Dynamic Locator Scale for lights (update)

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Hi there,

If you ever experienced fatigue for constantly change the Locator Scale attribute at sunDirection (Physical Sun and Sky, directional light node), here is a simple solution.

What does this expression do:
It’s changing the Locator scale value depending on the distance between the camera (persp) and the sunDirection node.

sunShape node, Object Display section

  • Create an expression for Locator Scale attribute
    (right click, Create New Expression…)
  • Paste this code:

sunShape.locatorScale = 0.05 * sqrt( pow((persp.translateX - sunDirection.translateX),2) + pow((persp.translateY - sunDirection.translateY),2) + pow((persp.translateZ - sunDirection.translateZ),2) );


  • Click to Create button.
  • Change the multiplier for your needs.

You can easily create other expressions for other lights based on this (change the light name of course 🙂 ).

Cheers, D

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