Landscape Design Software by Idea Spectrum
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Environment Settings

Using the environment settings, you can configure the lighting and shadows for day and night viewing of your landscape designs.

To edit the environment settings:

1.   Click Settings > Environment Settings.

2.   Change the settings as desired and click OK.

Show settings for

Select the desired time of day; Day or Night. The sun position, ambient light color/intensity, and shadows are configured separately for day and night.

Ambient color

Select the ambient light color. All objects in your landscape design will be affected by this color. For example, to simulate a reddish sunrise, set the ambient color to a slight red tint.

Horizontal angle

Sets the light direction horizontal angle.

Vertical angle

Sets the light direction vertical angle.

Enable landscape lights

Select this option to turn on the lights in your landscape design.

Shadows

Select this option to enable objects to cast shadows.

Shadow Intensity

When shadows are enabled, this determines how dark the shadows are.

Tips:

      Environment settings are saved as part of your landscape design. Each landscape design can have its own unique environment settings.

See also:

Adding a Landscape Light
Program Settings

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