diff --git a/optika/apertures/_apertures.py b/optika/apertures/_apertures.py
index 71f36074..3a85c90b 100644
--- a/optika/apertures/_apertures.py
+++ b/optika/apertures/_apertures.py
@@ -593,6 +593,40 @@ def wire(self, num: None | int = None) -> na.Cartesian3dVectorArray:
             result = self.transformation(result)
         return result
 
+    def grid(
+        self,
+        normalized: na.AbstractCartesian2dVectorArray,
+    ) -> na.Cartesian3dVectorArray:
+        """
+        Map a grid of normalized coordinates in :math:`[-1, 1]` onto points
+        filling the interior of the aperture.
+
+        Unlike :meth:`wire`, which samples the boundary, this samples the
+        interior, and is useful for filling the aperture with rays.  The
+        ``x`` component is mapped to the radius (vertex to rim) and the ``y``
+        component to the polar angle (``angle_start`` to ``angle_stop``).
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        normalized
+            A grid of normalized coordinates, where each component is in the
+            interval :math:`[-1, 1]`.
+        """
+        unit_radius = na.unit(self.radius)
+        radius = self.radius * (normalized.x + 1) / 2
+        angle = (
+            self.angle_start
+            + (self.angle_stop - self.angle_start) * (normalized.y + 1) / 2
+        )
+        result = na.Cartesian3dVectorArray(
+            x=radius * np.cos(angle),
+            y=radius * np.sin(angle),
+            z=0 * unit_radius if unit_radius is not None else 0,
+        )
+        if self.transformation is not None:
+            result = self.transformation(result)
+        return result
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False, repr=False)
 class EllipticalAperture(
@@ -985,6 +1019,34 @@ def vertices(self):
             result.z = result.z * unit
         return result
 
+    def grid(
+        self,
+        normalized: na.AbstractCartesian2dVectorArray,
+    ) -> na.Cartesian3dVectorArray:
+        """
+        Map a grid of normalized coordinates in :math:`[-1, 1]` onto points
+        filling the interior of the aperture.
+
+        Unlike :meth:`wire`, which samples the boundary, this samples the
+        interior, and is useful for filling the aperture with rays.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        normalized
+            A grid of normalized coordinates, where each component is in the
+            interval :math:`[-1, 1]`.
+        """
+        half_width = na.asanyarray(self.half_width, like=na.Cartesian2dVectorArray())
+        unit = na.unit(half_width.x)
+        result = na.Cartesian3dVectorArray(
+            x=half_width.x * normalized.x,
+            y=half_width.y * normalized.y,
+            z=0 * unit if unit is not None else 0,
+        )
+        if self.transformation is not None:
+            result = self.transformation(result)
+        return result
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False, repr=False)
 class AbstractRegularPolygonalAperture(
diff --git a/optika/apertures/_apertures_test.py b/optika/apertures/_apertures_test.py
index bdf01db7..11a45ab8 100644
--- a/optika/apertures/_apertures_test.py
+++ b/optika/apertures/_apertures_test.py
@@ -373,6 +373,27 @@ def test_decentered(self, a: optika.apertures.RectangularAperture):
         assert not np.any(b(point_outside))
 
 
+def test_grid_transformation():
+    # grid() must apply the aperture's transformation to the sampled points
+    shift = na.transformations.Cartesian3dTranslation(x=5 * u.mm)
+    center = na.Cartesian2dVectorArray(x=0.0, y=0.0)
+    for aperture in (
+        optika.apertures.RectangularAperture(
+            half_width=na.Cartesian2dVectorArray(10, 4) * u.mm,
+            transformation=shift,
+        ),
+        optika.apertures.CircularSectorAperture(
+            radius=125 * u.mm,
+            angle_start=90 * u.deg,
+            angle_stop=180 * u.deg,
+            transformation=shift,
+        ),
+    ):
+        grid = aperture.grid(center)
+        assert isinstance(grid, na.AbstractCartesian3dVectorArray)
+        assert np.all(aperture(grid))
+
+
 class AbstractTestAbstractRegularPolygonalAperture(
     AbstractTestAbstractPolygonalAperture,
 ):