Hi Chris,

Those are properties of your INSCRayTrace:

double  DeadRayErrors [get]

double  DeadRayThreshold [get]

You find this in the Syntax Help file under: ZOSAPI > Tools > RayTrace > INSCRayTrace. But there isn't much documentation about it.

Here is a code snippet showing you how to call those properties:

# Setup and run the ray trace


NSCRayTrace = TheSystem.Tools.OpenNSCRayTrace()


NSCRayTrace.ClearDetectors(0)


NSCRayTrace.SplitNSCRays = True


NSCRayTrace.ScatterNSCRays = True


NSCRayTrace.UsePolarization = True


NSCRayTrace.IgnoreErrors = True


NSCRayTrace.SaveRays = False


NSCRayTrace.RunAndWaitForCompletion()


print('Lost energy (errors): ', NSCRayTrace.DeadRayErrors)


print('Lost energy (thresholds): ', NSCRayTrace.DeadRayThreshold)


NSCRayTrace.Close()


print('Finished ray trace')

Let me know if this helps.

Take care,

David

That helps, thanks. I was looking for 'lost' in the documentation - choosing one name or the other would be helpful.

Hi Chris,

I completely agree with you. Perhaps someone from Zemax can raise this issue to the developers?

Cheers,

David

Hi Chris and David,

Thanks for noting this! I agree that it would be useful to align the terminology here. I will submit a feature request to our developers . 

Best,

Allie