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 aSceneView
. - 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 toNoLight
,Light
, orLightAndShadows
withm_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode)
.
Relevant API
- ArcGISSceneLayer
- LightingMode
- Scene
- SceneView
Tags
3D, lighting, realism, realistic, rendering, shadows, sun, time
Sample Code
// [WriteFile Name=RealisticLightingAndShadows, Category=Scenes]
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#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 "Surface.h"
#include "ElevationSourceListModel.h"
#include "LayerListModel.h"
#include "SceneViewTypes.h"
#include <QDateTime>
#include <QDate>
#include <QFuture>
#include <QTime>
#include <QTimeZone>
#include <QUrl>
#include <cmath>
using namespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;
RealisticLightingAndShadows::RealisticLightingAndShadows(QObject* parent /* = nullptr */):
QObject(parent),
m_scene(new Scene(BasemapStyle::ArcGISTopographic, this))
{
// create a new elevation source from Terrain3D REST service
ArcGISTiledElevationSource* elevationSource = new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(
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 = new ArcGISSceneLayer(
QUrl("https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevA_BuildingShells/SceneServer/layers/0"), this);
m_scene->operationalLayers()->append(scenelayer);
}
RealisticLightingAndShadows::~RealisticLightingAndShadows() = default;
void RealisticLightingAndShadows::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)
void RealisticLightingAndShadows::setSceneView(SceneQuickView* sceneView)
{
if (!sceneView || sceneView == m_sceneView)
return;
m_sceneView = sceneView;
m_sceneView->setArcGISScene(m_scene);
// add camera and set scene viewpoint
const Camera camera(45.54605153789073, -122.69033380511073, 941.0002111233771, 162.58544227544266, 60.0,0.0);
m_sceneView->setViewpointCameraAsync(camera, 0);
// set atmosphere effect to realistic
m_sceneView->setAtmosphereEffect(AtmosphereEffect::Realistic);
// set the sun time to the calendar
setSunTimeFromValue(8.5);
// add sun lighting
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::LightAndShadows);
emit sceneViewChanged();
}
void RealisticLightingAndShadows::setSunTimeFromValue(double sunTimeValue)
{
if (!m_sceneView)
return;
// convert a double from 0.0 to 23.99 into hours and minutes
double 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 timezone
const 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 update
emit sunTimeChanged(selectedTime.toString("h:mm ap"));
}
void RealisticLightingAndShadows::setLightingMode(int lightingModeValue)
{
if (!m_sceneView)
return;
if (lightingModeValue == 0)
{
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::NoLight);
}
else if (lightingModeValue == 1)
{
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::Light);
}
else
{
m_sceneView->setSunLighting(LightingMode::LightAndShadows);
}
}