Sun Position

Common Use Cases

• Simulate the Sun's position for a specific time and place to achieve realistic lighting in your scene.
• Animate the Sun across a day to show changing light and shadows in architectural visualizations.
• Synchronize a sun light with an environment texture for enhanced contrast and realism.
• Create accurate lighting setups for different geographic locations and times of year.

How To Install

1. 2. Choose Preferences and then the Add-ons tab.
2. 3. Click Install and select the ZIP file downloaded from the Blender Extensions page.
3. 4. Enable the add-on by checking the box next to its name in the list.

First Steps After Installing

• Open the World Properties editor in Blender.
• Use Environment Mode to sync a sun light with an environment texture for consistent lighting.

Scene Prep Checklist

Complete these steps before uploading your scene to a render farm.

1. 1

   Install the same add-on version on every render worker

   Required
2. 2

   Run all bake and cache steps locally before uploading

   Required
3. 3

   Upload all external textures, presets, and asset files

   Required
4. 4

   Run a 1-frame test render on the farm before full submission

   Recommended
5. 5

   1. Install the same add-on version on every render worker.

   Recommended
6. 6

   2. Run all bake and cache steps locally before uploading.

   Recommended
7. 7

   3. Upload all external textures, presets, and asset files.

   Recommended
8. 8

   4. Run a 1-frame test render on the farm before full submission.

   Recommended

Things To Watch Out For

• Local path or asset-library signals were detected. Paths that work on the artist machine can still fail on remote workers.
• Bake or cache signals were detected. Generated outputs may need to be prepared before upload.

Common Mistakes

• Not uploading local assets or helper files, causing incorrect renders on the farm.
• Failing to upload caches or baked outputs, leading to differences between local and farm renders.

Recommended Workflow

• Bake caches or precompute outputs before sending a long render job when the add-on depends on generated intermediate data.
• Check whether the add-on launches its own render operators locally and avoid assuming that workflow maps cleanly to farm orchestration.
• Open the scene in desktop Blender, run any interactive setup steps, save the file, then validate a small background render before scaling up.