Architecture & Structural Engineering

Directional Light Settings

With the Directional Light Settings command, settings such as power, heading, pitch, elevation, light color of the light source are accessed.

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Location of the Directional Light Settings Command

You can access it under the ribbon menu Rendering tab, Light - Camera title.

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Directional Light Settings

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Specifications

Power

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A measure of the light flux emitted from a light source in a unit solid angle. It is also referred to as amplitude, perceived by the human eye as brightness.

Shadow smoothness

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Increasing the softness of the shadow allows to adjust the transition tone between light receiving and non-receiving surfaces.

Sample count

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Indicates at how many points the light will be calculated. It affects the quality of the edges of soft shadows.

Heading

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It is the angle value made by the light source with the global x axis. Enter a positive value counterclockwise and a negative value counterclockwise. Its unit is degrees.

Pitch

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By entering a value between 0-360 degrees, directional light direction change is provided.

Elevation

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The vertical position of the light source on the story plan is determined. The level where the light source will be at a height of m / cm or mm from the ground is defined.

Light no

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It can be named with the number given to the light source.

Cast shadows

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When the option is checked, shadows caused by the light source are shown.

Light color

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The color of the light is adjusted here. After clicking, the desired color is selected from the color palette displayed on the screen.

Drawing color

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Changes the color of the light source drawing in the plan. After clicking, the desired color is selected from the color palette displayed on the screen.

Text color

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Changes the color in the plan expressing the name or number of the light source. After clicking, the desired color is selected from the color palette displayed on the screen.