Sun Properties Palette

General

Sets the general properties of the sun.

Status: Turns the sun on and off. If lighting is not enabled in the drawing, this setting has no effect.
Intensity Factor: Sets the intensity or brightness of the sun. The range is from 0 (no light) to maximum. The higher the number, the brighter the light.
Color (Standard lighting workflow only): Controls the color of the light.

Sky Properties

: The sky general properties are as follows:
Status: Determines if the sky illumination is computed at render time. This has no impact on the viewport illumination or the background. It simply makes the sky available as a gathered light source for rendering. Note this does not control the background. Values are Sky Off, Sky Background, Sky Background and Illumination. [Sky Off] is default.
Intensity Factor: Provides a way to magnify the effect of the skylight. Values are 0.0-MAX. [1.0] is default.
Haze: Determines the magnitude of scattering effects in the atmosphere. Values are 0.0-15.0. [0.0] is default.
Night Color: Specifies the color of the night sky.

Horizon

: This category of properties pertains to the appearance and location of the ground plane.
Height: Determines the absolute position of the ground plane relative to world zero. This parameter represents a world-space length and should be formatted in the current length unit. Values are -10.0 to +10.0 [0.0] is default.
Blur: Determines the amount of blurring between ground plane and sky. Values are 0-10. [.1] is default.
Ground Color: Determines the color of the ground plane.

Sun Disk Appearance

: This category of properties pertains to the background only. They control the appearance of the sun disk.
Disk Scale: Specifies the scale of the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).
Glow Intensity: Specifies the intensity of the sun glow. Values are 0.0-25.0.
Disk Intensity: Specifies the intensity of the sun disk. Values are 0.0-25.0.

Sun Angle Calculator

Sets the angle of the sun.

Date: Displays the current date setting.
Time: Displays the current time setting.
Daylight Saving: Displays the current setting for daylight saving time.
Azimuth: Displays the angle of the sun along the horizon clockwise from due north. This setting is read-only.
Altitude: Displays the angle of the sun vertically from the horizon. The maximum is 90 degrees, or directly overhead. This setting is read-only.
Source Vector: Displays the coordinates of the direction of the sun. This setting is read-only.

Geographic Location

Displays the current geographic location settings. This information is read-only. When a city is not stored with latitude and longitude, the city does not appear in the list.