POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Photons detection?! : Re: Photons detection?! Server Time: 4 Jul 2008 21:22:07 GMT
  Re: Photons detection?!  
From: M a r c
Date: 12 Mar 2008 16:12:14
"Sylvain Dubé" <jum06 [at] hotmailcom> a écrit dans le message de news: 
web.47d7e7fcede45537dcf53ead0@news.povray.org...
> Hi,
> I'm using POV-Ray to simulate a laser beam pointed to a screen. I'm also 
> using
> photons in my programming and I would like to know if it's possible to 
> detect
> photons on my screen. Does there exist any function for this? I'm looking 
> for a
> command like « trace » to know where are my impact. I cannot know which 
> approach
> take. Is there somebody have an idea?
>
> Thank you
>
> Sylvain


trace() is the best way to test if a ray hits an object and to know the 
coordinates and normal of the intersection point.


Marc


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