# PolygonGeometry not receiving shadows

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/polygongeometry-not-receiving-shadows/7185>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/polygongeometry-not-receiving-shadows/7185 "2018-07-18T12:20:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Xavier\_Tassin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/xavier_tassin/32/10490_2.png) [@Xavier\_Tassin](https://community.cesium.com/u/Xavier_Tassin)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/polygongeometry-not-receiving-shadows/7185/1 "2018-07-18T12:20:44Z")

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**1. A concise explanation of the problem you’re experiencing.**

Polygons appear not to receive any shadows despite being enabled for it.

**2. A minimal code example. If you’ve found a bug, this helps us reproduce and repair it.**

A modified sandcastle example [https://goo.gl/c1oFMt](https://goo.gl/c1oFMt)

**3. Context. Why do you need to do this? We might know a better way to accomplish your goal.**

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**Author:** ![omar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/omar/32/1999_2.png) [@omar](https://community.cesium.com/u/omar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/polygongeometry-not-receiving-shadows/7185/2 "2018-07-18T18:29:09Z")

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Thanks for the Sandcastle example Xavier! I think it is a bug, and I’ve reported it here:

[https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/6816](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/6816)