Refraction simulation in Grasshopper

Grasshopper
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Hello,
are there any tools/plugins for Rhinoceros or Grasshopper which I can use for simulation of the refraction through various surfaces and materials?

I need to design a transparent cover with the fresnel-like structure which would dissipate the light uniformly in all directions.

The only tool I found is the Sonic plugin:

The “Bounce” command in Rhinoceros is usefull too, but it is not very flexible…

Thanks for your help!

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Interesting!
Seems like something doable with scripting…

Have you tried that Sonic plugin?

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Hello Riccardo,
in the end I am pretty happy with the Sonic plugin. It works very well.
Here is the little preview how I calculate the refractions.

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