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GetRayIntersects

 

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Description

Returns the total surface intersect count for 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

nintersects = GetRayIntersects ( id )

 

Parameters

nintersects (Long)

Returns the total number of surface intersects for the specified ray.

 

id as Long (or Huge_)

Identifier of the ray.

 

Remarks

This function returns the total intersect count for a specified ray.  If there is a problem, the function toggles an error and returns a value of -1.

 

See Also

AddRay

GetRay

SetRay

GetRayPathLength

GetRayEntity

GetRayParent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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