JMSL Chart Programmer's Guide
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Lights

Lights are used in conjunction with the surface fill color to shade surfaces where no color is defined.

The ChartLights node is automatically created by the Chart3D node. It provides a default set of lights. As with any node, it can be disabled by setting its Paint attribute to false.

More control over lighting is possible by using lighting chart nodes. There are three types of light nodes:

Each of these nodes has a Color attribute to define the color of the light.



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