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Free Direct

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Directional lights cast parallel light rays in a single direction, as the sun does (for all practical purposes) at the surface of the earth. Directional lights are primarily used to simulate sunlight. You can adjust the color of the light and position and rotate it in 3D space.

Reference

A Free Direct light has this additional parameter.

Target Distance: Sets a point to use as an invisible target about which the free direct light can orbit. This parameter also affects the length of the light’s cone display.

How To

To create a Free Direct light

  1. Go to the Create panel and click Lights.
  2. In the Object Type rollout, click Directional.
  3. Click a viewport.

    4. The light is now part of the scene. It points away from you in the viewport you clicked.

  4. Set the creation parameters.

    5. To adjust the light's direction, you can rotate it with the Rotate transform.

    Directional light has a "cone"actually, because directional rays are parallel, this is a beam that has the shape of a circular or rectangular prism.