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What is an Environment

The term Environment refers to the collection of properties of the 3D World surrounding the project area. These properties enhance the realism of the 3D World, without functionally affecting anything.

How does the Environment relate to the Tygron Platform

Template:Editor ribbon In the Tygron Platform, the Environment is the visualization of certain elements in and surrounding the 3D model. This includes different water and sky types, different building model styles and more. 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:
  1. Select Visuals in the ribbon header
  2. Select Environment in the ribbon bar
  3. Select Show Environment in the drop-down menu of the ribbon bar
  4. 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