Volume Projected
Volume projected object is used to create light beams from directional light sources, such as car headlights, searchlights or beacon light. It can also be animated to simulate a flow of particles that moves from the light source or even swirls. Only a volume proj material can be assigned to it.
Volume projected objects
Projected volume is rendered as a simple particle system. It is a number of billboards, where each following billboard is bigger than the previous one.
Billboards of a volume projected object
See also
ObjectVolumeProj class
Projected Options
Options
| Size | Size of the smallest billboard in units. By the minimum value of 0, the volume projected is not rendered at all. |
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| Radius | Length of the light beam along the Z axis in units. |
| FOV |
Width of the light beam. It is specified as the angle of the beam cone (in degrees).
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| Step | Distance between neighboring billboards.
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| Velocity | Velocity with which billboards move to the end of the beam (along the Z axis). |
| Rotation | Angle of billboards rotation (in degrees). This angle is set for the billboard at the end of the beam.
Positive rotation angle
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Last update: 2017-07-03
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