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GetRayZ

 

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Description

Retrieves the Z coordinate of 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

z = GetRayZ ( id )

 

Parameters

z (Double)

Returns the Z coordinate component of the specified ray.

 

id As Long (or Huge_)

Identifier for the ray.

 

Remarks

This function retrieves the Z coordinate (in global coordinates) of a specified ray.  If there is a problem it toggles an error and returns a value of 0.

 

See Also

AddRay

GetRay

SetRay

GetRayX

GetRayY

Examples

Raydata GetSet

 

 

 

 

 

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