POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : planetarium : Re: planetarium Server Time
2 Aug 2024 00:12:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: planetarium  
From: Alain
Date: 31 Mar 2008 17:58:02
Message: <47f16c7a$1@news.povray.org>
alphaQuad nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/03/31 15:26:


> ok heres a Q. what light has a spherical radius. area light is planar.
> 
> Sun's light radius is all that the eclipse-shots need then.
> 
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The area_light is planar, true.
You can make it look as if it was spherical. Just add circular orient to it's 
definition. That way, the array will always be perpendicular to the ray from 
it's center to the point tested.

-- 
Alain
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