Luminaires, Photometry
All topics relative to lighting fixture families and luminaires in general, including photometry.
This can be done by editing the fixture family in the Revit Family Editor and changing the light source type to “Photometric Web”. There are typically a f...
Wed, 22 Aug, 2018 at 10:02 AM
Our recommendations for Fixture Families are below. Autodesk has some guidelines in the Revit Help. Family Creation Guidelines
All source types m...
Mon, 13 Mar, 2017 at 2:06 PM
When accessing Photometric Toolbox from Luminaire Manager (if installed), Photometric Toolbox loads the actual photometric file and the photometric file as ...
Wed, 18 Jan, 2017 at 4:11 PM
Adapting an IES file for different luminaire configurations (e.g. using an IES file for a 4' linear luminaire to run calculations for the 8' version...
Tue, 17 Jan, 2017 at 7:24 PM
The best way to Orient and/or Tilt Luminaires in Revit is to construct the Lighting Fixture Family with Orient and Tilt parameters. Type or Instance parame...
Wed, 13 Mar, 2019 at 11:49 AM
ElumTools ships with a library of Luminaire Families (*.rfa files) design to meet the needs of the most common lighting applications. Users are encourage t...
Thu, 28 Mar, 2019 at 4:00 PM
Revit has a built-in parameter for adjusting the photometric tilt angle for luminaire families. By default, this is a Type Parameter, meaning all instances...
Mon, 28 Oct, 2019 at 1:21 PM
The challenge with supporting Type B photometry is created by a bug in Revit where the photometric web graphic displays incorrectly in the Revit model. Whe...
Tue, 27 Oct, 2020 at 12:06 PM