Description Retrieves the initial power in a specified ray. Depending on the number of rays traced, it may be necessary to dimension ray index and ray counter variables as data type Huge_ instead of Long. Please see Multi-threaded Raytracing for more information.
Syntax power = GetRayInitialPower ( id )
Parameters power (Double) The initial power of a ray, or 0.0 if there is a problem.
id As Long (or Huge_) The identifier of the ray.
Remarks This function retrieves the initial power in a specified ray. If there is a problem, the function sets an error and returns 0.0.
The initial power is the power of the ray when it was first created.
See Also Examples
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