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Area Light Sampling Rollout 1199
Inter face
Lengt h—Sets the length of your area lig ht.
Width—Sets the width of your area light.
Area Light Sampling Rollout
Select a linear or photometr ic area light. > Modify panel
> Area Light Sampling rollout
The Area Light Sampling rollout lets you control
thenumberofsamplestousefortheminimum
subdivision size conversion. The values in this
rollout affect rendering performed by the
Default
Scanline Renderer (page 3–37)
and t he mental ray
Renderer (page 3–77)
.It’salsousedforRadiosity
in order to compute
ShootDirectLights(page
3–68)
for area and linear lights. The number of
samples are divided into the area of an area light
or into the length of a linear light.
Note: This rollout only appears on the Modify
panel and replaces the mental ray Area Light
Sampling rollout.
See also
Photometr ic Lights (page 2–1155)
Target Linear Light (Photometric) (page 2–1159)
Free Linear Light (Photometric) (page 2–1160)
Target Area Light (Photometric) (page 2–1161)
Free Area Light (Photometric) (page 2–1162)
Interfa ce
Enable Ar ea Sampling—Tur ns area s ampling on
and off. Default=on.
Num. S ampl es—Choose the number of samples to
use for subd ivision conversion. Default=16.
Web Pa ra meter s R ol lou t
Create panel > Lig hts > Photometric Lights > Create
a photometric light. > Intensity/Color/Distribution
Parameters rollout > Choose Web distribution type.
The Web Parameters rollout is displayed on
the Modify panel when you create or select
a photometric light w ith a
web distribution
(page 2–1169)
. Use these parameters to select a
photometric web file and to adjust the orientation
of the web.
3ds Max can use the
IES (page 2–1172) , CIBSE
(page 3–1015)
,or LTLI (page 3–1058) photometric
web formatting.
See also
Target Point Light (Photometric) (page 2–1157)
Free Point Light (Photometric) (p age 2–1158)
Target Linear Light (Photometric) (page 2–1159)
Free Linear Light (Photometr ic) (page 2–1160)
Target Area Light (Photometric) (page 2–1161)
Free Area Light (Photometric) (page 2–1162)