Line light problem

Enscape Issues
1

hello,

i’m trying to make a led light underneath furniture using a line light. I made it 3m long, it is not abstructed by any other objects but i don’t get the expected light.

I’m using v2.4.1.913

It just seems to create a spot light.

regards,

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2

Moving the light in front of the furniture seems to solve my problem, good enough for me. But would like to know why it does this…

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3

Hey @xxl , thanks a lot for your submission.

To allow me to faithfully reproduce this problem:

  • Could you please let me know which CAD software you’re using Enscape with?
  • Could you please re-upload the first picture again which shows the issue you’ve experienced?
  • If you like, you can also briefly send me the project, if it’s not too much of an effort

Thanks a lot in advance. :slight_smile:

4

hi,

i’m using sketchup 2018. I’d prefer not to upload my project publicly.

regards

5

Thanks a lot for the further information @xxl , I’ll check it out and get back to you as soon as possible. Have a nice weekend ahead! :slight_smile:

6

So far, our area lights (non-point) already have the proper light emission profile which can be observed in the specular reflections but the shadows casted from them are treated as if it was a point light source for performance reasons. This might change in future releases with hardware raytracing acceleration.

7

Im having this problem long time ago, the long lights become spotlights, how can i avoid or fix this?.

Thank you team