refractulator 0.1.0

A package to calculate and visualize light interactions with water droplets.

Refractulator

Refractulator is a Python package that calculates and visualizes how light interacts with water droplets (or any medium given the appropriate refraction data).

Installation

pip install refractulator

Usage

from refractulator import Refractulator
import numpy as np

# Initialize Refractulator
refr = Refractulator(radius=1.0)

# Define incoming direction
D = np.array([1.0, 0.0, 0.0])

# Generate ray origins (example)
ray_origins = np.random.uniform(-0.5, 0.5, size=(100, 3))

# Calculate rays
rays = refr.calculate_rays_cylinder(ray_origins, D)

# Print the number of rays calculated
print(f"Number of rays calculated: {len(rays)}")

Features

• Calculate refracted and reflected rays interacting with a spherical medium.
• Support for multiple colors with different refractive indices.
• (Optional) Visualization tools for ray paths.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Copyright (c) 2024 Scott Kilgore