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From: Kaveh
Subject: Library for Optics diagrams?
Date: 20 Sep 2002 04:50:04
Message: <web.3d8ae054679a047efaa646640@news.povray.org>

I have started to write a library of components to draw optical diagrams.
Example components would be:

lenses, mirrors, lasers, laser beams, etc

Also, ways of showing a point of light being focused from one point to
another, i.e. a cone of light emanating from a point, and focusing to
another point.

Is anyone aware of such a library available, that I can build on?

Kaveh

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From: Theo Gottwald *
Subject: Re: Library for Optics diagrams?
Date: 20 Sep 2002 06:08:47
Message: <3d8af3af$1@news.povray.org>

Sounds intresting. Keep me on your distribution list if its ready to share
:-).

Think 'bout including diffrent mirrors with changeable surface (round) and
multicoloured lamps
and ... please ... an prism :-)..

--Theo

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From: Kaveh
Subject: Re: Library for Optics diagrams?
Date: 20 Sep 2002 07:20:03
Message: <web.3d8b040394961108faa646640@news.povray.org>

Theo Gottwald * wrote:
>Sounds intresting. Keep me on your distribution list if its ready to share
>:-).
>
>Think 'bout including diffrent mirrors with changeable surface (round) and
>multicoloured lamps
>and ... please ... an prism :-)..

I'll see how far I get. My application is a bit specialized, i.e.
holography, but a dream I have is to be able to illustrate the classic
optics books with povray diagrams. A great book is Optics by Hecht, with
beautiful hand drawn illustrations in 3D.

Kaveh

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