The lighting setup for a figure affects the appearance of light and color in lit render modes. A figure opens with one of these lighting options set as default:

Select the lighting setup in Figure > Lights.

Headlight is the default option. You can change the default in the Creo Illustrate Options dialog box under Defaults > Model > Lighting.

All predefined lighting setups except Headlight can be customized through the user interface or by editing the following XML file.

You can also add or delete custom lighting setups to the XML file. Any lighting setups you add to the XML file will appear in the lighting setup list in the user interface.

Custom lighting setups are used in published figures saved to 2D raster image formats.

They are also retained in exported 3D file formats that display surface shading.