Light Types
Overview of the six light fixture types you can place from the Lights tab: path light, spotlight, area light, string lights, LED strip, and sunlight.
Light TypesThe Lights Add panel contains individual fixtures, linear lights and wiring documentation. Each selected object has its own controls. Scene sunlight is configured separately from a placed Directional Light. The preview helps communicate appearance; it is not a certified lighting or electrical calculation.
Choose an object
Open Lights in the Add panel. Core Fixtures contains Path Light, Spotlight, Directional Light and Area Light. Linear Suspended contains String Lights and LED Strip. Power Wiring and Controls contain electrical documentation objects.
Place a point or draw a path
Click a fixture tool and then its position. For String Lights or LED Strip, draw at least two route points and finish with Enter or a double-click. Select the result to edit its properties.
Use the matching controls
Path Light is omnidirectional, Spotlight has a directed beam, and Area Light has rectangular size controls. String Lights has bulbs, sag and spacing; LED Strip has its own color, installation, technical and cost controls. Do not expect the same fields for every type.
Check brightness units
The light Inspector uses lumens for point, spot and area fixtures; string brightness is per bulb, and placed directional brightness uses lux. LED Strip uses its own percentage brightness control. These values should not be compared as if every field were total lumens.
Configure scene sunlight separately
Use the Sun settings or Presentation environment controls to adjust the shared scene sun. A Directional Light object can also be placed from Lights; it is not the same control as the global sun settings.