Light Layers

Light Layers allow you better control over the direct lighting in your scene. You can simply create a Layer with a set of lights and specify which part(s) should be affected. This can be very useful if you want a highlight on a specific part without affecting the rest of your scene. You can access Light Layers via:

  • The Light Layer button in the Tools menu.

  • A parts context menu in the real-time view.

  • Properties in Project > Scene.

  • The hotkey Ctrl+K on Windows and Cmd+K on MacOS.

Working with Light Layers

  1. List of Light Layers

    A list view of all the Light Layers in your scene.

  2. Add new Layer

    Adds another Layer to your scene.

  3. Buttons

    1. Pick Parts - This will open a selection dialog to help you select the part(s) you want to be affected by the Layer.

    2. Use Layer for Selected Parts - If you have one or more parts selected in the real-time view, you can use this button to apply the Layer to these parts.

    3. Select Parts with Layer - This selects all parts that are affected by the active Layer.

  4. List of Lights

    A list of all lighting in your scene.

Warning
Please note that the number of layers is limited to five.