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  Re: Added a misconceptions section to the PovVFAQ  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 4 Sep 2000 08:37:55
Message: <39b397a3@news.povray.org>
"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote in message
news:39B2D06E.D2D88E96@faricy.net...
| Warp wrote:
|
| >   Nope. They are only surfaces.
| >   They are solid when interacting with fog and media, but that's all.
| >
| >   A simple test: Move the camera inside an object. Is it solid?
|
| Objects are solid clear acrylic with an ior of 1.0

But if not clear and you don't take a light with you it'll appear to be
solid.  In fact, even if semi-transparent you would see everything as the
pigment of the object around you; unless there is a pattern to suggest
otherwise.

Bob


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