TITLE: "Next Generation Strike Weapons"
NAME: Andy Scheck
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
EMAIL: Andrew.Scheck@jhuapl.edu
WEBPAGE: none
TOPIC: flight
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: aes-swat.jpg
ZIPFILE: aes-swat.zip
RENDERER USED: RayDream Studio 4.1.3
TOOLS USED: Radical F/X, helicopter (sans landing gear) and tank models
fromRayDream Studio CD-ROM

RENDER TIME: about 1 hr.
HARDWARE USED: PowerMac 8100/80AV
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
I created a smaller version of this image to go in the "About box..." of a 
Macintosh application I built called "SWAT" (Strike Weapons Analysis Tool). 
The analysts using the program got a kick out of the image.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
The hardest part was making the hands (which could use some more work--but are 
fine for my needs) and getting the fingers in the correct positions to hold 
the can and push the nozzel. Using the new boolean operators from the Radical 
F/X extension made making the spray nozzel trivial. I used the "fountain" 
primitive for the spray coming from the can and the "cloud" primitive (both 
also from the Radical F/X extension) to create the dust cloud below the 
helicopter. I could only devote a couple of hours to making the picture and it 
got the smiles from my co-workers that I had hoped for.

