File:Orthomagnetic sheet for bubble memory.png

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Code[edit]

Below is the scene description for the above image, for rendering with the Persistence of Vision Raytracer:

/*
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Orthomagnetic sheet for magnetic bubble memories
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Created by Søren Peo Pedersen - see my user page
at http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruger:Peo
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*/

#declare MagnetFont="arialbd.ttf" // Font for the nomenclature on magnets
#declare NorthLtr="N";  // Letter to indicate north pole
#declare SouthLtr="S";  // Letter to indicate south pole

#declare MagLayerUp=pigment { // Gradient that has
  gradient y                  // white south pole
  color_map {                 // "side" pointing up
    [0.0 color rgb <1,0,0>]   // and red north pole
    [1.0 color rgb <1,1,1>]   // pointing down
    }
  scale .000602
  translate -.000301
  }

#declare MagLayerDn=pigment { // Gradient that has
  gradient y                  // red north pole
  color_map {                 // "side" pointing up
    [0.0 color rgb <1,1,1>]   // and white south
    [1.0 color rgb <1,0,0>]   // pole pointing down
    }
  scale .000602
  translate -.000301
  }

#declare PolLayerUp=pigment { // Like MagLayerUp, but
  object {                    // with "S'es" to indicate
    union {                   // magnetic polarity
      text {ttf MagnetFont,SouthLtr,1,0 scale 1.3 rotate <90,0,0> translate <1,1,0>}
      text {ttf MagnetFont,SouthLtr,1,0 scale 1.3 rotate <90,0,0> translate <1.3,1,-3.1>}
      }
    pigment {MagLayerUp}
    pigment {color rgb <1,0,0>}
    }
  }

#declare PolLayerDn=pigment { // Like MagLayerDn, but
  object {                    // with "N's" to indicate
    union {                   // magnetic polarity
      text {ttf MagnetFont,NorthLtr,1,0 scale 1.3 rotate <90,0,0> translate <-2,1,-1.2>}
      text {ttf MagnetFont,NorthLtr,1,0 scale 1.3 rotate <90,0,0> translate <3,1,-3.7>}
      text {ttf MagnetFont,NorthLtr,1,0 scale 1.3 rotate <90,0,0> translate <2.6,1,-1.2>}
      }
    pigment {MagLayerDn}
    pigment {color rgb <1,1,1>}
    }
  }

box {<-4,-.3,-4>,<4,.3,4>   // The orthomagnetic slab
  pigment {
    bumps           // "Bumps" is the pattern that the
    pigment_map {   // domains' polarities form
      [0.0 PolLayerUp]
      [0.5 PolLayerUp]
      [0.5 PolLayerDn]
      [1.0 PolLayerDn]
      }
    scale <1,1000,1>  // "stretch" so the boundaries look more or
    }                 // less orthogonal with the plate's surface
  finish {ambient .5}
  }

background {color rgb 1}  // White backdrop

camera {              // See the whole scenario
  location <5,6,-7>     // from this point,
  look_at <-.4,-2.1,0>  // looking towards this point.
  angle 60  // "Fine-tune" field-of-view to fit the motif
  }

light_source {    // Illumination
  <-100,150,-120>
  color rgb 1
  }