Adding Optical sources - simphysoftwares/SimPHY-docs GitHub Wiki

You can add optical sources like

  1. Ray: Single ray passing through 2 points

  2. Beam: Bundle of parallel rays

  3. Point Source: Rays originating from a point

  4. White ray: Achromatic ray passing through 2 points

Source

Click the triangle at the first icon of the optics toolbar to open the ray menu tool. Follow the instructions to create different types of rays given in the status-bar at bottom.

In below video you can see how a ray, beam, point source and a white light ray is constructed.

Rays

For eg - If you want to create a beam of light click the first point where the beam is gonna start, then click on the second point a beam will be formed.

Note: If you choose the points on any axis or curve that point will be bound to move on that curve only.