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Large view shows compass and light in a viewport. The resulting rendered images are

seen above it.

NOTE When you create a Sunlight system or a Daylight system that uses a target

direct light for the sun, the directional light's hotspot is set to encompass all

geometry in the scene, so that shadows will render correctly. Specifically, the

diameter of the hotspot is set to 65 per cent of the longest diagonal length of the

scene extents on page 8117.

Procedures

To create a Sunlight or Daylight system:

On the Create panel, click Systems and then click Sunlight

or Daylight.

Alternatively, you can create a Daylight system from the Create menu >

Lights or Systems submenu. This method is actually preferable because

the software automatically prompts you to apply an appropriate exposure

control.

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