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To Add a Photometric Light for a Luminaire

Product Documentation
Intermediate

A luminaire is an that object manages the components of a light fixture. Light fixtures can be represented by embedding photometric lights in blocks that contain geometry.

An example of a luminaire object.

  1. Click Render tab Lights panel .Lights drop-down International Lighting Units.At the command prompt, enter lightingunits.
  2. Set the value to 1 (American lighting units) or 2 (International lighting units) for photometric lighting.
  3. Click View tab Palettes panel Tool Palettes.
  4. Right-click the Tool palette title bar. Click Photometric Lights.
  5. Drag a light from the palette to the drawing.
  6. Drag another light from the palette to the drawing.
  7. At the command prompt, enter block to create a light fixture with the lights placed in the drawing.

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