When I create a 3D object, then scale its size with Set Scale.vi, its brightness seems to change (on my 2 Windows systems running LV2014; attached example is saved in version 2012, so more readers on this site can try it). When I create a cylinder of unit length, then scale it up, it appears dimmer. If I scale it down in size, it appears brighter. If I create a cylinder with the desired "scaled" length to begin with, its brightness is scale-independent. See attached example. I see the same behavior if I read in a VRML file for an object, then make it bigger/smaller with Set Scale.vi. This is a probelm if one wishes to make a scene with different objects, from different sources, and adjust their lengths after creating them (perhaps dynamically): their relative brightnesses change, sometimes so much that some become almost invisible. Comments/suggestions? One unsatisfactory solution is to make objects emit light by setting the Emission with Set Material. This does make the brightness scale-independent. However, such objects look unrealistic in 3d, and their orientation is hard to perceive, because they do not shade with angle like real objects - they are basically glowing silhouettes.
Thank you.
