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To change a viewport to a light view:
NOTE The viewport can only be set to a light view when the target light’s
distribution is spotlight.
1 Right-click the viewport label.
The viewport right-click menu is displayed.
2 Choose Views.
The name of each light is displayed in the Views list. By default, Target
lights are named TPhotometricLight01, TPhotometricLight02, and so on.
3 Choose the name of the light you want.
The viewport now shows the light's point of view. You can use the Light
viewport
on page 7614 controls to adjust the light.
TIP The default keyboard shortcut for Light viewports is $.
Free Light (Photometric)
Create panel > Lights > Photometric > Free Light button
Create menu > Lights > Photometric Lights > Free Light.
A free light has no target sub-object. You can aim it by using transforms.
Viewport representations of a Free light with spherical, spotlight, and web distribution
Procedures
To create a Free light:
1
On the Create panel, click Lights.
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