RayDemo, 2005-2015
Andy Ganse, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
aganse@apl.washington.edu
Dependencies:
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ptolemy.plot (PTPlot v2.0): http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/java/ptolemy.plot2.0/ptolemy/plot/
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edu.washington.apl.aganse.ptolemyUpdates: https://github.com/aganse/ptolemyUpdates
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edu.washington.apl.aganse.dataTools: https://github.com/aganse/dataTools
RayDemo is an interactive, graphical, geophysical raytrace applet, particularly useful for demonstration/tutorial purposes. Its focus is geophysical such as sound/earthquake waves propagting through the ocean or land, as opposed to light reflections between objects (a different popular use of raytracing for graphics needs).
You can download and compile the source, or just download and use the application jarfile, raydemo.jar. Run it at commandline via:
> java -jar raydemo.jar
The class is designed to be run as either an independent application or as a webapge applet. Please see my webpage on this app for more information: http://staff.washington.edu/aganse/raydemo/intro.html The page source of that webpage demonstrates calling the code as an applet, but note a few manual changes still must be toggled in code to enable as an applet - search for "applet" in source for relevant lines/comments. Making that automatic/combined remains on to-do list. (Alas this code is terribly commented - also on to-do list.)
See screenshot1.png & screenshot2.png in here, or others on that webapge above. Quick running instructions: after starting app per above, right-click on the WaveVel vs Depth plot (left) and choose e.g. "Rapid Increase" velocity profile from menu (you can also click in your own points, either from scratch or adding to the chosen menu profile). Then click the swirly-arrows button in toolbar to run the raytrace and see the raypaths in Range vs Depth plot (right).
Note in addition to calculating/plotting the raypaths themselves, the app also (with click of toolbar button) opens plots of travel time vs range and other such information. This button becomes activated (non-grayed-out) upon completion of a raytrace run. Lastly, also note the green Help (labeled "?") button on right side of toolbar for more information.