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This class contains the "shape" information for spot lights.

This node is MP safe

Node nameParentsClassificationMFn typeCompatible function sets
spotLightnonExtendedLightShapeNodelight:drawdb/light/spotLightkSpotLightkBase
kNamedObject
kDependencyNode
kDagNode
kShape
kLight
kNonAmbientLight
kNonExtendedLight
kSpotLight

Related nodes

camera, light, dropoffLocator, ambientLight, nonAmbientLightShapeNode, nonExtendedLightShapeNode, areaLight, directionalLight, pointLight

Attributes (33)

barnDoors, bottomBarnDoor, coneAngle, dropoff, endDistance1, endDistance2, endDistance3, farPointWorld, farPointWorldX, farPointWorldY, farPointWorldZ, fogGeometry, fogIntensity, fogSpread, leftBarnDoor, lightGlow, objectType, penumbraAngle, pointWorld, pointWorldX, pointWorldY, pointWorldZ, psIllumSamples, rayDirection, rayDirectionX, rayDirectionY, rayDirectionZ, rightBarnDoor, startDistance1, startDistance2, startDistance3, topBarnDoor, useDecayRegions

Long name (short name)TypeDefaultFlags
barnDoors (bd) boolfalseoutputinputconnectablestorable
Are barndoors on?
bottomBarnDoor (bbd) angle (double)20.0degoutputinputconnectablestorable
The bottom barn door angle.
coneAngle (ca) angle (double)40.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The cone angle.
dropoff (dro) double0.0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The dropoff.
endDistance1 (ed1) distance (float)2.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The end distance of decay region 1.
endDistance2 (ed2) distance (float)6.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The end distance of decay region 2.
endDistance3 (ed3) distance (float)10.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The end distance of decay region 3.
farPointWorld (fw) float31.0, 1.0, 1.0inputconnectablestorable
The end point of the interval produced by the viewing ray and the shadow map, in world space.
farPointWorldX (fx) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The x-component of the world far-position.
farPointWorldY (fy) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The y-component of the world far-position.
farPointWorldZ (fz) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The z-component of the world far-position.
fogGeometry (fg) Messagen/aoutputinputconnectable
Connect this to the fog geometry.
fogIntensity (fin) float1.0outputinputconnectablestorable
The fog intensity.
fogSpread (fsp) float1.0outputinputconnectablestorable
The fog spread.
leftBarnDoor (lbd) angle (double)20.0degoutputinputconnectablestorable
The left barn door angle.
lightGlow (lg) Messagen/aoutputinputconnectable
Connect this to the light glow.
psIllumSamples (pis) short1outputinputconnectablestorable
The number of particle illumination samples
objectType (ot) charTrenderableObjectType::kSurfaceinputconnectablestorable
The type of object being lit (volume or surface).
penumbraAngle (pa) angle (double)0.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The penumbra angle.
pointWorld (pw) float31.0, 1.0, 1.0inputconnectablestorable
The start point of the interval produced by the viewing ray and the shadow map, in world space.
pointWorldX (tx) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The x-component of the world position.
pointWorldY (ty) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The y-component of the world position.
pointWorldZ (tz) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The z-component of the world position.
rayDirection (rad) float3inputconnectable
The Ray direction.
rayDirectionX (rdx) float0.0inputconnectable
The x component of the direction.
rayDirectionY (rdy) float0.0inputconnectable
The y component of the direction.
rayDirectionZ (rdz) float0.0inputconnectable
The z component of the direction.
rightBarnDoor (rbd) angle (double)20.0degoutputinputconnectablestorable
The right barn door angle.
startDistance1 (sd1) distance (float)1.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The start distance of decay region 1.
startDistance2 (sd2) distance (float)3.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The start distance of decay region 2.
startDistance3 (sd3) distance (float)8.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
The start distance of decay region 3.
topBarnDoor (tbd) angle (double)20.0degoutputinputconnectablestorable
The top barn door angle.
useDecayRegions (udr) boolfalseoutputinputconnectablestorable
Are decayregions on?