On 2/25/2016 12:17 PM, JorgeAE wrote:
> Hi!
> My name is Jorge. I started using POV-Ray a couple of days ago, so I am actually
> a not very experienced POV-Ray user
>
> I have a question regarding an animation which is supposed to reproduce the
> vibration of a metal plate, that was taken at six different points of the
> plate. The measured values are available in ASCII format.
>
> So far, I know how to define a simple geometry (scene) and start an animation
> with the help of the "clock" command. However, my task is to design a metal
> plate which vibrates according to the vibration values taken at the 6 different
> points of the plate mentioned before. For this reason, I am actually supposed to
> import the vibration data to my POV-Ray code and assign it to 6 points in my
> geometry.
>
> I don't know how this should be implemented and have not found any similar
> example in the web, so I it would be great if someone could give some ideas or
> tips on how to do it.
>
> Thank you very much!
> Jorge
>
>
>

Hi Jorge and welcome.

You could use triangles to build your metal plate.
With only 6 data points you could do that manually. If you had more you 
could build a mesh.

You could define the data points as an array and read the values from a 
file.

Help sections.
3.3.1.10 Array

3.4.5.2.3 Mesh
3.4.5.2.6 Triangle

3.3.2.3 File I/O Directives


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Regards
     Stephen

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