pymel.core.rendering.pointLight¶

pointLight(*args, **kwargs)¶

The pointLight command is used to edit the parameters of existing pointLights, or to create new ones. The default behaviour is to create a new pointlight.

Maya Bug Fix:

• name flag was ignored

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
decayRate / d		int
	decay rate of the light (0-no decay, 1-slow, 2-realistic, 3-fast)
discRadius / drs		float
	radius of the disc around the light
exclusive / exc		bool
	This flag is obsolete.
intensity / i		float
	intensity of the light (expressed as a percentage)
name / n		unicode
	specify the name of the light
position / pos		float, float, float
	This flag is obsolete.
rgb / rgb		float, float, float
	color of the light (0-1)
rotation / rot		float, float, float
	This flag is obsolete.
shadowColor / sc		float, float, float
	the shadow color
shadowDither / sd		float
	dither the shadow
shadowSamples / sh		int
	number of shadow samples.
softShadow / ss		bool
	soft shadow
useRayTraceShadows / rs		bool
	ray trace shadows Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.pointLight

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.pointLight()
# Result: nt.PointLight(u'pointLightShape1') #