QUERY_RAY(nged)

Runs the NIRT program that is distributed with BRL-CAD to intersect a single ray with the displayed objects.

📅 published 7.44.0, from nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

query_ray — runs the NIRT program that is distributed with BRL-CAD to intersect a single ray with the displayed objects 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

query_ray [nirt_args]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the nged manual — BRL-CAD User Commands energy, periodt. query_ray runs the NIRT program that is distributed with BRL-CAD to intersect a single ray with the displayed objects. No cap.

By default, NIRT is run using:

  • the current database 🗄️
  • the currently displayed objects 👀
  • the current eye point as the ray start point 👁️
  • the current viewing direction as the ray direction ➡️

So it effectively fires a ray at the center of the MGED display, which is honestly iconic. The resulting list of intersections between the ray and the objects is given. ✨

Additional arguments may be supplied on the NIRT command line. See the man page of nirt for more details — iykyk.

🌸 EXAMPLES 🌸

The example shows the use of the query_ray command to fire a single ray through the center of the MGED display.

Example 1. Fire a ray through the center of the MGED display.

mged>query_ray

Fires a single ray through the center of the MGED display. slay. 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team

💌 BUG REPORTS 💌

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org.

ngl bestie, if something's busted, email the team — they wanna know 🫶

mwah 💋 this has been query_ray(nged) from BRL-CAD — catch you in the next man page, bestie 🧚‍♀️💜

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