
Thea light properties can be configured from a separate dialog.

Rectangular LightsĪ rectangle light is, as the name suggests, a glowing area of light in the scene, similar to a recessed flourescent ceiling fixture or an indirectly illuminated window. It will only render correctly in one of the rendering plug-ins, as it is harder to render, and it will produce soft shadows and illumination.

Linear LightsĪ linear light is, as the name suggests, a glowing line of light in the scene, similar to a flourescent bulb. Again, good ways to light an object, but not so useful if the light is meant to originate at a fixture in the scene. In addition to BounceLight, Rhino has a variety of light-positioning options which use existing cameras or current views to (re)position lights. Rhino then constructs (or moves) a spot light to shine into the model from a point along that normal, and targets it to the point on the surface you indicated.

By selecting an object in the scene and a position on the object, you provide Rhino with the information needed to identify a surface normal. This is a novel way of positioning a regular spotlight.

Rhino includes distant, point, and spot lights. TAPESTRY: The Art of Representation and Abstraction Rhino + V-Ray: Lighting
