SUNPROPERTIES command

Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box with Lights selected.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Alias: SUN

Description

Opens the Drawing Explorer with Lights category selected to view and modify sun properties in the current drawing.

Options within the Drawing Explorer

General
Status
Toggles the sun on and off.
Intensity factor
Specifies the intensity or brightness of the sun; the higher the number, the brighter the light.
Shadows

Toggles the display of shadows by the sunlight.

Note: The color of the sunlight is hard-coded.
Sun Angle Calculator
Date
Displays the current date. Edit the date to show the sun at a different time of year.
Time
Displays the current time. Edit the time to show the sun at a different time of day.
Daylight saving
Toggles the effect of daylight saving time on the time property.
Azimuth

Reports the horizontal angle of the sun measured clockwise from the north.

Note: This setting cannot be changed as the program calculates it from the other settings in this section.
Altitude

Reports the vertical angle of the sun, measured from the horizon.

Note: This setting cannot be changed as the program calculates it from the other settings in this section.
Source vector
Reports the direction of the sunlight. This setting cannot be changed as the program calculates it from the other settings in this section.
Rendered Shadow Details
Type
Displays realistic shadows with softer shadows based on extended light sources, according to the Softness property.
Softness
Determines the sampling size of shadows. Larger numbers are more accurate but take longer to render.
Geographic Location
Reports location of the drawing on earth. To change the location, click the Edit button to access the Geographic Location dialog box; see GEOGRAPHICLOCATION command.

Context menu options

New
Loads additional light definitions into the drawing.
Delete
Deletes light definitions from the drawing.
Rename
Renames the light definition.
Select All
Selects all light definitions.
Invert selection
Deselects the current selection and vice versa.
Set current
Sets the selected light definition as current.