Sylvain Dubé nous illumina en ce 2008/04/23 15:20 -->
> Hi
> I'm looking to simulate a doublet of lens. I have a problem with photons when I
> take the two lens separately. Photons are stopped in the interface.
> For now, I'm trying to construct my doublet in one object but I don't know if
> it's the best way.
> 
> For exemple, this is my lens
> 
> #declare lentille = merge
> {
>  intersection
>  {
>   cylinder{<0,0,16>,<0,0,1>,25.4}
>   sphere{<0,0,15-83.2>,83.2}
>   sphere{<0,0,71.1+3>,71.1}
>   hollow
>   pigment {Clear } interior { ior n1}
>   photons {target reflection off refraction on collect off}
>  }
>  intersection
>  {
>   sphere{<0,0,247.7>, 247.7}
>   cylinder{<0,0,7.7>,<0,0,-1>,25.4}
>   hollow
>   pigment {Clear } interior { ior n11}
>   photons {target reflection off refraction on collect off}
>  }
> }
> 
> In this way, are my ior conserved in each part?
> Does there another solution?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Sylvain
> 
> 
"hollow" is totaly, completely and uterly useless in your case, as your lense 
don't contain any media.

Make sure that there is a slighy gap between the two components to prevent any 
coincident surfaces. Also, make sure that the components never intersect as they 
do in your sample. It's unrealistic. The behaviour is also hard to predict.

You don't need to use a merge, a simple union is good enough.
It's beter to place the photons block in the union rather than to each 
individual component. If you use the same texture for all element, it's also 
beter to place your texture in the union and not in each component definition.

What is your max_trace_level? It default to 5, and your doublet counts 4 
surfaces. If your photons ever encounter even 1 surface prior to entering the 
double lense, they won't get out. You must count 2 steps for each transparent 
object, one for any reflection and one for the surface that will receive the 
photons. If you are unsure, take a larger value than what you guessed, up to 256.

Your solution may be as simple as adding:

global_settings{max_trace_level 7}

Make it the first line of your scene.

I've tested your sample, after moving the elements so that they no longer 
overlap, and with max_trace_level of 6.
The provided lense have a prety short focal lenght. Maybe your receiving surface 
was set to far away and the photons got to dispersed to still be visible...

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
You know you've been raytracing too long when you tell stories to your kids that 
include stuff like "Once there was a polygon mesh who was very sad because he 
was only Gourard shaded."
     -- Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo

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