Getting the Right Effect Suggested settings for particular environmental simulations.

Getting the right effect

The following lighting, background, fog and clouds environmental settings can be used to give different environmental effects. Some of these are shown in the table below:

Displayed Effect	Property	Setting	Value
Foggy Morning	Lighting	Ambient	40%
		Direct	60%
		Azimuth	-80
		Latitude	36
	Fog	Color	white
		Min	10
		Max	300
	Sky	Single Color	white
		Texture	none
Summer Haze	Lighting	Ambient	60%
		Direct	40%
		Azimuth	0
		Latitude	36
	Fog	Color	white
		Min	1000
		Max	10000
	Sky	Single Color	soft blue
		Texture	cldsmap
Desert Sun	Lighting	Ambient	75%
		Direct	50%
		Azimuth	-10
		Latitude	20
	Fog	Color	off
		Min	-
		Max	-
	Sky	Single Color	sky blue
		Texture	none
Dusk	Lighting	Ambient	20%
		Direct	60%
		Azimuth	80
		Latitude	36
	Fog	Color	pink-mauve
		Min	500
		Max	5000
	Sky	Single Color	pink-mauve
		Texture	sunset
Starry Night	Lighting	Ambient	20%
		Direct	20%
		Azimuth	70
		Latitude	36
	Fog	Color	midnight blue
		Min	1000
		Max	10000
	Sky	Single Color	midnight blue
		Texture	starrynight
Gloomy Night	Lighting	Ambient	20%
		Direct	off
		Azimuth	-
		Latitude	-
	Fog	Color	black
		Min	20
		Max	300
	Sky	Single Color	black
		Texture	none

 

 

 

Changing the Environmental Effects

• Select the 3D window,

• Double-click an empty space in the3Dwindow

• In the Environmental Settings dialog, using the above table as a guideline, define the Ambient Light, Directional Light, Background Color, Fog and Clouds settings.

• Click Apply and then check the resultant effect in the 3D window.

• Click OK to save the current settings.

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