diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- MaterialManager.java	19 Apr 2012 20:23:04 -0000	1.17
+++ MaterialManager.java	25 May 2012 20:16:00 -0000	1.18
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@

  * @author Jeremy McCormick
  * @author Matt Graham
  *

- * @version $Id: MaterialManager.java,v 1.17 2012/04/19 20:23:04 jeremy Exp $

+ * @version $Id: MaterialManager.java,v 1.18 2012/05/25 20:16:00 mgraham Exp $

  */
 public class MaterialManager
 {
     // Variables from original MaterialManager class.

-    private boolean DEBUG = false; // enable debug output to System.out

+    private boolean DEBUG = true; // enable debug output to System.out

     private static final boolean TUBE_ONLY = false; // only use Tube elements
     // for calculating volume.
     private List<MaterialPolyconeSegment> _matpc = new ArrayList<MaterialPolyconeSegment>();

@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@

 
     private boolean isXPlane(double xmin, double xmax)
     {

-        return (xmax-xmin)<1.0;//1mm

+	return (xmax-xmin)<50.0;//5cm...this should be safe since tubes have xmin and xmax set to default huge values

     }
 
     public void setTransform(ITransform3D transform) {