KEYBOARD.pov version 2.0

Last Updated: May 20, 1997

Computer Keyboard

The attached file creates a highly detailed computer keyboard using a height field (keyboard.tga) made out of lots and lots of complex gradients. It includes a material map (keycolor.gif) that is used to make the keys a slightly different colour than the body of the keyboard, add lettering to the keys, and have a glowing Num Locks light and unlit lights for the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock.

Computer Keys

The shape of the keyboard created by keyboard.pov file has been improved since version 1.0, correcting the shaping of the "Enter" key and the three long keys on the numeric keypad, making the body of the keyboard thicker at the back and not at such an extreme tilt, and fixing the position of the legs. Some additional detailing in the form of seam grooves has also been added for that extra touch of realism.

Computer Keys

To use it, just say #include "keyboard.pov" in your file, it'll #declare an object named Keyboard, which you can them place wherever in your image you please. The keyboard is created so that it occupies (roughly) the space from <-.75,0,0> to <.75,.25,.5>, so that the origin falls halfway along it's front edge, at the bottom.