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Height Determines the absolute position of the ground plane relative to world
zero. This parameter represents a world-space length and should be formatted
in the current length unit.
Blur Determines the amount of blurring between ground plane and sky.
Ground color Determines the color of the ground plane.
Advanced
This category of properties pertains to various artistic effects.
Night Color Specifies the color of the night sky.
Aerial Perspective Specifies if aerial perspective is applied.
Visibility Distance Specifies the distance at which 10% haze occlusion results.
Sun Disk Appearance
This category of properties pertains to the background only.
Disk Scale Specifies the scale of the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).
Glow Intensity Specifies the intensity of the sun glow.
Disk Intensity Specifies the intensity of the sun disk.
Sun Angle Calculator
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.
Altitude Displays the angle of the sun vertically from the horizon. The
maximum is 90 degrees, or directly overhead.
Source Vector Displays the coordinates of the direction of the sun.
Rendered Shadow Details
Specifies the properties of the shadows.
Type Displays the setting for shadow type. This setting is soft (area) only in
photometric workflow. This setting is read-only when display of shadows is
turned off
Samples Specifies the number of samples to take on the solar disk. Values are
0-1000. [8] is default. This setting is read-only when display of shadows is
turned off.
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