Where are the lights?

[cfoster14]

Hi all, just started playing with Beta 4 this past week, and I'm having trouble finding the Vray lights panel. As far as I can tell, I only have Options, Material Editor, and Render panels. I assumed there wasn't an option for lights in this version until I started reading a tutorial for an interior scene and it talked about Vray Rectangular Light. Please help?

Also, I'm not a SketchUp user. . .I use Max, so I'm stumbling around in SU. How can I turn the sun completely off so that I can get a render with just the soft Environment light?

Thanks for any and all comments!

[kwistenbiebel1]

Re: Where are the lights?

There is a panel with Vray icons. It should be on top together with your other icons by default.

Good luck...

[cfoster14]

Re: Where are the lights?

Thanks for the tip! So now I have the ability to add the light, but can't figure out how to bring up the dialog box for it so that I can manipulate the light. My apologies for having such basic questions. . .if I've missed an overview of the interface anywhere, feel free to point me in the direction of it.

Also, any tip on how to get rid of the sunlight to get a basic soft Environment rended?

[joe_b]

Re: Where are the lights?

To get to the light settings you need to select the light - then right-click your mouse to bring up the context menu. At the bottom of the menu you should see "V-Ray for SketchUp". Remember this because its also how you can apply/edit materials using V-Ray stuff. If the item you have selected is a light then you should see "Edit Light" as an option.

To disable the sun you can remove the Sky Texture from the bg/gi environment slots in our global options -> Environment tab. You will also need to disable "Default Lights" in the global options->Global Switches tab.

[ocloweyo]

Re: Where are the lights?

b.foster - is there a reason you have switched from max to sketchup?