Parabolic Surface Overview
This page provides an overview of the parabolic surface and its different applications and uses.
The Parabolic Surface allows you to create a collimating surface, that is a surface that allows a perfectly specular, mirror-like reflection of rays.
In Speos, a focus point (representing the light source) sends rays that are reflected on the specular surface and collimated in the surface's optical axis direction.
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| Section view of the collimation carried out by a parabolic surface | 3D view of a parabolic surface |