Transparency and Refractions

Hi,

I’m a bit of a Blender novice and I’m currently looking for information and howtos on how to achieve an effect similar to a block of glass that is transparent and refracts light shining through it. The transparency doesn’t seem too difficult being just a materials setting or two, but I’m having difficulty finding info on getting light to refract through the blocks in a convincing manner. Does anybody know of any good howtos or tutes that take a step-by-step approach to getting the desired effect?

Cheers,
~ andy.f

oy …almost as soon as I asked, I found the “Creating a Jewel” tutorial in the “Blender 3D, Noob to Pro” wikibook, which is exactly what I was looking for, lol. Thanks anyway.

Cheers,
~ andy.f