Add a Light

Rendering

A model can contain several light types. The default lighting of a visualized model comprises the ambient light, distant light and eye light that have been assigned values. You can add lights to a model as follows:

  1. Select Rendering | Lights | Add. The browser is opened.
  2. Select a folder in the browser. The software supplier's lights are in the Vertex Library.

    Light Types

  3. Do either of the following:
    • Double-click the light's thumbnail.
    • Click the thumbnail with the right mouse button and select Select.
  4. Define the light properties in the dialog box.

    Ambient Light and Eye Light Properties

    Distant, Point and Spot Light Properties

    Environment Light Properties

  5. Confirm the data.
Note:
  • The browser shows the libraries My Library (user's lights) and Vertex Library (software supplier's lights).
  • You can edit and delete lights in the object tree or by using the function Rendering | Lights | Modify.
  • You can also add a light component from the component library to the model, see Add a Lamp Component.
  • You can also select this function in the object tree. Select the object tree title Rendering. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu, and select Add Light.