Distant directional emitter with aperture (angular diameter) parameter

[aantg]

Hello.

Is it possible to add aperture (angular diameter) parameter (and corresponding behavior) to the direction emitter to, for example, simulate the Sun? Aperture is important if the illuminated objects are specular. Or, perhaps, it would be simpler to modify the sunsky emitter so that the user could also disable the virtual ground plane, the variation of the Sun's parameters depending on altitude/position, as well as everything related to atmospheric effects (turbidity), essentially transforming it into a Sun in space?

Thank you.

[njroussel]

Hi @aantg

This seems rather niche as a feature for us to add at this point.

More generally, this is the type of stuff that we'd expect users to be able to implement easily (hopefully) themselves. If it makes sense, I'd prefer adding more general/abstract functions that can be part of a toolbox to implement such features that the full-feature itself.

In any case, if you go ahead with such an implementation, feel free to share it in the show-and-tell :)

[aantg]

Got it.

[leroyvn]

Hi @aantg, if that's useful, I think this emitter might be close to what you are looking for.