Do Enjoy!

Christopher J. Fearnley
     cfearnl@pacs.pha.pa.us
     cfearnl@cpp.pha.pa.us
     fearnlcj@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
     fearnlcj@duvm.bitnet

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// 6 Strut tensegrity rendered - I hope to eventually animate it.
// I used "povray -i tenseg-7.pov -o tenseg-7.tga +w640 +h480 +a"
// For the final rendering.  It took 25 minutes on my 486-33 Linux box.
// Acknowledgements to John Kirk for sharing his research,
// suggesting I get into ray-tracing, and making comments about the
// POV-Ray source and output.

#include "colors.inc"
#include "textures.inc"

#declare Cam_factor = 3
#declare Camera_X = -1 * Cam_factor
#declare Camera_Y = 0.2 * Cam_factor
#declare Camera_Z = -0.5 * Cam_factor

camera { location  <Camera_X, Camera_Y, Camera_Z>
   up        <0, 2.1,  0>    right     <2.1, 0,  0>
   direction <0, 0,  3>      look_at   <0, 0, 0> }

light_source { <Camera_X - 1, Camera_Y + 15, Camera_Z - 1> color Yellow }
light_source { <Camera_X - 2, Camera_Y + 7 , Camera_Z + 7> color White }
light_source { <Camera_X - 2, Camera_Y + 7 , Camera_Z - 5> color White }

// White Wall Background
plane { x, 5
   pigment { White } finish {ambient 0.1 diffuse 0.9} }

// White Wall -Z (right of viewer and camera)
plane { <0, 0, -1>,10 pigment { White }
   finish {ambient 0.15 diffuse 0.8} }

#declare pointO = < 0,    1/2,  1 >
#declare pointQ = < 0,    1/2,  -1 >
#declare pointC = < -1,   0,    1/2 >
#declare pointD = < 1,    0,    1/2 >
#declare pointA = < 1/2,  1,    0 >
#declare pointB = < -1/2, 1,    0 >
#declare pointE = < 0,    -1/2, 1 >
#declare pointF = < -1,   0,    -1/2 >
#declare pointG = < 1/2,  -1,   0 >
#declare pointH = < -1/2, -1,   0 >
#declare pointI = < 0,    -1/2, -1 >
#declare pointJ = < 1,    0,    -1/2 >

cylinder { pointO, pointQ, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut OQ
cylinder { pointE, pointI, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut EI
cylinder { pointC, pointD, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut CD
cylinder { pointJ, pointF, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut FJ
cylinder { pointA, pointG, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut AG
cylinder { pointB, pointH, 0.05 pigment {Gray35} no_shadow } // Strut BH

cylinder { pointO, pointC, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String OC
cylinder { pointO, pointD, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String OD
cylinder { pointE, pointC, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String CE
cylinder { pointE, pointD, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String ED
cylinder { pointQ, pointJ, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String QJ
cylinder { pointQ, pointF, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String QF
cylinder { pointI, pointJ, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String IJ
cylinder { pointI, pointF, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String IF
cylinder { pointQ, pointA, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String AQ
cylinder { pointA, pointO, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String AO
cylinder { pointD, pointA, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String AD
cylinder { pointD, pointG, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String DG
cylinder { pointJ, pointA, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String AJ
cylinder { pointJ, pointG, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String JG
cylinder { pointE, pointG, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String EG
cylinder { pointI, pointG, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String IG
cylinder { pointB, pointO, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String BO
cylinder { pointB, pointQ, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String BQ
cylinder { pointB, pointF, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String BF
cylinder { pointB, pointC, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String BC
cylinder { pointH, pointI, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String HI
cylinder { pointE, pointH, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String EH
cylinder { pointH, pointF, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String HF
cylinder { pointH, pointC, 0.005 pigment { Black } no_shadow }  // String HC
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