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This page provides information about the Light Directional in V-Ray for Grasshopper.

Overview

The V-Ray Directional Light is a V-Ray specific light source plugin that can be used to create physically accurate area lights. It can be connected to the V-Ray Render component or any V-Ray Light Rig which automatically adds it to the rendered scene.

V-Ray for Rhino > V-Ray Light Directional > Rhino7_VRay6.1.1_GH_LightDirectional_Parameters.PNG

Input Parameters

On (Boolean) – Enables or disables the light source.

Position (Point) – Light source location (point position). If a list of input Positions is connected multiple lights will be generated. The number of input positions will determine the lights count.

Target (Point) – The Directional light Position and Target combined determine the light orientation vector.

Color (Colour) – Light source color.

Intensity (Number ) – Light source intensity. Calculated in Default (Scalar) units.

Shadow Softness (Number) – Sets the shadow softness. Zero (0.0) makes the shadows perfectly sharp, larger values produce blurrier shadows.

Output Parameters

Light (Generic Data) – Light output that can be connected to a V-Ray Render component.

Example

Light Directional component connection.

V-Ray for Rhino > V-Ray Light Directional > Rhino8_VRay7_GH_LightDirectional_Example_Definition.png

V-Ray for Rhino > V-Ray Light Directional > Rhino7_VRay6.1_Lights_Directional_Example.JPG