Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010, User Manual

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Using Lighting Fixtures in a Building Model
After using the Family Editor to define lighting fixtures, you can add lighting fixtures to the building model.
When you render an image, you can specify whether Revit Architecture is to include artificial lights in the
image, and which lights are turned on and off or dimmed.
Related topics
■ Turning Lights On and Off on page 1202
Adding a Lighting Fixture to a Building Model
1 Load into the project the lighting fixture families that you want to use in the building model.
See Loading Families on page 427.
2 In the project, open a view that displays the surface on which you can place the lighting fixture.
For example, to place a ceiling-based lighting fixture, open a reflected ceiling plan. To place a
wall-based lighting fixture, open a section or an elevation. To place a table lamp or a floor lamp,
open a floor plan or a section.
3 Click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Component drop-down
➤
Place a Component.
4 Click Place Component tab
➤
Element panel, and select the lighting fixture from the Type
Selector drop-down.
5 In the drawing area, click to place instances of the lighting fixture in the desired locations.
6 To exit the Component tool, press ESC twice.
When placing the lighting fixture, consider the following:
■ To see the light source symbol in a view, in addition to the lighting fixture geometry, make the light
source visible. See
Displaying Light Sources in a View on page 1192.
■ If you want to place a table lamp on an elevated surface such as a desk or table, do so in a section view
(or use the Offset parameter in the Instance Properties dialog to specify its height above the floor). If you
place the lamp on a desk in a floor plan view, the lamp may be placed under the desk.
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