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What is an Environment

The term Environment refers to the surroundings and objects that exist in the 3D World.

How does the Environment relate to the Tygron Platform

Template:Editor ribbon In the Tygron Platform, the Environment is the scene that is displayed when a project is created. The scene can consist of a number of objects including different water and sky types, different building model styles, etc. The appearance of these objects can be adjusted based on the user's preferences.

Editing the Environment

Different editing settings and options are available to a user regarding the surroundings and objects in the 3D World. A user can modify these surroundings based on their preferences.
Most Environment settings can be edited in the bottom panel of the Editor. To edit the environment settings the following steps need to be taken:

The bottom panel shows the environment settings

How to Edit the Environment settings:

Select Visuals in the ribbon header
Select Environment in the ribbon bar
Select Show Environment in the drop-down menu of the ribbon bar
Notice that the settings have appeared in the bottom panel

The following attributes can be adjusted:

Water Type with options: CANAL, SEA, DELTAVIEWER;
Sky Type with options: DEFAULT, SUNNY, CLOUDED, EVENING;
Building model style with options: TEXTURED, COLORED, PLAIN, DISCO, WIREFRAME;
Fixed Sun Angle
Day Angle
Position/Year Angle
Satellite Brightness

This panel shows the environment lightning settings

Another available option is Test Lightning. With this option the lightning of the create scene can be tested and adjusted.

How to Edit the Environment Lightning settings:

Select Visuals in the ribbon header
Select Environment in the ribbon bar
Select Test Lightning in the drop-down menu of the ribbon bar
Notice that a window with settings has appeared on the screen