Hide Table of Contents

Light Properties

You can modify the properties of each light source in the Properties pane.

Category Property / Description
N/A
Name

Specifies the actor name. This name appears in the Collaboration or Assembly tree and is the default tooltip text.
Type of light

Specifies the light type: Spot, Positional, or Directional.
On/off

Enables/disables each light source separately.
Intensity

Specifies the intensity of each light source.
Display in animation

Uses a light source in an animation.
Color
Ambient color
Specifies the color of the ambiance of the scene. Ambient light is applied to the whole scene in all directions.
Diffuse color
Specifies the color of the diffuse light source. Diffuse light has rays that are randomly reflected in many directions.
Specular color

Specifies the color of the specular light source. Specular light is the direct (mirror-like) reflection of a light source on a 3D actor.
Spot configuration
Cut off

Specifies the angle of the light cone (between 0 and N/4).

Exponent

Specifies the graduated shading of the border (between 0 and 128).



Provide feedback on this topic

SOLIDWORKS welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation, accuracy, and thoroughness of the documentation. Use the form below to send your comments and suggestions about this topic directly to our documentation team. The documentation team cannot answer technical support questions. Click here for information about technical support.

* Required

 
*Email:  
Subject:   Feedback on Help Topics
Page:   Solidworks Help
*Comment:  
*   I acknowledge I have read and I hereby accept the privacy policy under which my Personal Data will be used by Dassault Systèmes

Print Topic

Select the scope of content to print:

x

We have detected you are using a browser version older than Internet Explorer 7. For optimized display, we suggest upgrading your browser to Internet Explorer 7 or newer.

 Never show this message again
x

Web Help Content Version: SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 SP05

To disable Web help from within SOLIDWORKS and use local help instead, click Help > Use SOLIDWORKS Web Help.

To report problems encountered with the Web help interface and search, contact your local support representative. To provide feedback on individual help topics, use the “Feedback on this topic” link on the individual topic page.

0.20.48