I just received my imagine disks in the mail (cool package), and I would like
to create a bunch of glass spheres. Do I do this by attaching an attribute to
an object and then selecting the appropriate color for glass? If not, how?
Thanks!!
Frank,
Create your object. Have it selected and go into the ATTRIBUTES requestor. In
there you can assign the object whatever properties you like. Change the
filter values to something high..say 200 for R,G,B. This will make it
transparent. Now give is an index of refraction (1.52 is Crown Glass, 1.61 is
Flint Glass, etc). This will bend the light as glass does. Give it some
reflectivity, say 80 for R,G,B.
You now have a crude piece of glass when you RAY TRACE it. I say crude because
glass has many variables that you can control to get different looks. You
should make it somewhat reflective, give it a high specularity and a hardness
value. Be sure to read the manual where it discusses the ATTRIBUTES requestor
to see how all the paramaters work.
-GreG