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(As I'm writing these I viewed previous posts about optics simulation)

me and some of my friends are working in iypt problems. one of the problem is named "thick lens" which says:

A bottle filled with a liquid can work as a lens. Arguably, such a bottle is dangerous if left on a table on a sunny day. Can one use such a ‘lens’ to scorch a surface?

As I'm going to simulate this I'm looking for a software that:

  • has different 3d shapes (for bottle) that can have different refraction indexes.
  • has different kind of light source
  • software gives energy and ray intensity charts on different parts of shape

  • the time I'm gonna work on problem us not going to be more than one week. So ease of us and learning matters

  • (not very important) not be very expensive

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Regarding to the question: `` Can one use such a ‘lens’ to scorch a surface?''

I'd put my money on the answer ``No, not for a reasonable time at least'', since the bottle (with or without a liquid) is a very poor lens, and it will take a lot of time to warm up the surface, let alone scorch it.

As for software, let's face it: open-source soft is amateurish to put it mildly (disclaimer: I use Debian GNU/Linux as a desktop), so I would not waste time on it. You need something like Zemax, and they have demo-versions.

Qmechanic is spot on with those links: software for ray tracing is plentiful, and there are free programs (but I'd stick to Zemax or OSLO).

You need to simulate basically two cylindrical surfaces and a light source.

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