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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/
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Flux distribution profile aspect ratio adjustments #81

Open BrandonvanB opened 7 years ago

BrandonvanB commented 7 years ago

Hi

I was wandering if it is possible to adjust the aspect ratio of the flux distribution profile that is generated when performing a simulation with the built-in flux analysis tool so that the image is made square?

Kind regards

Brandon van Bakel

ilescener commented 7 years ago

Hi The aspect ratio of the full area used for plotting is fixed, so no, it's not possible. However, zooming and draging is allowed so you can modify it more less and make it quite square. In any case, I write it down for future developments.

BR Iñigo

BrandonvanB commented 7 years ago

Thank you for the reply. I suppose it would be possible to export the ray-traced data and plot it in MATLAB so that the plot area is perfectly square.

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Hi The aspect ratio of the full area used for plotting is fixed, so no, it's not possible. However, zooming and draging is allowed so you can modify it more less and make it quite square. In any case, I write it down for future developments.

BR Iñigo

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ilescener commented 7 years ago

Even you can export the values (or the pair value-coordinates) of the flux for each cell from the tool so the plot with MATLAB is easier, not necessary to process the ray-traced data.