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Unable to form path of reflection #30

Open elvis0721 opened 3 years ago

elvis0721 commented 3 years ago

Hi Just wondering can anyone please provide a guide from using the SolTrace? I have no background of programming and I am currently using it for light stimulation since this earlier year.

I am unable to observe the reflection path when the light strikes on the plate.

And I also aim to create two semicylindrical reflection side-by-side but it wouldnt let me to do it. (or I dont know how to create it)

Can anyone please help? It is really urgent as I used 3 months and get nothing on the stimulation,

LiuZengqiang commented 3 years ago

Maybe you should select the option Plot paths for rays in Intersections page, and input the ray index in the following input box which shall be shown, for example, inputting "1,2,3" means show the first, the second, and the third ray. Inputting "1-100" means show the first, the second,...,100th rays. By the way, this is on the Windows platform, there may be some differences on Linux.