Getting the Right 3D Effect

The following lighting, background, fog and clouds environmental settings can be used to give different environmental effects. These settings are applied using the Environmental Settings screen.

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

To change environment effects in a 3D scene:

Select the 3D window,
Double-click an empty space in a 3D window.
Use the Environmental Settings screen, using the above table as a guideline, to define the Ambient Light, Directional Light, Background Colour, Fog and Clouds settings.
Click Apply and then check the resultant effect in the 3D window.
Click OK to save the current settings.