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4 Aug 2024 02:17:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help Creating parabolic mirrors  
From: Greg M  Johnson
Date: 10 Aug 2003 17:54:07
Message: <3f36beff$1@news.povray.org>
I hope this isn't a patronizing question, but I fear you may be expecting a
raytracer to do something it cannot.  I once spent a weekend trying to use
CorelDream3D to make my own "spotlight":  a parabolic mirror with a light
source in it.  It don't work.

You'll need to use photons if you want to make "optical" use of such a
surface.


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