diff --git a/geom/inc/TGeoShape.h b/geom/inc/TGeoShape.h
index f62bc17ae29b95f2c749b4ac03ac18fd1a39bd2c..e0041284bf5e4b552dd624e8bdd45b01bcfc1674 100644
--- a/geom/inc/TGeoShape.h
+++ b/geom/inc/TGeoShape.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// @(#)root/geom:$Name:  $:$Id: TGeoShape.h,v 1.17 2003/11/28 13:52:35 brun Exp $
+// @(#)root/geom:$Name:  $:$Id: TGeoShape.h,v 1.18 2003/12/10 15:31:23 brun Exp $
 // Author: Andrei Gheata   31/01/02
 
 /*************************************************************************
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ enum EShapeType {
 };
 static const Double_t kRadDeg;   // conversion factor rad->deg
 static const Double_t kDegRad;   // conversion factor deg->rad
-static const Double_t kBig;      // infinity
+static const Double_t kBig = 1E30;      // infinity
 protected :
 // data members
    Int_t                 fShapeId;   // shape id
diff --git a/geom/src/TGeoShape.cxx b/geom/src/TGeoShape.cxx
index e7d465b8ea375d89fa12325f8895f1ad6cbc09a3..e693eaf69f8ef740137cb1f858d97fe08aa4f9de 100644
--- a/geom/src/TGeoShape.cxx
+++ b/geom/src/TGeoShape.cxx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// @(#)root/geom:$Name:  $:$Id: TGeoShape.cxx,v 1.14 2003/11/11 15:44:28 brun Exp $
+// @(#)root/geom:$Name:  $:$Id: TGeoShape.cxx,v 1.15 2003/11/28 13:52:35 brun Exp $
 // Author: Andrei Gheata   31/01/02
 
 /*************************************************************************
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
 
 const Double_t TGeoShape::kRadDeg = 180./TMath::Pi();
 const Double_t TGeoShape::kDegRad = TMath::Pi()/180.;
-const Double_t TGeoShape::kBig = 1E30;
 
 ClassImp(TGeoShape)