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  Re: I've got it! (Re: A quick quiz. - Pretty_Pattern.jpg [1/1])  
From: Jamie Davison
Date: 26 Oct 2000 15:16:13
Message: <MPG.14629053887794cb989821@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:29:00 +0200, Wolfgang Fluck wrote...
> It's really quite simple: A perfect reflective cone standing on a checkered
> floor, viewed from above.
> 
> Proof:
> 
> #include "colors.inc"
> camera  {
> orthographic
>   location  <0.0, 10.0, 0.0>
>   up <0, 0, 2.1>
>   right <2.1, 0, 0>
>   look_at   <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
> }
> cone {
>   3*y, 0.0,
>   0*y, 1.0
>    finish {
>       reflection 1
>    }
> }
> plane { <0, 1, 0>, 0
>    pigment {
>       checker White, Black
>    }
>    finish {ambient 1}
> }

Correct!

Give that man a chocolate banana :)

The precise numbers on the scaling of the cone are different, but who 
cares about that.  Oh, and I didn't use an ortho camera.

Bye for now,
     Jamie.


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