Light position

Discussion in 'Pro/Engineer & Creo Elements/Pro' started by g.ormesher, Dec 17, 2004.

  1. g.ormesher

    g.ormesher Guest

    Hello

    I am trying to position a spotlight inside a lamp shade & have shine
    down onto the floor. I read somewhere about creating a 3d point then
    attaching the light to it, but I dont know how to?
    Proe 2001 or Wildfire

    Thanks

    Geoff
     
    g.ormesher, Dec 17, 2004
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  2. g.ormesher

    g.ormesher Guest

    Any ideas anyone??
     
    g.ormesher, Dec 20, 2004
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  3. g.ormesher

    David Janes Guest

    : Hello
    :
    : I am trying to position a spotlight inside a lamp shade & have shine
    : down onto the floor. I read somewhere about creating a 3d point then
    : attaching the light to it, but I dont know how to?
    : Proe 2001 or Wildfire
    :


    I've never used the renderer or set up lights before. I'm also using WF2 (the
    Student Edition, not even the professional one, so maybe this doesn't count), but,
    so far, haven't seen any significant differences in operation.

    Went to 'View>Model Setup>Lights'. From the menu bar, selected 'Light>New>Spot'
    and there was a spot light shining on my part. I could adjust the angle, focus,
    location, etc. It doesn't give the light itself, but a lit object. Are you trying
    to make a lamp shade glow and a lit spot appear on the floor? Don't really
    understand what you are trying to do. But, from my little experiment, it seems
    that the directional lighting of a part is not that difficult. If that's what you
    want to do.
     
    David Janes, Dec 21, 2004
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  4. g.ormesher

    g.ormesher Guest

    "Are you trying
    to make a lamp shade glow and a lit spot appear on the floor?"

    Exactly Dave,

    Imagine a Lamp standing in the middle of a dark room, switch the light
    on and you have a glow
    from the lamp, no other lights are involved. I would of thought you
    could attach a light to a part
    like a light bulb then put that inside a shade.
    Thanks for you time

    Geoff
     
    g.ormesher, Dec 21, 2004
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  5. g.ormesher

    David Janes Guest

    :
    : "Are you trying
    : to make a lamp shade glow and a lit spot appear on the floor?"
    :
    : Exactly Dave,
    :
    : Imagine a Lamp standing in the middle of a dark room, switch the light
    : on and you have a glow
    : from the lamp, no other lights are involved. I would of thought you
    : could attach a light to a part
    : like a light bulb then put that inside a shade.


    I wouldn't say you can't do this, but that's not a 'spotlight' type of light. And,
    for that matter, most setting up lights is not about creating lamps or showing the
    light source but about lighting effects on rendered, textured, colored parts.
    Still, another type light might be what you're looking for.

    So, you might be able to show a light source, but that will be a different kind of
    light, not a spot light. I think you have to try it out, try setting up different
    kinds of lights, get to know the interface, how it works, what it'll do, glean
    what you can from the help files. It hasn't been much discussed in this NG so I
    can't even direct you to previous discussions. I have seen resources on line that
    might answer your needs, perhaps FroTime, CadQuest or Cadtrain might have material
    on this. Many offer onsite courses such as Torgon, Rand or, if you can get to the
    Chicago area, Bart Brejcha and Design Engine/Education which specializes in the
    industrial design type courses so I'm sure they're strong on rendering. Then
    there's finding a community college that offers training in Pro/e and wheedling
    the Pro/RENDER course out of them. Certainly the cheapest and most cost effective
    route, if you can finagle your way in.
     
    David Janes, Dec 21, 2004
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    hamei Guest



    I bet it would be easier to figure out by looking through
    tutorials for programs like Maya or other animation tools,
    then transfer what you learn over to Pro/E. There's a LOT
    more material out there for animation programs than CAD
    programs, at least in this area, and the methods have to
    be similar.
     
    hamei, Dec 25, 2004
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