"Josh" <som### [at] microsoftcom> wrote in message
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> I meant , does the normal bend the light?

Yes, does. Whenever 'ior' exists, the rays that are traced are changed as
they pass through the surface and with a normal applied those rays follow a
perturbed surface based on the pattern and amount of depth used. This won't
be seen, except by direct visual appearance of other things through the
object with the glass material; unless caustics or photons are also applied,
in which case, a visible "light" pattern may be seen cast onto other
surrounding objects.

The previous answers meant "yes", it does, when refractive first via
'interior {ior GreaterThanOneValueHere}', regardless of normal statement,
and then any 'normal' pattern used will affect that refraction (also
reflections). But it seems you might have been wanting to know if the light
rays become transmitted, via such a pattern, into a visible light. That's
where I, or anyone else, would be guessing what you really wanted to know. A
situation of too little info or too much.

Well... so there's my lengthy answer.  :-)

Bob H.

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