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RectAreaLight

RectAreaLight emits light uniformly across the face a rectangular plane. This light type can be used to simulate light sources such as bright windows or strip lighting.

Important Notes:

There is no shadow support.
Only MeshStandardMaterial and MeshPhysicalMaterial are supported.
You have to include RectAreaLightUniformsLib into your scene and call init().

Code Example


const width = 10;
const height = 10;
const intensity = 1;
const rectLight = new v3d.RectAreaLight(0xffffff, intensity,  width, height);
rectLight.position.set(5, 5, 0);
rectLight.lookAt(0, 0, 0);
scene.add(rectLight)

const rectLightHelper = new v3d.RectAreaLightHelper(rectLight);
rectLight.add(rectLightHelper);

Examples

WebGL / rectarealight

Constructor

RectAreaLight(color : Integer, intensity : Float, width : Float, height : Float)

color - (optional) hexadecimal color of the light. Default is 0xffffff (white).
intensity - (optional) the light's intensity, or brightness. Default is 1.
width - (optional) width of the light. Default is 10.
height - (optional) height of the light. Default is 10.

Creates a new RectAreaLight.

Properties

See the base Light class for common properties.

# .intensity : Float

The light's intensity. Default is 1.
In physically correct mode, intensity is the luminance (brightness) of the light measured in nits (cd/m^2).

Changing the intensity will also change the light's power.

# .power : Float

The light's power.
In physically correct mode, power is the luminous power of the light measured in lumens (lm).

Changing the power will also change the light's intensity.

Methods

See the base Light class for common methods.

# .copy (source : RectAreaLight) : this

Copies value of all the properties from the source to this RectAreaLight.

src/lights/RectAreaLight.js