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Posted by ahari at Jun 14, 2026, 4:04:39 PM
Lamps and light - Beginner's questions
Hi,
I've found so many threads with sophisticated questions and solutions.

But as a beginner, I'm stuck on a very simple question:
How do I make the lamps in the Furniture Library light up?

I've created a nice apartment, including furniture, and everything looks great.

But then I tried adding various lamps to my project and setting the light to 50% (lower right edge in the menu, labeled "Leuchtkraft" in German). I see no effect in the 3D view or after exporting to HTML5. The lamps are "off." Then I added a White Light Source, inside or above a lamp, or even "free floating", but it's just invisible in the 3D view. Still no light.

Are these light effects only available in rendered photos and videos, but not in 3D view and HTML5 ecport?
Or are these lamps just 3D models without light function, even if they have a light power setting in the menu (dont know the english name)?
Or am I missing something important?

I am using Linux Mint, if that's relevant.

Thank you very much!