Defines the position,
color, and effects of the sun and sky for a view.
Summary
Only
available in photometric lighting workflow (LIGHTINGUNITS = 1 or
2).
List of Options
The following options
are displayed.
Preview
Displays the results
of the current sun and sky settings for the current view.
General
Sets the general properties
of the sun.
- Status
-
Turns the sun on and
off.
- Intensity Factor
-
Sets the intensity or
brightness of the sun. The higher the number, the brighter the light.
- Color
-
Controls the color of
the light.
- Shadows
-
Turns display and calculation
of shadows for the sun on and off. Turning shadows off increases performance.
Sky Properties
- Status
-
Determines if the sky
illumination is computed at render time. This has no impact on the viewport
illumination or the background. It simply makes the sky available
as a gathered light source for rendering.
- Intensity Factor
-
Provides a way to magnify
the effect of the skylight.
- Haze
-
Determines the magnitude
of scattering effects in the atmosphere.
Horizon
This category of properties
pertains to the appearance and location of the ground plane.
- Height
-
Determines the absolute
position of the ground plane relative to world zero. This parameter represents
a world-space length and should be formatted in the current length
unit.
- Blur
-
Determines the amount
of blurring between ground plane and sky.
- Ground color
-
Determines the color
of the ground plane.
Advanced
This category of properties
pertains to various artistic effects.
- Night Color
-
Specifies the color of
the night sky.
- Aerial Perspective
-
Specifies if aerial perspective
is applied.
- Visibility Distance
-
Specifies the distance
at which 10% haze occlusion results.
Sun Disk Appearance
This category of properties
pertains to the background only.
- Disk Scale
-
Specifies the scale of
the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).
- Glow Intensity
-
Specifies the intensity
of the sun glow.
- Disk Intensity
-
Specifies the intensity
of the sun disk.
Sun Angle Calculator
- Date
-
Displays the current
date setting.
- Time
-
Displays the current
time setting.
- Daylight Saving
-
Displays the current
setting for daylight saving time.
- Azimuth
-
Displays the angle of
the sun along the horizon clockwise from due north.
- Altitude
-
Displays the angle of
the sun vertically from the horizon. The maximum is 90 degrees,
or directly overhead.
- Source Vector
-
Displays the coordinates
of the direction of the sun.
Rendered Shadow Details
Specifies the properties
of the shadows.
- Type
-
Displays the setting
for shadow type. This setting is soft (area) only in photometric workflow.
This setting is read-only when display of shadows is turned off
- Samples
-
Specifies the number
of samples to take on the solar disk. Values are 0-1000. [8] is
default. This setting is read-only when display of shadows is turned
off.
- Softness
-
Displays the setting
for the appearance of the edges of shadows. This setting is read-only
when display of shadows is turned off.
Geographic Location
Displays the current
geographic location settings. When a city is not stored with latitude and
longitude, the city does not appear in the list.
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