tempReg;
        }
        else {// Not in region containing subgeoms, then it is quite easy
            // unless we enter directly into a subgeom when entering
            // region ind
            int tempReg = base->howfar(ireg,x,u,t,newmed,normal);
 
            // If we enter region ind
            if (tempReg == ind) {
                // newX is the point of entrance
                EGS_Vector newX = u;
                newX.normalize();
                newX = x + (newX * t);
 
                sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(newX));
                int newReg = sub->isWhere(newX);
                if (newReg+1) {                        // see what region we are in
                    if (newmed && newReg >= 0) {       // in subgeom, if its not -1
                        *newmed = sub->medium(newReg);    // then return the proper
                    }
                    //if (t<0) {                         // media and region
                    //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d (not ind) in base geom of %s\n", ireg, getName().c_str());
                    //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n", ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
                    //}
                    return newReg + base->regions();
                }
            }
 
            if (newmed && tempReg >= 0) {
                *newmed = base->medium(tempReg);
            }
            //if (t<0) {
            //  egsWarning("Returning negative t from region %d (not ind) in base geom of %s\n", ireg, getName().c_str());
            //  egsWarning("howfar(%7d,[%e,%e,%e],[%e,%e,%e],%e)\n", ireg, x.x, x.y, x.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, t);
            //}
            return tempReg;
        }
    };
 
    EGS_Float hownear(int ireg, const EGS_Vector &x) {
        EGS_Float temp, dist = base->hownear(ireg>=base->regions()?ind:ireg,x);
        if (ireg >= base->regions()) {
            sub->setTransformation(closestPoint(x));
            temp = sub->hownear(ireg-base->regions(),x);
            dist=(temp<dist)?temp:dist;
        }
        else if (ireg == ind) {
            // Check all nearby geometries, making use of the 4 Bravais lattice substructure of the geometry
            EGS_Float i,j,k;
            EGS_Float r3a = 2.0*gap, hgap = gap/2.0, ha = a/2.0;
            EGS_Vector x0[8];
 
            // Calculate the edge of an oblique rhombic prism formed around x
            i = a*(floor(x.x/a));
            j = r3a*(round(x.y/r3a));
            k = r3a*(round(x.z/r3a));
 
            // One of the following 4 trigonal trapezohedrons must enclose x, they all share an edge defined
            // as (i,j,k) to (i+a,j,k) and can recurse through all space
            if (x.y<=j && x.z<=k)
                EGS_Vector x0[8] = {EGS_Vector(i,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i-ha,j-gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i,j-gap-hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j-gap-hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a+ha,j-hgap,k-gap)
                                   };
            else if (x.y>j && x.z<=k)
                EGS_Vector x0[8] = {EGS_Vector(i,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j+gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j+hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a+ha,j+gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a+a,j+hgap,k-gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a+ha,j-hgap,k-gap)
                                   };
            else if (x.y<j && x.z>k)
                EGS_Vector x0[8] = {EGS_Vector(i,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i,j-gap-hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i-ha,j-hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a+ha,j-gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j-gap-hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-hgap,k+gap)
                                   };
            else //(x.y>j && x.z>k)
                EGS_Vector x0[8] = {EGS_Vector(i,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i-ha,j+gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i-a,j+hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i-ha,j-hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+a,j,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j+gap,k),
                                    EGS_Vector(i,j+hgap,k+gap),
                                    EGS_Vector(i+ha,j-hgap,k+gap)
                                   };
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
                sub->setTransformation(x0[i]);
                temp = sub->hownear(-1,x);
                if (temp < dist) {
                    dist = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        return dist;
    };
 
    int regions() {
        return base->regions() + sub->regions();
    }
 
    int getMaxStep() const {
        return maxStep;
    };
 
    const string &getType() const {
        return type;
    };
 
    void printInfo() const;
 
    // I have no idea what this boolean stuff is for
    bool hasBooleanProperty(int ireg, EGS_BPType prop) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->hasBooleanProperty(ireg, prop);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->hasBooleanProperty(ireg - base->regions(), prop); // then check sub regions
    };
    void setBooleanProperty(EGS_BPType prop) {
        base->setBooleanProperty(prop);
    };
    void addBooleanProperty(int bit) {
        base->addBooleanProperty(bit);
    };
    void setBooleanProperty(EGS_BPType prop, int start, int end, int step=1) {
        base->setBooleanProperty(prop,start,end,step);
    };
    void addBooleanProperty(int bit, int start, int end, int step=1) {
        base->addBooleanProperty(bit,start,end,step);
    };
 
    EGS_Float getRelativeRho(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->getRelativeRho(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->getRelativeRho(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
    void setRelativeRho(int start, int end, EGS_Float rho);
    void setRelativeRho(EGS_Input *);
 
    void  setBScaling(int start, int end, EGS_Float rho);
    void  setBScaling(EGS_Input *);
    EGS_Float getBScaling(int ireg) const {
        if (ireg < base->regions()) { // If ireg is less than base regions
            return base->getBScaling(ireg);    // check against base regions
        }
        return sub->getBScaling(ireg - base->regions()); // then check sub regions
    };
 
    virtual void getLabelRegions(const string &str, vector<int> &regs);
 
protected:
    void setMedia(EGS_Input *inp,int,const int *);
};
 
#endif