Rodrigo Almeida <rod### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> - Is Pov-Ray capable to REALLY predict (I'm not demanding 100% realism) the
> illumination of a building (or one of its pieces) if I mix the raytracing
> and radiosity methods?

  No. Raytracing is only an approximation. A pretty good one, but only
an approximation. The stochastic illumination model used with 'radiosity'
is even a rougher approximation of illumination between surfaces. You can
get pretty images, but you can't expect them to be 100% accurate, even if
you have a 100% accurate model of your scene (which in itself is impossible
as well). You can approximate reality quite well, but 100% accuracy is just
not possible.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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