Sir Charles W. Shults III wrote:
>"zorni" <zor### [at] gmx at> wrote in message
>news:3f165a0c$1[at]news.povray.org...
>> How can i create a realistic laser line?
>> So far I just managed to create it by passing red light through a thin
>> gap...the result is not really sufficient.
>>
>> Regards
>
> I believe that the common solution is to use a cylinder full of emitting
>medium.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Chip Shults
>My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip
>
Or if you want to model it close to the way it works, a cylinder light
passing
through a scattering medium should work (but it would also likely be
slower...)
I'd use emitting media for 'laser guns' and cylinder-lights through
scattering
media for 'scientific' lasers, probably (and especially if I wanted to
bounce
them off of mirrors).
--Chris
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