Lights Menu

Use

You can use the Lights menu to control display of the scene’s lights. These imitate different kinds of real-world light sources such as the sun, office lamps, or stage and film lighting.

Features

Menu Option	Functional Description
Lights from File	Applies any lights that are visible in the Scene tree including any lights loaded from the file, as well as any lights that have since been added to the scene using the Create Editable Lights function. If there are no lights in the Scene tree, the current preset lighting mode is used. Note Selecting a preset lighting mode clears this command. Therefore, you must select a preset lighting mode before selecting the Lights from File command to ensure it functions correctly.
White Lights	Applies white lighting
Day Light	Applies lighting to simulate daylight
Hard Lights	Applies hard lighting
Colored Lights Red/Green	Applies red, blue, and green lighting. The color from each light remains separate from the others.
Colored Lights Blue/Green	Applies blue and yellow lighting. The color from each light remains separate from the others.
Blue Lights	Applies blue lighting
Marsiano Lights	Applies red lighting
Cube Lights	Applies cube lighting
CAD Optimized Lights	Applies lighting that is optimized for CAD files. This should be used in conjunction with CAD files.
Single Light from Eye	Applies a single light originating from the viewer’s eye
No Lights	Turns all lights off
Increase Brightness	Applies more brightness to the scene
Decrease Brightness	Applies less brightness to the scene
Restore Brightness	Restores the original level of brightness
Specular Lights	Adds a specular light component into the lighting calculation