Lighting in Configurations

You can suppress and unsuppress (turn off and on) lights in configurations.

Manual Method

You can suppress and unsuppress (turn off and on) lights in Lights and Cameras for selected configurations as follows:
  • Right-click a light and select On in SOLIDWORKS or Off in SOLIDWORKS to turn it on or off in the active configuration only.
  • Right-click a light and select Properties. In the lighting PropertyManager, click or clear On in SOLIDWORKS and select This configuration, All configurations, or Specify configuration.

Design Table

The column header in a design table for controlling lights uses this syntax:

$STATE@lighting_name

For example, to control the suppression state of a directional light, the column heading syntax is $STATE@Directional1.

The column header is not case-sensitive.

In the table body cells, type S for suppressed or U for unsuppressed. If a cell is blank, the default is Unsuppressed.

Example of a design table that controls lights: