Sonic Update 0.2.3

New Refraction component and fixed bug in TargetRays (Reflect)

Refract

Calculates the refraction of rays through mutliple surfaces.

Inputs:

SourcePts: The start of a ray.
TargetPts: The end point of a ray.
Surfaces: The surface through which the rays will be refracted.
Ni: The Refraction Index of the first medium the ray starts in i.e. Air
Nr: The Refraction Index of the medium the ray is passing into i.e. Water
Solid: Toggling this will treat the space between any two surfaces as the same medium. Check example files included in the download for more info. $RefractCanvas1$

$RefractCanvas1a$

Refraction Indices:

I have included a list of generic Refraction Indices in the Grasshopper definition.

$RefractCanvas2a$

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by phillip on February 8, 2013 at 3:49am

So you did go for Srfs.

On your curved refraction example I have a 99.99956% match with my clustered Brep solution. I wonder if this is due to Gh-6-digit rounding.

And very great Idea to keep all .gha separate, so you can pick the components you need.

Great Work, Thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Carson Smuts on February 8, 2013 at 8:17am

Hi Phillip,

Thanks for Msg :)

Is your solution in the form of a script or GH-definition? Either way, I would really like to hear about you clustered brep solution, maybe you could send me an example?

Permalink Reply by phillip on February 8, 2013 at 8:49am

Sure.

Yes, it is just a very basic gh-component cluster.

Please send me a pm with your email-adress and I will send you the file.

Best,

Phillip

Permalink Reply by Carson Smuts on February 8, 2013 at 8:51am

carson@studionu.nu

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