[Last Change: 19 Dec 2011 (rev 4)] It is a flexible system based upon components, allowing the assembly of complex ray-trace pipelines. The components included

  • a ray generator, capable of simulating multiple sources (both point and extended) concurrently
  • an aperture module
  • a surface intercept module derived from portions of the NASA OSAC (Optical Surface Analysis Code) software suite;
  • a mirror scattering module
 
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