Hello,
in addition to currently supported parametric source types (pencil, etc.), would it be possible to consider supporting non-parametric source types in the form of lists of ray's initial position, direction and weight?
Several light source manufacturers make this data available for their products (see for instance Osram: https://www.osram.com/os/applications/optical-simulation-ray-files-package-cad-data/index.jsp) in several formats (for proprietary optics software) including ASCII text.
An example of such a file:
X_Pos Y_Pos Z_Pos X_Vec Y_Vec Z_Vec Flux
-0.1567955 -0.2475255 0.005 -0.7258301 0.5654783 0.3916694 4.5E-005
-0.3374261 -0.01758777 0.005 -0.02799014 -0.2416582 0.9699577 4.5E-005
[...]
This could allow MMC to model light sources that are closer to those used in actual optical sensors.
Best regards,
Hello,
in addition to currently supported parametric source types (pencil, etc.), would it be possible to consider supporting non-parametric source types in the form of lists of ray's initial position, direction and weight?
Several light source manufacturers make this data available for their products (see for instance Osram: https://www.osram.com/os/applications/optical-simulation-ray-files-package-cad-data/index.jsp) in several formats (for proprietary optics software) including ASCII text.
An example of such a file:
This could allow MMC to model light sources that are closer to those used in actual optical sensors.
Best regards,