Guidelines for Lighting
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Commands

DISTANTLIGHT

Creates a distant light.

LIGHT

Creates a light.

LIGHTLIST

Turns on and off the Lights in Model palette that lists all lights in the model.

FREESPOT

Creates free spotlight which is similar to a spotlight without a specified target.

POINTLIGHT

Creates a point light that radiates light in all directions from its location.

RENDEREXPOSURE

Provides settings to adjust the global lighting for the most recently rendered output.

SPOTLIGHT

Creates a spotlight that emits a directional cone of light.

TARGETPOINT

Creates a target point light.

System Variables

DEFAULTLIGHTING

Turns on and off default lighting in place of other lighting.

DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE

Specifies the type of default lighting, old or new.

LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY

Turns on and off the display of light glyphs.

LIGHTINGUNITS

Controls whether generic or photometric lights are used, and indicates the current lighting units.

LINEARBRIGHTNESS

Controls the global brightness level of the drawing when using default lighting or generic lights.

LINEARCONTRAST

Controls the global contrast level of the drawing when using default lighting or generic lights.

RENDERUSERLIGHTS

Controls whether to override the setting for viewport lighting during rendering.

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Command Modifiers

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