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Control
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Inputs / Description
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Defaults
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Starting Point
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X, Y, Z
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Defines the coordinates of the starting point of the ray.
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0
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Coordinate System
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Defines which coordinate system to use for the starting point of the ray. Use the entity picker to select any coordinate system in the model.
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Global Coordinate System
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Target Point
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X, Y, Z
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Defines the coordinates of the aim point of the ray
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0
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Coordinate System
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Defines which coordinate system to use for the aim point of the ray. Use the entity picker to select any coordinate system in the model
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Global Coordinate System
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Target Surface
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Surface List
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Select the target surface using the entity picker.
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Make target point coordinate system same as surface
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Places target point and surface coordinate systems coincident.
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Checked
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Conditions
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Wavelength
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Defines the wavelength to use for the ray.
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0.5892938
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Immersion Material
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Defines the material in which the ray is immersed when it begins tracing.
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Air
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Ray Path
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Select any valid path from drop down menu. User can specify to use a user-defined ray path or trace non-sequentially.
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Non-sequential
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Hints
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Into 4pi sr
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Not selected
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Towards
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Trace ray towards any valid surface.
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Not selected
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Direction
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Trace ray in specified direction.
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Selected
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Position
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Trace ray to specified position.
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Not selected
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Sampled/Direction
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Not selected
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Sampled/Position
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Not selected
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Hint Data
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X, Y, Z
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Coordinates of end point.
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0, 0, 1
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Towards
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Drop down list of valid surfaces.
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First valid surface
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X, Y Semiwidth (deg)
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Solid angle
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1,1
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Number of Rays
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Rays to trace.
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1
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Coord Sys
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Specify ray in this coordinate system.
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Global
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Options
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Create Source
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Unchecked
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Plot Rays
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Plot rays during trace.
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Unchecked
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Pick Ray Color
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Select color of rays.
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Unchecked
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Status
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Status
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Indicates status of iterated trace.
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Ready
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Controls
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Der Inc
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Derivative increment used in iteration.
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0.0001
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Aim Tol
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Aim Tolerance used in iteration.
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0.0001
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OK
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Accept settings and close dialog box.
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Cancel
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Discard settings and close dialog box.
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Apply
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Apply settings and keep dialog box open.
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Help
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Access this Help page.
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