Add lights

Add lights and lighting effects for rendering.

Create lights

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools EditLightByHighlight

Add lights based on highlight locations.

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools DirectionalLight

Insert a light with parallel rays pointing in a direction.

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools LinearLight

Insert a tubular light.

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools PointLight

Insert an omni-directional light.

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools RectangularLight

Insert a rectangular directional light.

Toolbar: Lights | Render Tools | Standard Spotlight

Insert a light cone object.

Toolbar: Render Tools Sun

Open the Sun panel.

Edit lights

Toolbar: Lights | Properties | Render Tools Light properties

Manage color, on/off, shadow intensity, spotlight hardness.

Toolbar: Light Tools | Render Tools EditLightByLooking

Set a spotlight direction using view manipulation tools.

Toolbar: Light Tools | Render Tools SetSpotlightToView

Match spotlight direction to the viewport camera direction.

See also

Toolbar: Light Tools | Render Tools SetViewToSpotlight

Match the view to a spotlight direction.

Toolbar: Render Tools | Standard Render

Render the objects using the current renderer.

Rhino Render Document Properties

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