DOCUMENTATION CENTER SEARCH

Mathematica >

Built-in Mathematica Symbol

LightingAngle

LightingAngle
is an option for ReliefPlot which specifies the angle from which simulated illumination is taken to come.

MORE INFORMATION

Angles are measured in radians, counterclockwise from the positive x direction in the final image.

LightingAngle->{, } takes the effective illumination source to be oriented at angle out of the image plane.

LightingAngle-> is equivalent to LightingAngle->{, Pi/4}.

Basic Examples (1)

By default, the simulated lighting is placed at

, or the top left corner, with altitude

:

Place the light source at the

, or the left of the map:

Place the light source at

, or the right side of the map, with

Neat Examples (1)

Lighting

New in 6

© 2008 Wolfram Research, Inc.

Ask a question about this page | Suggest an improvement | Leave a message for the team