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Define the light source for the selected 3D object.
Illumination
Illumination
Specify the light source for the object, as well as the color of the light source and of the ambient light. You can define up to eight different light sources.
Light source
Click twice to turn the light source on, and then select a color for the light from the list. If you want, you can also set the color of the surrounding light, by selecting a color from the Ambient light box. You can also press the Spacebar to turn the light source on or off.
Light is on
Light is off
Color Selection
Select a color for the current light source.
Select Color in the color dialog
Ambient light
Color Selection
Select a color for the ambient light.
Select Color Through the Color Dialog
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Displays a preview of the light source changes.
Apply
Click here to apply the properties shown in the dialog to the selected object.
Apply
Update
Click here to view in the dialog all the properties of the selected object.
Update
Convert to 3-D
Use this icon to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.
Convert to 3-D
Convert to Rotation Object
Click here to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D rotation object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D rotation object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.
Convert to Rotation Object
Perspective On/Off
Click here to turn the perspective view on or off.
Perspective On/Off