aiAreaLight missing portal mode.

[peengoh]

Maya 2018, Arnold 5.0.1.2

Can't find where to turn on portal mode on Arnold area lights. Am I missing something, or is it a bug?

[Stephen.Blair]

It's skydome lights that have Light Portal setting.

You place light portal objects in the scene, and then set the Light Portal mode on the skydome light.

[peengoh]

thanks for the quick response, I know you need a skydome, and that the skydome has a setting to turn on/off and interior or exterior and interior portals. but the documentation says nothing about Light Portal Objects, it is part of the quad Area lights, and in the other versions of Arnold (Max, Houdini, softimage) you turn Area lights into light portals.

Is there a way to create Light Portal Objects in Maya that I'm missing?

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

In the Arnold menu: Arnold > Lights > Light Portal

[peengoh]

Thank you so much, Dumb of me, didn´t look there. For some reason it is missing in the create render Node.

Thanks again!