PhotometricLight.setDistribution Method

Parent Object: PhotometricLight

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Defined in namespace "adsk::fusion" and the header file is <Fusion/Render/PhotometricLight.h>

Description

Sets the luminous distribution type of the light and returns the new LightDistribution object. Setting the distribution to Web requires a valid IES profile to be assigned through the returned WebLightDistribution.

Syntax

"photometricLight_var" is a variable referencing a PhotometricLight object.

returnValue = photometricLight_var.setDistribution(type)
"photometricLight_var" is a variable referencing a PhotometricLight object.

#include <Fusion/Render/PhotometricLight.h>

returnValue = photometricLight_var->setDistribution(type);
"photometricLight_var" is a variable referencing a PhotometricLight object.

returnValue = photometricLight_var.setDistribution(type);

Return Value

Type Description
LightDistribution Returns the new LightDistribution object or null if it could not be set.

Parameters

Name Type Description
type LightDistributionTypes The distribution type to set.

Version

Introduced in version September 2026