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to talk about the illuminance at a specific distance from the lamp. So this

requires an extra control to specify this distance and an additional

affordance in the viewport to show the distance.

Intensity Input Control Controls the intensity value.

Distance When Illuminance is selected, displays the lux as a distance glyph

in the viewport for the given light. Note: the text for the illuminance radio

button will depend on the current lighting units. For the SI system, this will

be “Illuminance (Lux),” and for the American system, it will be “Illuminance

(Footcandles).” The distance field represents a world distance and should be

formatted in the current length unit corresponding to the current lighting

units. The distance field represents a world distance and should be formatted

in the current length unit corresponding to the current insertion units

controlled by the INSUNITS systems variable.

Resulting Intensity Specifies the type of light. Determines the distribution

of light from the lamp. The type of lighting can be changed after the light has

been added to the drawings.

■ Intensity Factor. Specifies the intensity factor.

■ Resulting Intensity.Displays the resulting intensity of a light as the product

of the Lamp Intensity value and the Intensity Factor. The value is read-only.

Lamp Color Dialog Box

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