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How to set up a spherical mirror #156

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leverglow opened this issue Oct 11, 2023 · 3 comments
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How to set up a spherical mirror #156

leverglow opened this issue Oct 11, 2023 · 3 comments

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@leverglow
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There are four types of mirrors in 'curved mirror',but there's no spherical mirror.Should I set 'p' and 'q' of the elliptical mirror to be the same to simulate the spherical mirror?And whether 'p' and 'q' means the major and minor axes of the ellipse.

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kklmn commented Oct 11, 2023

Don't know if this is a version problem, but I see seven mirror types under Curved mirrors. What 'p' and 'q' are is said in the docs (focal distances). What's wrong with trying ToroidMirror? Don't you see it there?

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I know 'p' and 'q' means focal distances,but ellipse has only one focal distance and I need to set two parameters('p' and 'q' or f1 and f2).

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kklmn commented Oct 11, 2023

Ellipse has two focal distances: from the center of the mirror to ellipse's focus1 and focus2. For a circle, the two foci are merged.

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