POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Virtual Parabolic Mirrors : Re: Virtual Parabolic Mirrors Server Time
29 Jul 2024 20:23:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Virtual Parabolic Mirrors  
From: Warp
Date: 22 Mar 2005 12:54:47
Message: <42405be7@news.povray.org>
Catseyeman <fly### [at] catseyecollimationcom> wrote:
> Does POV-Ray have the ability to generate and reveal the "real" images (at
> it's focal point) of objects placed at the "center of curvature (twice the
> focal length)" of a parabolic mirror (defined as a 2nd-order Infinite Solid
> Object with "Mirror" finish)?

  If you would explain in more detail how this works in the real world
it would be easier to answer your question.

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -


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