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General Properties
The following property settings are available:
Name Specifies the name of the light.
Type (Light Distribution) Specifies the type of light. Determines the
distribution of light from the . The type of lighting can be changed after the
light has been added to the drawings.
 Spotlight - Default value for Spotlight and Freespot lights.
 Point - Default for Pointlight and Targetpoint lights.
 Web - Default for Weblight and Freeweb lights.
On/Off Status Indicates whether the light is on or off.
Shadows Indicates if the light is casting a shadow.
Hotspot Angle (Spotlight and Freespot only) Specifies the angle of the
brightest cone of light.
Falloff Angle (Spotlight and Freespot only) Specifies the outer extremity of
the light, where it meets the darkness.
Intensity Factor Magnifies the effect of the skylight.
Filter Color Specifies the secondary color of the light. Represents the color of
a physical filter over the lamp. Default color is white.
When lighting is set to photometric units this represents a secondary color
filter on the light. When lighting is set to generic lighting this represents the
total color of the light.
Plot Glyph Allows the ability to plot the drawing with the glyphs on.
Photometric Properties
The following property settings are available:
Lamp Color Specifies the inherent color of the light in Kelvin temperature
or standard.
Resulting Color Reports the final color of the light. This is determined by a
combination of the Lamp Color and the Filter Color. (Read-only)
Intensity Method Specifies the value in which light intensity should be
measured.
 Intensity (Candela). Specifies the number of candelas (cd) is the SI unit
of luminous intensity (perceived power emitted by a light source in a
particular direction).
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