topic Re: How to move the light source to the point of view? in Fusion Support Forum

How to move the light source to the point of view?

themetricguy — Fri, 18 May 2018 14:41:22 GMT

I've tried all the environment settings but these just are not good. The problem is that a light source is not directed from the point of view, hence most of a time part of model appears too dark. It would be great to move the light source so that it is directed from the point of view onto the model. That way no dark areas would appear on the model. Is there way to achieve that?

Re: How to move the light source to the point of view?

James.Youmatz — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:19:05 GMT

Hi @themetricguy,

Have you tried positioning the environment in the Scene Settings? If you move and rotate the scene, you can generally get a better indication of shadows/etc.

Re: How to move the light source to the point of view?

themetricguy — Mon, 21 May 2018 14:48:58 GMT

Hi James, Thank you for the reply. I couldn't find Scene settings in the Model view. It seems these are only for Rendering. I was referring to the Model view with Visual Style set to Shaded (with visible edges only).

Re: How to move the light source to the point of view?

James.Youmatz — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:07:08 GMT

Hi @themetricguy,

Ah, I see. In Model, the only ways I am aware of is to change the environment to something brighter such as Photo Booth, as well as to toggle some of the Effect settings. Does it still appear very dark for you while doing that?

Re: How to move the light source to the point of view?

James.Youmatz — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:12:17 GMT

Hi @themetricguy,

Also forgot about some preferences you can toggle!

Re: How to move the light source to the point of view?

eric_strebel — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:31:17 GMT

I wish you could shift the shadow like in sketch up, that would be a game changer!