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Ray Tracing#
Single line segment ray tracing for PolyData objects.
importpyvistaaspv# Create source to ray tracesphere=pv.Sphere(radius=0.85)# Define line segmentstart=[0,0,0]stop=[0.25,1,0.5]# Perform ray tracepoints,ind=sphere.ray_trace(start,stop)# Create geometry to represent ray traceray=pv.Line(start,stop)intersection=pv.PolyData(points)# Render the resultp=pv.Plotter()p.add_mesh(sphere,show_edges=True,opacity=0.5,color="w",lighting=False,label="Test Mesh")p.add_mesh(ray,color="blue",line_width=5,label="Ray Segment")p.add_mesh(intersection,color="maroon",point_size=25,label="Intersection Points")p.add_legend()p.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 1.057 seconds)
Estimated memory usage: 220 MB
