From fe27831a2c9ac08b4454fc755d15301f8ad8f392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Whitney Armstrong <warmstrong@anl.gov> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:14:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] modified: overview.md --- src/docs/overview.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/docs/overview.md b/src/docs/overview.md index bc5e82e..99079d3 100644 --- a/src/docs/overview.md +++ b/src/docs/overview.md @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ title: "Overview" --- +## DD4hep + +DD4hep introduces the concept of a `DetElement` which is related to the volumes (logical volumes) and placed volumes but not in a strict way. +These elements build up a separate tree which describes the relationship between the volumes and the readout detectors. +Through the unique BitField ID this allows position space information to be mapped to and from channel number/cell ID space. + + ## EIC Data model -- GitLab