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iat-cener / tonatiuh

A Monte Carlo ray tracer for the optical simulation of solar concentrating systems
http://iat-cener.github.io/tonatiuh/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Invisible rays after running simulation #76

Open BrandonvanB opened 8 years ago

BrandonvanB commented 8 years ago

Hi

I am trying to perform a ray trace analysis for a solar furnace facility. I am using tonatiuh version 2.2.1 and when I perform the simulation using the flux tool and the old method that outputs a binary file, I get solutions describing the total power and heat flux distribution, but no rays or photons are generated in my GUI.

The "display rays" option under the ray trace toolbar is also greyed out after performing my simulation as shown in the attached image. untitled

I rolled back to previous versions of the software and followed the tutorials and examples, yet I have the same issues. Any help would be much appreciated

ilescener commented 8 years ago

Hi BrandonvanB,

The option "Display rays" is online available when a simulation is run without export, I mean running the simulation with "Not export" selected in the Store type field, or storing the full photon map, then the rays will show in the GUI. In these cases the option "Display rays" will be available to hide or show the rays in the GUI.

Let me know any doubts.

BrandonvanB commented 8 years ago

Thank you for your swift reply. This worked for me