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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Intensity Falloff</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Controls how the intensity of a light decreases as it moves away from the source. The available options are:</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Option</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Constant</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Intensity stays constant for the entire distance of the light beam.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inverse Linear</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Intensity decreases linearly with the distance from the light source.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Inverse Square</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Intensity decreases exponentially with the distance from the light source.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Constant, then Inverse Linear</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Intensity stays constant for the first half of the distance then decreases linearly. This is a software rendering option, which means the effects will visible only when performing  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_hq_ov.html');return(false);">High Quality Image</a>.
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               <p class="para_td">Constant, then Inverse Square</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Intensity stays constant for the first half of the distance then decreases exponentially. This is a software rendering option, which means the effects will be visible only when performing  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_hq_ov.html');return(false);">High Quality Image</a>.
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