POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.unofficial.patches: Spherical and Cylindrical Lights?: Re: Spherical and Cylindrical Lights?

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From: Ron Parker
Date: 20 Feb 2000 01:55:05
Message: <slrn8av4dn.16p.ron.parker@linux.parkerr.fwi.com>

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 22:48:37 -0800, Ken wrote:
>
>
>Glen Berry wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone ever thought of adding spherical and cylindrical light
>> sources to POV? These are probably the most common shapes for lights
>> in the real world. It would be nice to have them built into POV.
>
>Hello Glen knock knock,
>
>Cylindrical is already supported -
>
>Light Sources
>
>LIGHT_TYPE:
>
>spotlight | shadowless | cylinder

I think what he's looking for is a cylinder-shaped area light, like
a fluorescent tube.

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