rookie37 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I'm trying to make sunlight. I can't go through the tutorials but My screen looks way different. For starters the dialog box does not come up When I hit the "Light" button (or type light) then I get the text Point/Spot/Targetpoint/Freespot/freeweB/Distant Filedia is set to 1. Why can't I get the dialog box? I'm using acad 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Filedia is set to 1. Why can't I get the dialog box? That is for the file dialog box. What is cmddia set to? Is there a sunproperties command in 2009? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie37 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 cmddia is also set to 1 I used acad 2004. In it I could set the longitude, latitude, and time of day. I'm trying to do the same thing in 2009 but don't know how to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 You didn't answer my second question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie37 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Sorry I don't know much about autocad. I don't know what sunproperties are but I'm assuming that they are what I used in acad 2004. Therefore I assume that they are in 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Your profile says 2007. You're using 2009 but you appear to have more experience with 2004. Interesting. You need to access the light commands. They can be found on the View pulldown menu, the Lights toolbar and/or on the Light Control Panel located in the Dashboard. Specifically you want to find the Geographic Location feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Dashboard - Light Control Panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 You might want to take a look here for a quick overview of lighting and rendering: http://www.we-r-here.com/cad/tutorials/level_3/3-17.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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