A point light or spotlight is represented in a drawing by a light glyph. You can control the appearance and visibility of such glyphs.
Control the Appearance of Light Glyphs
Change the color or size of glyphs that represent lights in the current viewport.
- Click Tools menu
Options. At the command prompt, enter options. - In the Options dialog box, Drafting tab, click Lights Glyph Settings.
- In the Light Glyph Appearance dialog box, click Point or Spot to display a point light or spotlight glyph in Glyph Preview.
- To change colors, click Edit Glyph Colors to open the Drawing Window Colors dialog box.
- To change the size of the glyph in the drawing, use the Glyph Size slider.
Show or Hide Light Glyphs
Turn on or off the display of glyphs that represent lights in the current viewport.
- Click Render tab Lights panel Light Glyph Display.
Plot Light Glyphs
Specify whether light glyphs will be visible when plotting a drawing.
- Click View tab Palettes panel Properties.
- Select a point light or a spotlight.
- In the Properties palette, change the Plot Glyph property to Yes.