In article <3e22232e@news.povray.org>,
 "J.Kosina \(Rebel^v^\)" <sku### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> I need to simulate realistic light effects in diamond-shape structures.
> I see no big trouble in making the shape, but i am no sure about
> setting material parametres. Also I have heard that raytracing programs are
> not good at stuff like this.

I'm not sure where you would have heard that. Raytracers excel at this 
type of thing, reflection and refraction are extremely difficult to do 
accurately in a scanline renderer and very easy in a raytracer. In fact, 
I think this is one of the uses of raytracing that actually predates 
computers, along with lens design.

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