To Work With the Display of Light Glyphs

A point light or spotlight is represented in a drawing by a light glyph. You can control the appearance and visibility of such glyphs.

Control the Appearance of Light Glyphs

Change the color or size of glyphs that represent lights in the current viewport.

1. Click Application menu Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, Drafting tab, click Lights Glyph Settings.
3. In the Light Glyph Appearance dialog box, click Point or Spot to display a point light or spotlight glyph in Glyph Preview.
4. To change colors, click Edit Glyph Colors to open the Drawing Window Colors dialog box.
5. To change the size of the glyph in the drawing, use the Glyph Size slider.

Show or Hide Light Glyphs

Turn on or off the display of glyphs that represent lights in the current viewport.

1. Click Visualize tab Lights panel Light Glyph Display. Find

Note: The display setting does not control plotting of light glyphs.

Plot Light Glyphs

Specify whether light glyphs will be visible when plotting a drawing.

1. Click View tab Palettes panel Properties. Find
2. Select a point light or a spotlight.
3. In the Properties palette, change the Plot Glyph property to Yes.