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Adding Luminaires
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Adding Luminaires
All luminaires available for your scene are listed in the
Luminaires table. You can add luminaires to the
Luminaires table in either of the following ways:
• By importing luminaires from luminaire libraries
• By creating a new luminaire from a block.
Importing from Luminaire Libraries
Lightscape includes an extensive library of luminaires
for use in your scenes.
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You can load luminaires from a library only in
Preparation files.
To import luminaires from a library:
1.
Right-click the Luminaires table, then choose
Load.
The Open dialog appears.
2.
Navigate to the location of the luminaire library
you want to load, select the appropriate file, and then
click Open.
Note: When a luminaire definition is loaded, it over-
writes any existing luminaire definitions of the same
name.
3.
The Available Luminaires dialog appears.
4.
Select the luminaires you want to load from the li-
brary or click Select All to select all luminaires.
5.
Click OK to load luminaire definitions into the
Luminaires table.
Saving Luminaires
You can also store a luminaire in a luminaire library
for later use.
Delete Delete the selected luminaire defi-
nition.
Duplicate Make a copy of the selected lumi-
naire definition.
Load Load a luminaire definition from a
block library.
Save Save a luminaire definition to a
block library.
Save All Save all the luminaires definitions
in the table to a block library.
Preview Toggle the luminaire preview on or
off.
Swap Layout Revert to the previous position
and size of the Luminaires table.
(You can also swap layouts by dou-
ble-clicking on the table’s title bar.)
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