Turn lights on or off

Tools: Set Project Light

You can turn artificial light sources on and off as you need, individually, several together or all together. If you want to display the model without any artificial lighting, you can turn off all the light sources you defined for the project.

To turn a single light on and off

1. Click Set Project Light (How).
   

   Activate Set Project Light in one of the following ways:

   • Actionbar:Role Draft Task Visualization Task area Surfaces, Light

   • Shortcut menu: Hovering over the empty workspace Right mouse button
   • Menu bar: Change Presentation Animation

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following modules:

   Animation

   The Set project light palette opens.

   The Project light area lists all the light sources defined for the project. In addition, you can see the lights sources in the viewports.

2. In the palette, click the name of the light source you want to turn on or off.

   Or:

   Click the light source in a viewport.

   The Edit light palette opens; the light source appears in the selection color in the viewports.

3. In the Edit area, select or clear the Light status check box.
4. Click OK to confirm.
5. Turn another light source on or off.

   Or:

   Click Close.

To turn several lights on and off

1. Click Set Project Light (How).

   The Set project light palette opens.

2. Select the relevant light sources in the viewport by enclosing them in a selection rectangle. As an alternative, you can use the brackets.

   The Edit light palette opens and the light source appears in the selection color in the viewports.

3. In the Edit area, select or clear the Light status check box.
4. Turn more light sources on or off.

   Or:

   Click Close.

To turn all artificial light sources of the project on and off

1. Click Set Project Light (How).

   The Set project light palette opens.

2. Click On or Off next to All lights.
3. Click Close.