LIGHTINGUNITS (System Variable)

Controls whether generic or photometric lights are used, and specifies the lighting units for the drawing.

Type:Integer
Saved in:Drawing
Initial value:2

When this system variable is set to 1 or 2, photometric lighting is enabled; otherwise standard (generic) lighting is used.

0 No lighting units are used and standard (generic) lighting is enabled Find
1 American lighting units (foot-candles) are used and photometric lighting is enabled Find
2 International lighting units (lux) are used and photometric lighting is enabled Find
Note: Starting with AutoCAD 2016-based products, all lights are rendered as photometric lights using inverse square attenuation. The LIGHTINGUNITS value of 0 is maintained for backwards compatibility.