API Reference

This section provides detailed API documentation for all IACTrace modules.

Primary Interfaces

These modules contain the main user-facing APIs:

• iactrace
  • Quick Reference
• iactrace.telescope
  • Telescope Class
  • Optical Element Composition
  • Operations
• iactrace.camera
  • Camera Class
  • Sensor Groups
  • Detection chain
  • Concentrators
  • Photodetectors
• iactrace.viz
  • 2D Plotting
  • 3D Visualization
• iactrace.analysis
  • Focal Surface

Core Components

Lower-level modules for advanced usage:

• iactrace.core
  • Render Engine
  • Ray Bundle
  • Optical Element Composition
  • Optical Physics
  • Surfaces
  • Intersection Functions
  • Obstruction Groups
  • Transforms
• iactrace.io
  • Loaders
  • Builders
  • Savers
  • Schemas
  • Exceptions

Telescope Operations

The iactrace.telescope.operations module provides functional operations for modifying telescopes. See Telescope Operations for the full set with usage examples.