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From: Larry Hudson
Subject: Re: Glass problem
Date: 17 Nov 2006 01:55:08
Message: <455d5ccc$1@news.povray.org>
JSR wrote:
> My object is a surface of revolution made of 'mesh2'. I also think that the
> problem is in the refraction distortion, but I don't know what is the
> correct ior for my object. The value 1.55 is the real value for glass, but
> the result in my image is bad. Other values for ior has worse results. I
> tried with the parameter 'double_illuminate', but the result is the same.

Don't you need to use a lathe instead of sor to get both surfaces of the 
glass?  (I still consider myself a POV beginner, but that's the way I 
read the docs -- the surface of a sor can't double back on itself, a 
lathe can.)

      -=- Larry -=-


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