Matt wrote:
> 
> My girlfriend is into making jewellery. I have started to design some 3d
> animated rings  etc. for her  to copy one day!
> 
> Does anyone know of any POV code closely describing the optical
> properties of typical gemstones (eg. diamond, sapphire, opal, moonstone
> etc.) as well as some traditional cuts (eg. classic diamond facets,
> hemispherical/cabochon<sp?>, quartz-like cleavage, etc.)?
> 
> Many thanks in advance

A gem stone include file can be found here -
http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/gems.inc

My diamond include file can be found in the POV-Ray objects collection at -
http://povobjects.virtualave.net/

The Ior include file that Bill mentioned can be found here -
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/2549/

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

Post a reply to this message