- Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:40 am
#400376
I've set up a simulated experiment where a beam of light is passed through a prism. SSS is active to illuminate the path travelled.
I am still on v4 (being on a Mac, the new version offered nothing to entice me to upgrade) so perhaps this has been fixed in v5.
I have attached the rendered file (apologies for the prism itself being hard to see) along with the scene file. You will notice three beams of light resulting – reflected beam from the incident surface, refracted exit beam as well as a secondary exit from some internal reflection.
These beams all look as expected. However the internal beam appears to travel a path following a linear path from the source. I believe it should be almost horizontal, joining the entry and exit points.
Could someone please tell me whether the same things happens with v5, and whether I have my physics understanding wrong?
I am still on v4 (being on a Mac, the new version offered nothing to entice me to upgrade) so perhaps this has been fixed in v5.
I have attached the rendered file (apologies for the prism itself being hard to see) along with the scene file. You will notice three beams of light resulting – reflected beam from the incident surface, refracted exit beam as well as a secondary exit from some internal reflection.
These beams all look as expected. However the internal beam appears to travel a path following a linear path from the source. I believe it should be almost horizontal, joining the entry and exit points.
Could someone please tell me whether the same things happens with v5, and whether I have my physics understanding wrong?
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