diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 90505bf1251af5d454e430bf44bffb5bdd6078a0..33cc7a0a62ea7e8e89476d8c84fde8cba5b5804b 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ dd4hep_package ( DD4hepExample MAJOR 0 MINOR 0 PATCH 1
                  [DD4hep REQUIRED COMPONENTS DDCore]
 )
 #
-dd4hep_enable_tests ( AlignDet CLICSiD ClientTests )
-###SimpleDetector )
+dd4hep_enable_tests ( AlignDet CLICSiD ClientTests SimpleDetector )
diff --git a/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
index ee1b434fea3e7e4b395c96c5cb624898d4db601c..9ac1b7981740da4831ee60c21be2716259ad7320 100644
--- a/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,125 +10,22 @@
 #
 #==========================================================================
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3 FATAL_ERROR)
-#---------------------------
-set( PackageName SimpleDetector )
-#---------------------------
-project(${PackageName})
-
-# project version
-SET( ${PackageName}_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( ${PackageName}_VERSION_MINOR 0 )
-SET( ${PackageName}_VERSION_PATCH 1 )
-
-SET( ${PackageName}_VERSION "${${PackageName}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PackageName}_VERSION_MINOR}" )
-SET( ${PackageName}_SOVERSION "${${PackageName}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PackageName}_VERSION_MINOR}" )
-
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH  ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ) 
-set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
-set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-
-#------------- set the default installation directory to be the source directory
-IF(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
-  SET( CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} CACHE PATH  
-    "install prefix path  - overwrite with -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = ..." 
-    FORCE )
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} - overwrite with -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" )
-ENDIF(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
-#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
-find_package( DD4hep REQUIRED COMPONENTS DDRec )
-
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH  ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}  ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake ) 
-include( DD4hep )
-
-find_package( ROOT REQUIRED )
-set( ROOT_COMPONENT_LIBRARIES Geom )
-#-------------------------------------------------------------
-# add additional packages here
-
+include ( ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake/DD4hep.cmake )
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dd4hep_configure_output ()
+dd4hep_package ( SimpleDetector MAJOR 0 MINOR 0 PATCH 1
+  USES  [ROOT   REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom] 
+        [DD4hep REQUIRED COMPONENTS DDCore]
+)
+dd4hep_install_dir( compact DESTINATION examples/SimpleDetector )
 #---Testing-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
-  include(CTest)
-  enable_testing()
-endif(BUILD_TESTING)
-
-configure_file( ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake/run_test_package.sh run_test_${PackageName}.sh @ONLY)
-INSTALL(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/run_test_${PackageName}.sh
-  DESTINATION bin )
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------
-include_directories( ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-  include
-  ${DD4hep_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIR}
- )
-
-file(GLOB sources src/*.cpp )
-include(DD4hep_XML_setup)
-
-add_library(${PackageName} SHARED ${sources})
-
-target_link_libraries(${PackageName} ${DD4hep_LIBRARIES} ${DD4hep_COMPONENT_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_COMPONENT_LIBRARIES} )
-
-#---Rootmap generation--------------------------------------------------------------
-if(APPLE)
-  dd4hep_generate_rootmap_apple(${PackageName} )
-else()
-  dd4hep_generate_rootmap(${PackageName} )
-endif()
-
-#---- configure run environment ---------------
-configure_file( ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake/thisdd4hep_package.sh.in  this${PackageName}.sh @ONLY)
-
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/this${PackageName}.sh
-  DESTINATION bin
-  )
-#--- install target-------------------------------------
-install(TARGETS ${PackageName}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-  )
-install(DIRECTORY compact
-  DESTINATION examples/${PackageName}
-  PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE )
-
-#install(DIRECTORY scripts
-#  DESTINATION examples/${PackageName}
-#  PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE )
-
-# to do: add corresponding uninstall...
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-####################################
-#
-#  Add Tests here
-# 
-####################################
-
-SET( test_name "test_converter_simple_lcdd" )
-ADD_TEST( t_${test_name} "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_${PackageName}.sh" 
-  geoConverter -compact2lcdd -input file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/Simple_ILD.xml -output file:Simple_ILD.lcdd )
-#----- here we simply require that at least 100 volumes have been converted
-SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES( t_${test_name} PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION  " Handled [0-9]?[0-9][0-9]+ volumes" )
-
-SET( test_name "test_converter_simple_gdml" )
-ADD_TEST( t_${test_name} "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_${PackageName}.sh" 
-  geoConverter -compact2gdml -input file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/Simple_ILD.xml -output file:Simple_ILD.gdml )
-#----- here we simply require that at least 100 volumes have been converted
-SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES( t_${test_name} PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION  " Handled [0-9]?[0-9][0-9]+ volumes" )
-
-SET( test_name "test_converter_simple_vis" )
-ADD_TEST( t_${test_name} "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_${PackageName}.sh" 
-  geoConverter -compact2vis -input file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/Simple_ILD.xml -output file:Simple_ILD.vis )
-#----- here we simply require that at least 100 volumes have been converted
-SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES( t_${test_name} PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION  " Handled [0-9]?[0-9][0-9]+ volumes" )
-
-
-SET( test_name "test_simulation_simple" )
-ADD_TEST( t_${test_name} "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_${PackageName}.sh" 
-  dd_sim file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/Simple_ILD.xml  file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/sequences.xml )
-#----- here we simply require that at least 100 volumes have been converted
-SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES( t_${test_name} PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION  "Event 9 Begin event action")
-
-
+dd4hep_configure_scripts ( SimpleDetector DEFAULT_SETUP WITH_TESTS )
+
+#----- Tests for CLICSid: here we simply require that at least 100 volumes have been converted
+foreach ( typ lcdd gdml vis )
+  dd4hep_add_test_reg ( "test_converter_SimpleDetector_${typ}" 
+    COMMAND    "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_SimpleDetector.sh"
+    EXEC_ARGS  geoConverter -compact2${typ} -input file:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/compact.xml -output file:SimpleDetector.${typ}
+    REGEX_PASS " Handled [1-9][0-9][0-9]+ volumes" )
+endforeach()