VirtualLighting

let view = new SceneView({
  container: "viewDiv",

  map: new Map({
    basemap: "satellite",
    ground: "world-elevation"
  }),
  environment: {
    lighting: {
      type: "virtual"    // autocasts as new VirtualLighting()
    }
  }
});

view.environment.lighting = {
   type: "virtual",
   directShadowsEnabled: true    // autocasts as new VirtualLighting({ directShadowsEnabled: true })
}

Property Overview

Property Details

ambientOcclusionEnabled Boolean

Deprecated since version 4.27. Ambient occlusion is automatically shown and this property has no effect.

Indicates whether to show ambient occlusion shading.

Default Value:false

declaredClass Stringreadonly inherited

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

directShadowsEnabled Boolean inherited

Indicates whether to show shadows cast by the light source. Shadows are only displayed for real world 3D objects. Terrain doesn't cast shadows. In local scenes at small zoom levels, shadows are not displayed. For more control on which 3D objects cast shadows use the castShadows property available on ObjectSymbol3DLayer,

FillSymbol3DLayer, ExtrudeSymbol3DLayer, and PathSymbol3DLayer.

Default Value:false

type Stringreadonly inherited

Indicates that the light source is virtual light. Virtual light is top - right position respect to the camera enabling user to observe the scene independant to the possition of the sun.

For VirtualLighting the type is always "virtual".

waterReflectionEnabled Boolean

Deprecated since version 4.27. Reflections are automatically shown and this property has no effect.

Indicates whether WaterSymbol3DLayer display reflections of surrounding terrain, buildings and other 3D objects.

Default Value:false

Method Overview

Method Details

addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey)inherited

Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle[] Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey * optional Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

clone(){VirtualLighting}inherited

Creates a deep clone of this object.

Returns

Type	Description
VirtualLighting	Creates a new clone of the instance calling this method.

cloneWithWebsceneLighting()

Create a clone of this while partially applying the provided webscene lighting settings.

hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean}inherited

Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey * optional A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles(groupKey)inherited

Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey * optional A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");