# The mesh boundingbox affects its shadow

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-mesh-boundingbox-affects-its-shadow/39665>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** lighting\
**Created:** [April 6, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-mesh-boundingbox-affects-its-shadow/39665 "2023-04-06T09:02:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Eric.J](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/eric.j/32/34502_2.png) [@Eric.J](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Eric.J)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-mesh-boundingbox-affects-its-shadow/39665/1 "2023-04-06T09:02:39Z")

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When I turn on the showBoundingBox property of a mesh, shadow of its bounding box is also generated by the light.

How to cancel it ?

> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#IIZ9UU%23397)**
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> Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes

 ![20230406165502](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/babylonjs/original/3X/4/0/40f9853dfc70c6ae63f5c051adaab5e34dd9ff27.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-mesh-boundingbox-affects-its-shadow/39665/2 "2023-04-06T10:27:24Z")

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You can disable the rendering of the bounding boxes in the shadow map like this:

> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#IIZ9UU%23398)**
>
> Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes

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**Author:** ![Eric.J](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/eric.j/32/34502_2.png) [@Eric.J](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Eric.J)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-mesh-boundingbox-affects-its-shadow/39665/3 "2023-04-07T00:52:05Z")

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Great! Thank you so much!