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8 Jul 2024 02:57:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Area Of An Object Shadowed  
From: Simon Orr
Date: 16 Dec 2009 08:19:06
Message: <4b28de4a@news.povray.org>
>  Wouldn't it be easier to simply put the camera at the direction of the
> Sun, point it at the panel, texture the panel with a distinctive color,
> render an image and then calculate the visible area of the panel from the
> resulting image?
>                                                          - Warp

And use an orthographic camera to make sure the "solar rays" are treated as 
parallel....


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