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This class contains the "shape" information for point lights.

This node is MP safe

Node nameParentsClassificationMFn typeCompatible function sets
pointLightnonExtendedLightShapeNodelight:drawdb/light/pointLightkPointLightkBase
kNamedObject
kDependencyNode
kDagNode
kShape
kLight
kNonAmbientLight
kNonExtendedLight
kPointLight

Related nodes

camera, light, dropoffLocator, ambientLight, nonAmbientLightShapeNode, nonExtendedLightShapeNode, areaLight, directionalLight, spotLight

Attributes (14)

farPointWorld, farPointWorldX, farPointWorldY, farPointWorldZ, fogGeometry, fogIntensity, fogRadius, fogType, lightGlow, objectType, pointWorld, pointWorldX, pointWorldY, pointWorldZ

Long name (short name)TypeDefaultFlags
fogGeometry (fg) Messagen/aoutputinputconnectable
Connect this to the fog geometry.
fogRadius (fr) float1.0outputinputconnectablestorable
The radius of the sphere that contains the fog.
lightGlow (lg) Messagen/aoutputinputconnectable
Connect this to the light glow.
objectType (ot) charTrenderableObjectType::kSurfaceinputconnectablestorable
The type of object being lit (volume or surface).
fogType (ft) enum0outputinputconnectablestorable
The type of the fog.
pointWorld (pw) float31.0, 1.0, 1.0inputconnectablestorable
The start point of the interval produced by the viewing ray and the shadow map, in world space.
pointWorldX (tx) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The x-component of the world position.
pointWorldY (ty) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The y-component of the world position.
pointWorldZ (tz) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The z-component of the world position.
farPointWorld (fw) float31.0, 1.0, 1.0inputconnectablestorable
The end point of the interval produced by the viewing ray and the shadow map, in world space.
farPointWorldX (fwx) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The x-component of the world far-position.
farPointWorldY (fwy) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The y-component of the world far-position.
farPointWorldZ (fwz) float0.0inputconnectablestorable
The z-component of the world far-position.
fogIntensity (fin) float1.0outputinputconnectablestorable
The fog intensity.