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Click the Go To End button.
6. Animatetheendtimetolateafternoon.
7. For a complete view of your environment and
its shadows, render an animation from a Top
viewport or a view above your scene.
Inter face
Daylight Parameters ro llout (Daylight system
only)
The Daylight Parameters rollout lets you define
the daylight system’s sun object. You can set the
sunlight and skylight behaviors.
This rollout appears on the Modify panel when the
light component of the Daylight system is selected.
Sunlight—Select one of three options for sunlight
in your scene:
•
IES Sun—Uses an IES Sun object (page 2–1309)
to simulate the sun.
•
mr Sun—Uses the mr Sun light (page 2–1319) to
simulate the sun.
•
Standard—Uses a Targ e t D irect ligh t ( p a ge
2–1292) to simulate the sun.
•
No Sunlight—No sunlight is simulated.
Active—Turnssunlightonandoffintheviewport.
Position group
Manual—When on, you can manually adjust the
location of the daylight assembly head object in
your scene, as well as the intensity value of the
sunlight.
Date, T ime and Locati on—When on, uses the
geographically correct angle and movement of the
sun over the earth at a given location.
Note: When Date, Time And Location is active,
adjusting the lig ht’s intensity has no effect.
Setup—Opens the Motion panel (page 3–774),
allowing you to adjust the time, location, and site
of your daylight system.
Sk ylight—Select one of three options for skylight
in your scene:
•
IES Sk y—Uses an IES Sky (page 2–1312) object
to simulate skylight.
•
mr S ky —Uses the mr Sky light (page
2–1318) to simulate the sun.
•
Sk ylight—Uses a Skylig ht (page 2–1296) object
to simulate skylight.
•
No Sk ylight—No skylight is simulated.
Active—Turnsskylightonandoffintheviewport.
Motion pan el, Daylight an d Sunlight system
Control Parameters rollout
This rollout appears on the Create panel, and on
the Motion panel when the light component of the
Daylight or Sunlight system is selected.