Light modo 401 extension

Extension information
Purpose: Custom light settings Company(s): Luxology Product(s): modo 401 Last updated: 17 Aug 09 Contact for technical issues: [email protected]
This article is part of the COLLADA extensions directory
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<extra>/<technique profile="modo401">/<param> Elements

Category: (core) Lighting (See list of specification categories)

Introduction: Describes custom light settings, including various light sub-types supported by modo 401.

Concepts

The modo render engine provides a general purpose collection of light settings and light sub-types, including both the basic directional, point, and spot lights specified by the common COLLADA technique, as well as more specialized light sub-types such as area lights and physically correct sunlights.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required?
sid	xs:ncname	A unique symbol within the technique; one for each param.	Yes

Related Elements

Parent element(s)	<visual_scene>
Extra and/or Technique	<extra>/<technique profile="modo401">
Child elements	None
Other

Child Elements

Name	Description	type	Default	Occurrences	Named values
param sid="lightType"	Name	The sub-type of the light.	N/A	1	See Details
..	..	..	..	..	..

Examples

   <library_lights>
       <light id="Light-Directional_Light" name="Directional_Light">
           <technique_common>
               <directional>
                   <color sid="directional_light_rgb">1 1 1</color>
               </directional>
           </technique_common>
           <extra>
               <technique profile="modo401">
                   <param sid="lightType" name="Light_Type" type="Name">sun_light</param>
                   <param sid="azimuth" name="Azimuth" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="clamp" name="Clamp_Intensity" type="bool">true</param>
                   <param sid="day" name="Day" type="int">2009172</param>
                   <param sid="elevation" name="Elevation" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="haze" name="Haze" type="float">2</param>
                   <param sid="height" name="Height" type="float">10</param>
                   <param sid="lat" name="Latitude" type="float">0.655057</param>
                   <param sid="lon" name="Longitude" type="float">-2.13456</param>
                   <param sid="mapSize" name="Map_Size" type="float">2</param>
                   <param sid="north" name="North" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="radius" name="Radius" type="float">0.5</param>
                   <param sid="spread" name="Spread" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="sunPos" name="Sun_Position" type="bool">false</param>
                   <param sid="time" name="Time" type="float">12</param>
                   <param sid="timeZone" name="Time_Zone" type="float">-8</param>
                   <param sid="volumetrics" name="Volumetrics" type="bool">false</param>
                   <param sid="vdissolve" name="Volumetrics_Dissolve" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="vsamples" name="Volumetric_Samples" type="int">40</param>
               </technique>
           </extra>
       </light>
   </library_lights>