public static bool reflectRaysOverRangeOfMotion(Component2 component)
{
// what we want to do is reflect rays while moving through all positions.
// if we get to a position where we can't see it anymore, we want to call it a day
// TODO : we could probably try lengthening the flag here and checking
Extrusion e = new Extrusion(component, RayTracer.camera, swApp, swDoc, swAssembly, swFeatureMgr);
if (e.isValid())
{
bool completeSimulation = false;
int positionsTested = 0;
double originalMateValue = getMateValue(component);
while (!completeSimulation && (RayTracer.reflectedRayCanSeeComponent(component) != null))
{
positionsTested += 1;
// move to a new position
moveToPosition(component, positionsTested, originalMateValue);
completeSimulation = isSimulationComplete(component.Name2, positionsTested);
}
moveToPosition(component, 0, originalMateValue);
if (completeSimulation)
{
return(true);
}
}
else
{
// we have something like a scroll wheel or trackball
// these things don't need to be simulated
return(RayTracer.reflectedRayCanSeeComponent(component) != null);
}
return(false);
}
private bool placeMirror(Component2 swComponent)
{
// intutively, what we want to do:
// look to see if any camera rays hit the object as-is, then no worries
// if not, look to see if any camera rays reflecting off the main body hit the object
// if yes, put a mirror in that spot
// if no, we fail and cry
if (!Simulator.reflectRaysOverRangeOfMotion(swComponent))
{
return(false);
}
// TODO : ideally we would collect all the points that we reflect
// from and make a mirror that shows all of them
ReflectionPoint rp = RayTracer.reflectedRayCanSeeComponent(swComponent);
createMirrorExtrusion(rp);
return(true);
}