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Night Color Specifies the color of the night sky.
Aerial Perspective Specifies if aerial perspective is applied. Values are On/Off.
Visibility Distance Specifies the distance at which 10% haze occlusion results.
Values are 0.0-MAX.
Sun Disk Appearance
This category of properties pertains to the background only. They control the
appearance of the sun disk.
Disk Scale Specifies the scale of the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).
Glow Intensity Specifies the intensity of the sun glow. Values are 0.0-25.0.
Disk Intensity Specifies the intensity of the sun disk. Values are 0.0-25.0.
Sun Angle Calculator
Sets the angle of the sun.
Date Displays the current date setting.
Time Displays the current time setting.
Daylight Saving Displays the current setting for daylight saving time.
Azimuth Displays the angle of the sun along the horizon clockwise from due
north. This setting is read-only.
Altitude Displays the angle of the sun vertically from the horizon. The
maximum is 90 degrees, or directly overhead. This setting is read-only.
Source Vector Displays the coordinates of the direction of the sun. This setting
is read-only.
Rendered Shadow Details
Specifies the properties of the shadows.
Type Displays the setting for shadow type. This setting is read-only when
display of shadows is turned off. The selections are Sharp, Soft (mapped) which
display the Map size option and Soft (area) which displays the Samples option.
Soft (area) is the only option for the sun in photometric workflow
(LIGHTINGUNITS = 1 or 2).
Map size (Standard lighting workflow only) Displays the size of the shadow
map. This setting is read-only when display of shadows is turned off. Values
are 0-1000.
Samples Specifies the number of samples to take on the solar disk. This setting
is read-only when display of shadows is turned off. Values are 0-1000.
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