Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Architectural Design with SketchUp
Figure 5.15: Room in SketchUp with materials applied and shadows turned on
To explore one of the most important features of rendering software—artificial
lighting—we’ll add a few lights to our scene. Let’s first add two spotlights to the ceiling
above the sofa. We’ll use the exporter’s built-in tool for this. Alternatively, you could
place some of Kerkythea’s light components into the scene, if you downloaded them
when you were installing the exporter earlier.
Click on the Insert Spotlight icon on the SU2Kerkythea toolbar. The tool lets you pick a
point where the spotlight will be located (click above the sofa on the ceiling). Then you need
to pick a target point for the spotlight (just move down on the blue axis). Finally, a dialog
opens with some light properties. You will also see a conical object appear in your scene,
which represents the spotlight and its direction (it will not be shown in the final rendering).
In the dialog, change light power to 5 but leave all other settings at the defaults.
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