"FractalMBrown" <fractalmbrown_AT_QX_DOT_NET> wrote in message 
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> So, here's the situation: I'm working in POV-Ray, and I get an idea like
> this: "Hey, maybe I could light up this whole column of objects and have
> them all glow due to a light-emitting object at the bottom!"(I'm using
> radiosity). Is there any way to use an interior to get an effect similar 
> to
> what happens when you feed light into a fiber optic line, where the entire
> wire seems to glow with a quiet red light? I don't want to fake it by 
> using
> ambience, I want this to be an authentic glow. Has anyone achieved this, 
> or
> knows how?

Hmmmm, thinking media-filled objects could be the answer. Radiosity will 
affect that when you use 'media on' in the radiosity statement. That plus 
photons and reflective/refractive objects might work all together if you use 
actual light source(s) in conjunction with radiosity. Not real sure it would 
do exactly as you want though.

I can't think of an example of such a thing. I did a fiber-optic cable long 
ago but it was only to get light out the other end (was not entirely 
successful).

Bob Hughes

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