areaLight

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This class contains the "shape" information for area lights.

Related nodes

camera, light, dropoffLocator, ambientLight, nonAmbientLightShapeNode, nonExtendedLightShapeNode, directionalLight, spotLight, pointLight

Attributes (14)

height, legacyIntensity, lightGlow, normalCamera, normalCameraX, normalCameraY, normalCameraZ, normalize, objectType, pointWorld, pointWorldX, pointWorldY, pointWorldZ, width

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
height (ht)	float	0.0
area light height
legacyIntensity (lgi)	bool	false
When true, the intensity value will be interpreted as 12x higher to match older versions.
lightGlow (lg)	Message	n/a
Connect this to the light glow.
normalCamera (n)	float3
Normal Camera represents the surface normals in the camera's space. These are used to calculate lighting.
normalCameraX (nx) float 1.0 normal camera x value
normalCameraY (ny) float 1.0 normal camera Y value
normalCameraZ (nz) float 1.0 normal camera Z value
normalize (nrm)	bool	true
Normalize light intensity with regards to light area.
objectType (ot)	char	TrenderableObjectType::kSurface
The type of object being lit (volume or surface).
pointWorld (pw)	float3	1.0, 1.0, 1.0
The point to light in world space (for shadow maps).
pointWorldX (tx) float 0.0 The x-component of the world position.
pointWorldY (ty) float 0.0 The y-component of the world position.
pointWorldZ (tz) float 0.0 The z-component of the world position.
width (wd)	float	0.0
area light width