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How to Create a Simple Non-Sequential System
- By Nam-Hyong Kim
- Published 23 August 2005
- Non Sequential Ray Tracing , First Time Users
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Placing a Detector
Next step is to place a detector object at some distance from the source to study the irradiance distribution at that location.
Make the 3rd object in the editor a “Detector Rect” and enter the following parameters.
Z position: 800
Material: Blank (do not type the word "Blank" but leave the cell empty)
X Half Width: 150
Y Half Width: 150
# X Pixels: 150
# Y Pixels: 150
Color: 1 (detector displays inverse greyscale)
All other parameters as default
The YZ plane view (default) of the layout shows:

Observe that the layout shows the rays going though the detector. The detector is totally transparent since the material type is air (blank in the editor).