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26 Sep 2024 17:45:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Specifying light varying intensity.  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 21 Mar 2005 10:05:41
Message: <423ee2c5@news.povray.org>
Jon Cage wrote:
> Hi there, I'm new to POV-Ray and am trying to model some Luxeon emitters.
> I'd like to model the radiation patterns they produce. The technical
> documents give some typical spatial radiation patterns :
> 
> http://www.lumileds.com/pdfs/DS25.pdf
> 
> I was hoping I could enter this information into the settings for a light
> source somehow, but can't see a way to go about it. Could anyone suggest a
> way to achieve this?

My best guess would be to somehow use either emitting media w/radiosity, 
or a small area light with the appropriate areas shadowed.

One thing my may be interested in, becuase you can define light by 
wavelength and color temp:

http://www.ignorancia.org/lightsys.php

HTH

-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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