Environment

With the Environment menu, the Sun angle, Roof Solar Panel Positioning, lighting and other environmental settings for enhancing the 3D Visualization can be adjusted, without functionally affecting the project. Weather effects can be activated to provide visual effects in the 3D Visualization, but they are also used as a reference for Water Overlays.

Environment Panel

Most Environment settings can be edited in the bottom panel of the Editor. To see this panel, click on:

Editor → Tools (Ribbon tab) → Environment → Edit Environmental Settings (Dropdown)

The bottom panel shows the environment settings

Water type

Use the Environment panel to select a water visualization style for the 3D Visualization. The chosen style applies to all water in the 3D model.

CANAL: default style of the water.
SEA: darker style for the water with waves, best suitable for modelling a large water body.
DELTAVIEWER: similar to the above style, is used in the Deltaviewer.

Sky

Use the Environment panel to select a sky visualization style for the 3D Visualization based on the desired scenario:

DEFAULT: default style for the sky.
SUNNY: this style is suitable if the use case requires a sunny day.
CLOUDED: this style is suitable if the use case requires a cloudy sky.
EVENING: this style is suitable if the time of day is evening.

Water wind direction

The direction of the wind affects the visualization of Water Terrains, specifically the direction of the waves. Additionally, some Special Effect particles are affected by wind direction, such as smoke. The units are geo angles.

Terrain brightness

This setting changes the darkness of the terrain and satellite map background. By adjusting the slider, the brightness can be changed from dark to bright.