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Use Point Lights
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To create a target point light in standard lighting workflow

  1. At the Command prompt, enter lightingunits and set the value to 0 for standard lighting.
  2. At the Command prompt, enter targetpoint.
  3. Click in the drawing to specify a location for the light.
  4. Click to specify a target point.
  5. At the Command prompt, enter n and enter a name. This name will appear in the properties and in the Lights in Model window ( LIGHTLIST).

    You can continue to specify properties by entering options, or you can exit and set properties interactively. When you use the interactive method, you can see the results of your changes as you work.

  6. Press ENTER twice to exit the command.

    Right-click the light. Click Properties. You can use the Lighting Properties palette to change the light. Note that compared to the point light there are additional target positioning properties available.

     Command entry: TARGETPOINT