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francis.marcoux@ipexna.com - 6/10/2019 2:44:20 PM

Display light and intensity

Most of the time, I found myself changing the light direction (View-Advance Render-Light Direction) to the "default" settings. I think it results in a better rendering but makes perpendicular flat surfaces look very bright. This can be overcome by setting the light intensity to 1.5 or 2.0. I just think this is a better way to render 3D models; it's more in line with other CAD software as well.

My 2 cents.

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jmccullough@kubotek3d.com - 7/11/2019 11:48:31 AM

RE:Display light and intensity

Francis,

Thanks for bringing up this topic. I dug into the issue you've brought up and agree that the 2019 default setting (in the CKT files) does not balance shading well between the isometic views and the "head-on" planar faces in orthographic views.
I found that a camera light direction of 5, 1, -3 helped reduce the washed-out bright or too dark conditions better than the CKT default or the "factory" default. The results still feel a little too dark.

For KeyCreator 2020 we are looking at changing the CKT settings to 5. 1, -3. We are also considering adding more ambient light to the camera light so that head on faces are closer to their true color. Let me know what you think.

Best,
John

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Advanced member	timothyweastman@gmail.com - 5/8/2020 5:10:32 PM RE:Display light and intensity I finally got around to using these settings. Much better. The question is how can I save them to my template file so they will be there when I start a new project? Thanks, Tim Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post


Advanced member	jmccullough@kubotek3d.com - 5/8/2020 5:55:11 PM RE:Display light and intensity To access the light direction setting use the menu option View>Advanced Render>Light Direction. Those settings will save to your CKD or CKT file. John Wright McCullough GM Marketing, Kubotek3D Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post