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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Date: 15 Dec 2009 02:49:37
Message: <4b273f91@news.povray.org>

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to use POV Ray to model solar panels.
>
> I'd like POV Ray to tell me how much shadow a particular panel is
> getting. Is this possible?
>
> Would it be possible to just set the Energy from the sun and it calculate
> the energy reaching each point in the model?

   Surely there are hundreds of convoluted ways to do that with POV-Ray... I
can't figure right now a specific one, but I'm sure that you will get a few
ideas if you look up the manual for the trace() function.

   Regards,


-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

http://www.ignorancia.org


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