SpotlightInserting a photometer

Mode

Tool

Tool set

Modes for The Symbol Insertion tool

Photometer

Photometer_tool.png

Lighting

To insert a photometer:

Ensure that each lighting device contributing to the illumination is focused.

 

The light beams do not have to be drawn for calculations to be made.

Click the tool and modes.

Click to place the object in the drawing, and click again to set the rotation.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter

Description

Rotation

Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)

Text Style

Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object's class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using text styles and Formatting text.

Show Elevation

Displays the object’s elevation along with the photometric value

Show Zero

Displays an elevation value of zero

Show 3D Labels

Displays photometric labels in 3D views

Calculate Using Only Visible Beams

To reduce calculation time, determines the photometric value based on only lighting devices with Draw Beam selected

Use Threshold Settings

Displays the object in a color that corresponds to the specified threshold ranges

Threshold Settings

Opens the Threshold Settings dialog box, to specify the threshold values and the colors for the threshold ranges

Refresh

Refreshes the photometer display after changes have been made to the lighting conditions

After placing the photometer, set its Z value from the Object Info palette; illumination values vary depending on the photometer’s elevation.

Obtaining photometric data

Inserting a photometric grid

Using photometric threshold settings

Focusing lighting devices

 

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