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GetSourceDirSphere

 

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Description

Retrieves the number of random directions from a source with a "Random directions into a sphere" ray directions type.  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

success = GetSourceDirSphere ( n, dirCount )

 

Parameters

success (Boolean)

True if the function succeeds, False otherwise.

 

n As Long

Node number of the source.

 

dirCount As Long (or Huge_)

Returns the number of directions from the source.

 

Remarks

This function retrieves the number of random directions from a source with a Random ray directions type. If there is a problem the function returns False and does not set an error.

 

See Also

IsSourceDirSphere

SetSourceDirSphere

Examples

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