Show realistic lighting and shadows for the specific date and time of day.
Use case
You can use realistic lighting to evaluate the shadow impact of buildings and utility infrastructure on the surrounding community. This could be useful for civil engineers and urban planners, or for events management assessing the impact of building shadows during an outdoor event.
How to use the sample
Select one of the three available lighting options to display that lighting effect. Adjust the slider to show the lighting effect for a particular time of day. The 3D buildings will display shadows when "Sun light with shadows" is selected.
How it works
Create an ArcGISSceneLayer and display it in a SceneView.
Create a QDateTime to define the date and time of day.
Set the sun time of the scene view to the specified date and time with m_sceneView->setSunTime(QDateTime).
Set the lightingMode of the scene view to NoLight, Light, or LightAndShadows with m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode).
Relevant API
ArcGISSceneLayer
LightingMode
Scene
SceneView
Tags
3D, lighting, realism, realistic, rendering, shadows, sun, time
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// [WriteFile Name=RealisticLightingAndShadows, Category=Scenes]// [Legal]// Copyright 2020 Esri.// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.// You may obtain a copy of the License at// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and// limitations under the License.// [Legal]#ifdef PCH_BUILD#include"pch.hpp"#endif// PCH_BUILD#include"RealisticLightingAndShadows.h"#include"ArcGISTiledElevationSource.h"#include"Scene.h"#include"SceneQuickView.h"#include"ArcGISSceneLayer.h"#include"Camera.h"#include"MapTypes.h"#include"TaskWatcher.h"#include"Surface.h"#include"ElevationSourceListModel.h"#include"LayerListModel.h"#include"SceneViewTypes.h"#include<QUrl>#include<QDateTime>#include<QDate>#include<QTime>#include<QTimeZone>#include<cmath>usingnamespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;
RealisticLightingAndShadows::RealisticLightingAndShadows(QObject* parent /* = nullptr */):
QObject(parent),
m_scene(newScene(BasemapStyle::ArcGISTopographic, this))
{
// create a new elevation source from Terrain3D REST service ArcGISTiledElevationSource* elevationSource = newArcGISTiledElevationSource(
QUrl("https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"), this);
// add the elevation source to the scene to display elevation m_scene->baseSurface()->elevationSources()->append(elevationSource);
// add 3D building shells with a scene layer ArcGISSceneLayer* scenelayer = newArcGISSceneLayer(
QUrl("https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevA_BuildingShells/SceneServer/layers/0"), this);
m_scene->operationalLayers()->append(scenelayer);
}
RealisticLightingAndShadows::~RealisticLightingAndShadows() = default;
voidRealisticLightingAndShadows::init(){
// Register classes for QML qmlRegisterType<SceneQuickView>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "SceneView");
qmlRegisterType<RealisticLightingAndShadows>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "RealisticLightingAndShadowsSample");
}
SceneQuickView* RealisticLightingAndShadows::sceneView()const{
return m_sceneView;
}
// Set the view (created in QML)voidRealisticLightingAndShadows::setSceneView(SceneQuickView* sceneView){
if (!sceneView || sceneView == m_sceneView)
return;
m_sceneView = sceneView;
m_sceneView->setArcGISScene(m_scene);
// add camera and set scene viewpointconst Camera camera(45.54605153789073, -122.69033380511073, 941.0002111233771, 162.58544227544266, 60.0,0.0);
m_sceneView->setViewpointCamera(camera, 0);
// set atmosphere effect to realistic m_sceneView->setAtmosphereEffect(AtmosphereEffect::Realistic);
// set the sun time to the calendarsetSunTimeFromValue(8.5);
// add sun lighting m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::LightAndShadows);
emit sceneViewChanged();
}
voidRealisticLightingAndShadows::setSunTimeFromValue(double sunTimeValue){
if (!m_sceneView)
return;
// convert a double from 0.0 to 23.99 into hours and minutesdouble remainder = std::fmod(sunTimeValue, 1);
int minute = remainder * 60;
int hour = sunTimeValue - remainder;
const QTime selectedTime = QTime(hour, minute);
// set a calendar with a date, time, and timezoneconst QDateTime sunTime(QDate(2018, 8, 10), selectedTime, QTimeZone(-25200));
// To represent the PST time zone during daylight savings time (-7 hours), we use the number of seconds of offset.// 3600 seconds/hour * -7 hours = -25,200 seconds.// set the sun time to the calendar m_sceneView->setSunTime(sunTime);
// trigger the time in the settings column to updateemit sunTimeChanged(selectedTime.toString("h:mm ap"));
}
voidRealisticLightingAndShadows::setLightingMode(int lightingModeValue){
if (!m_sceneView)
return;
if (lightingModeValue == 0)
{
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::NoLight);
}
elseif (lightingModeValue == 1)
{
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::Light);
}
else {
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::LightAndShadows);
}
}