Adjust Sun And Sky Background Dialog Box

Defines the position, color, and effects of the sun and sky for a view.

SUNPROPERTIES (Command) Find: Sky Properties

Only available in photometric lighting workflow (LIGHTINGUNITS = 1 or 2).

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Preview

Displays the results of the current sun and sky settings for the current view.

General

Sets the general properties of the sun.

Status

Turns the sun on and off.

Intensity Factor

Sets the intensity or brightness of the sun. The higher the number, the brighter the light.

Color

Controls the color of the light.

Sky Properties

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.

Intensity Factor

Provides a way to magnify the effect of the skylight.

Haze

Determines the magnitude of scattering effects in the atmosphere.

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.

Blur

Determines the amount of blurring between ground plane and sky.

Ground color

Determines the color of the ground plane.

Sun Disk Appearance

This category of properties pertains to the background only.

Disk Scale

Specifies the scale of the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).

Glow Intensity

Specifies the intensity of the sun glow.

Disk Intensity

Specifies the intensity of the sun disk.

Sun Angle Calculator

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.

Altitude

Displays the angle of the sun vertically from the horizon. The maximum is 90 degrees, or directly overhead.

Source Vector

Displays the coordinates of the direction of the sun.

Geographic Location

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