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Importing photometric data from an IES file

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Importing photometric data from an IES file

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- [Instructor] Let's use manufacturer photometric data to provide a down light in the living room. Go to the Create panel, Lights, Photometric. Create a Free Light. And in the top view, click near the middle of the room there and then right-click to exit the creation tool. Grab the move tool. And in one of the ortho views, right-click and then click and drag to move that light up to the ceiling. And we want it to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5 meters in the z-axis. Then go over to the Modify panel and rename it down light. In the General Parameters at the bottom is the Light Distribution Type. Change that over to Photometric Web. And now we need to choose a map. We now have a rollout here that says Distribution Photometric. Choose Photometric File. Click that button and you should be taken to your current project, Scene Assets, Photometric. I've got an IES file that I downloaded from Lithonia Lighting at Lithonia.com. And that is an LED down light. Select that and click open.…

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