Bill Hails nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 24/06/2006 09:04:
> Scott David Daniels wrote:
> 
>> A friend had "invented / discovered" this shape some years ago.
>> Unfortunately all of his explanations seemed to verge on the
>> pseudo-scientific, so I tried to get a visualization to see if
>> the construct held together.  Later I worked on rendering it
>> in POV-Ray, and this is the picture that I think best illustrates
>> all of the shape's properties in a single 2-D picture.  I
>> particularly love the light flare on the blue wall -- it reminds
>> me of a dove.
>>
>> -Scott
> 
> Nice ior demo, nice shape too. sin/cos waves?
> I guess the black areas are deliberate silhouettes
> rather than shadows, however it might be better if
> they weren't so harsh.
> Is there media in there or just a surface pigment?
> 
They ARE shadows, there are 3 lights, one for each axis. I don't see any evidence of
any media, no 
radiosity. The finish must be ambient 0 and the lights placed as to only shine on the
surface facing 
them.

-- 
Alain
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Laughter is the shortest distance
between two people.

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