/vis/draw/axes or /vis/expert/draw_circle don't work if using an OpenGL visualisation driver. Also, /vis/set/sides doesn't seem to work. When I display the CSG G4Tubs, I always use the default 24 sides.
Please be more specific. All the commands have been tested and work for us. Have a good look through all the macros in exampleN03, geant4/examples/novice/N03/exN03Vis*.mac. Note: 1) Axes might be hidden by the detector, although the default is "not hidden". 2) To see the effect of /vis/set/sides you might need to force a regeneration of the view - /vis/viewer/create, /vis/set/sides 100, /vis/viewer/refresh. 3) The /vis/expert commands are not "supported". 4) All vis commands are under review.
Turned out to be a real problem. (Now fixed - see next message.)
Fixed in the following tag. Should be in the next reference tag and possibly in a patch to Geant4 3.0. 1st February 2001 John Allison (vis-V03-00-01) - Fixed /vis/set/sides problem (Satoshi Tanaka) (Bug #204). Solution: Update view's view parameters in /vis/set/sides - had somehow been overlooked.