diff --git a/detector/other/SingleShape_geo.cpp b/detector/other/SingleShape_geo.cpp
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--- a/detector/other/SingleShape_geo.cpp
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-//==========================================================================
-//  AIDA Detector description implementation 
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Copyright (C) Organisation europeenne pour la Recherche nucleaire (CERN)
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// For the licensing terms see $DD4hepINSTALL/LICENSE.
-// For the list of contributors see $DD4hepINSTALL/doc/CREDITS.
-//
-// Author     : M.Frank
-//
-//==========================================================================
-
-// Edited by A. Ilg, to have only the CAD import left and nothing else
-
-// Framework includes
-#include <DD4hep/DetFactoryHelper.h>
-#include <XML/Utilities.h>
-
-using namespace dd4hep;
-using namespace dd4hep::detail;
-
-static Ref_t create_detector(Detector& description, xml_h e, SensitiveDetector sens)  {
-  xml_dim_t x_det = e;  
-  xml_comp_t xshape (x_det.child(_U(shape)));
-  xml_dim_t  xpos   (x_det.child(_U(position), false));
-  xml_dim_t  xrot   (x_det.child(_U(rotation)));
-  xml_elt_t  xmat   (x_det.child(_U(material)));
-  xml_dim_t  xbox   (x_det.child(_U(box)));
-  DetElement d_det(x_det.nameStr(),x_det.id());
-  Volume assembly(x_det.nameStr()+"_vol", Box(xbox.x(), xbox.y(), xbox.z()), description.air());
-  //Assembly  assembly(x_det.nameStr()+"_envelope");
-  Material   mat    (description.material(xmat.attr<std::string>(_U(name))));
-  Position    pos(xpos.x(),xpos.y(),xpos.z());
-  RotationZYX rot(xrot.phi(),xrot.theta(),xrot.psi());
-
-  Solid  sh  = xml::createShape(description, xshape.typeStr(), xshape);
-  Volume vol = Volume(x_det.nameStr()+"_vol", sh, mat);
-  PlacedVolume pv;
-
-  for(xml_coll_t c(xshape,_U(property)); c; ++c)   {
-    xml_elt_t ec = c;
-    vol.addProperty(ec.attr<std::string>(_U(name)), ec.attr<std::string>(_U(value)));
-  }
-
-  vol.setVisAttributes(description, x_det.visStr());
-
-  int ipos = 0;
-  for(xml_coll_t c(xshape, _U(position)); c; ++c)   {
-    xml_dim_t  xp = c;
-    Position   vol_pos(xp.x(), xp.y(), xp.z());
-
-    pv = assembly.placeVolume(vol, Transform3D(rot, vol_pos));
-  }
-
-  assembly.setVisAttributes(description, xbox.attr<std::string>(_U(vis)));
-  pv = description.pickMotherVolume(d_det).placeVolume(assembly, pos);
-  pv.addPhysVolID("system",x_det.id());
-  d_det.setPlacement(pv);
-  return d_det;
-}
-
-DECLARE_DETELEMENT(DD4hep_SingleShape,create_detector)