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).
The following options are displayed.
Displays the results of the current sun and sky settings for the current view.
Sets the general properties of the sun.
Turns the sun on and off.
Sets the intensity or brightness of the sun. The higher the number, the brighter the light.
Controls the color of the light.
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.
Provides a way to magnify the effect of the skylight.
Determines the magnitude of scattering effects in the atmosphere.
Specifies the color of the night sky.
This category of properties pertains to the appearance and location of the ground plane.
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.
Determines the amount of blurring between ground plane and sky.
Determines the color of the ground plane.
This category of properties pertains to the background only.
Specifies the scale of the sun disk (1.0 = correct size).
Specifies the intensity of the sun glow.
Specifies the intensity of the sun disk.
Displays the current date setting.
Displays the current time setting.
Displays the current setting for daylight saving time.
Displays the angle of the sun along the horizon clockwise from due north.
Displays the angle of the sun vertically from the horizon. The maximum is 90 degrees, or directly overhead.
Displays the coordinates of the direction of the sun.
Displays the current geographic location settings. When a city is not stored with latitude and longitude, the city does not appear in the list.