Ray Trajectories
Use a Ray Trajectories plot in 2D () or 3D () to visualize the trajectories of rays computed using the Geometrical Optics or Ray Acoustics interface. Add Color Expression, Deformation, Filter, Material Appearance, Translation, Transparency (3D only), and Visual Effects (3D only) subnodes as needed. For the settings in the Filter subnode, see Filter for Ray and Ray Trajectories. Right-click a 2D Plot Group or 3D Plot Group to add this plot. The plot does not compute the ray trajectories during results processing — the trajectories are computed by one of the physics interfaces (Ray Acoustics or Geometrical Optics). The plot can thereby render tens of thousands of rays quickly because the trajectories have already been computed
Go to Common Results Node Settings for links to information about these sections: Data, Title, Coloring and Style, Extra Time Steps, and Inherit Style. For Ray Trajectories plots, Particle, Ray, Particle Bin, Ray Bin, Intersection Point 2D and 3D, Receiver 2D and 3D, and Transformation 2D and 3D datasets are allowed as inputs.
The Ray Trajectories plot creates trajectories not for the actually selected time, parameter, or frequency value but for all values lower or equal to the selected value.
This plot is available with the Ray Optics Module or the Acoustics Module.