SunLight(Light)

base classes — bpy_struct, ID, Light

class bpy.types.SunLight(Light)

Constant direction parallel ray Light

angle

Angular diameter of the Sun as seen from the Earth

Type:

float in [0, 3.14159], default 0.00918043

contact_shadow_bias

Bias to avoid self shadowing

Type:

float in [0.001, 9999], default 0.03

contact_shadow_distance

World space distance in which to search for screen space occluder

Type:

float in [0, 9999], default 0.2

contact_shadow_thickness

Pixel thickness used to detect occlusion

Type:

float in [0, 9999], default 0.2

energy

Sunlight strength in watts per meter squared (W/m²)

Type:

float in [-inf, inf], default 10.0

shadow_buffer_bias

Bias for reducing self shadowing

Type:

float in [0, inf], default 1.0

shadow_buffer_clip_start

Shadow map clip start, below which objects will not generate shadows

Type:

float in [1e-06, inf], default 0.05

shadow_cascade_count

Number of texture used by the cascaded shadow map

Type:

int in [1, 4], default 4

shadow_cascade_exponent

Higher value increase resolution towards the viewpoint

Type:

float in [0, 1], default 0.8

shadow_cascade_fade

How smooth is the transition between each cascade

Type:

float in [0, 1], default 0.1

shadow_cascade_max_distance

End distance of the cascaded shadow map (only in perspective view)

Type:

float in [0, inf], default 200.0

shadow_color

Color of shadows cast by the light

Type:

mathutils.Color of 3 items in [0, inf], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

shadow_soft_size

Light size for ray shadow sampling (Raytraced shadows)

Type:

float in [0, inf], default 0.0

use_contact_shadow

Use screen space ray-tracing to have correct shadowing near occluder, or for small features that does not appear in shadow maps

Type:

boolean, default False

use_shadow
Type:

boolean, default True

use_soft_shadows

Use soft shadows for this light

Type:

boolean, default True

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass(id, default=None)
Parameters:

id (string) – The RNA type identifier.

Returns:

The RNA type or default when not found.

Return type:

bpy.types.Struct subclass

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass_py(id, default=None)
Parameters:

id (string) – The RNA type identifier.

Returns:

The class or default when not found.

Return type:

type

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