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Luminaires may be placed singly or in arrays, and their beam centres may be pointed in any direction you required. The luminaires you place here may be used in FlucsPro and Radiance for artificial lighting calculations.

 

 

The program has access to the IES lighting database that holds information about luminaires and lamps. FlucsPro and Radiance use the information from the database for design or analysis purposes. An extensive system database is provided but this can be supplemented with your own data.

 

Photometric data may be entered into the program either interactively or by importing from photometric data files in standard CIBSE, EULUMDAT or IESNA formats. The standard CIBSE type-1 and type-2 formats are used and are described in CIBSE TM14. For interactive input you describe the luminaire, the valid lamps for the luminaire, and polar-curve data for luminous intensities. Optionally, light-output ratios, spacing-to-height ratios, utilisation factors, and glare indices may be entered or calculated. For lamps the lamp description and, optionally, lamp-lumen maintenance-factor curves are specified.

 

The program can calculate light-output ratios, spacing-to-height ratios, utilisation factors, glare data and aspect factors and can perform LG3 checks and BZ classifications for a luminaire, based on the polar-curve information. The results can be viewed on the screen and output as hard copy if you wish.

 

The File menu handles file operations. Note that there are no options for opening LightPro project files because there is no LightPro project file. All the luminaires are stored in the ModelIT file.

All the options are the same as in ModelIT.

 

The edit menu handles some of the space properties and CostPlan output.

This undoes the last change to the model. This applies to changes to light fittings and positions.

This redoes the last change to the model. See the comments above for Undo.

This is not functional under LightPro. To change the site rotation, go to ModelIT.

This is only available when one or more rooms are selected. It displays the Selection Set sub-menu.

This displays the Custom attributes dialogue box, allowing you to edit the attributes for all the selected rooms.

This displays the Assign template dialogue box, allowing you to assign the attributes for all the selected rooms to the values held in a template.

This allows you to create output of all the luminaire data for CostPlan.

This allows you to edit the grid settings.

This allows you to set the ceiling grid origin. Only available when you are in plan view and when the ceiling grid page is active. Move the mouse to the point where you want the new origin to be, and click.

This allows you to place a single light fitting in the selected space, using the default light fitting settings. Only available when you are in plan view and when the ceiling grid page is active. As you move the mouse, the light fitting will be shown at the mouse position, after taking into account the ceiling grid snap option you have selected. Click the mouse to place it.

This allows you to place a rectangular array of light fittings in the selected space, using the default light fitting settings. Only available when the ceiling grid page is active. The Light fitting array dialogue box will allow you to set the number of fittings in the x and y dimensions. The placement will use the ceiling grid snap option and the default light fitting settings.

This allows you to move the selected light fittings. Only available when you are in plan view, the ceiling grid page is active, and one or more light fittings are selected. As you move the mouse, the selected light fittings will be shown at the new mouse position, after taking into account the ceiling grid snap option you have selected. Click the mouse to reposition it. You may use the X=x,y , DX=x,y, or P=length, angle key-ins.

This allows you to copy the selected light fittings. Only available when you are in plan view, the ceiling grid page is active, and one or more light fittings are selected. As you move the mouse, copies of the selected light fittings will be shown at the new mouse position, after taking into account the ceiling grid snap option you have selected. Click the mouse to reposition it. You may use the DX=x,y , or P=length, angle key-ins.

This allows you to delete the currently selected light fittings. Only available when the ceiling grid page is active and with selected light fittings. Note no confirmation will be requested.

 

The View menu handles display control operations.

These options are the same as in ModelIT.

The Toolbars sub-menu allows you to select which toolbars are displayed.

The Rotation sub-menu allows you to switch the selected view port between the standard views.

All these options are the same as in ModelIT.

The Zoom sub-menu allows you to set the zoom level of the selected view port.

All these options are the same as in ModelIT.

Inactive in this version.

Display or hide the LightPro dialog bar along the bottom of the application.

The Viewports sub-menu handles the division of the view area into one, two or four viewports.

All these options are the same as in ModelIT.

The Colour sub-menu handles colour settings.

 

All these options are the same as in ModelIT.

As in ModelIT. (Tip: Use the Esc key to abort a slow refresh, e.g. when filled contours are being displayed).

All these options are the same as in ModelIT.

This allows you to save the calculation results to file. Results are saved in any case at the end of a session.

These options are the same as in ModelIT.

This option is the same as in ModelIT.

This is inactive.

The settings menu handles grid and lock settings.

Both these options are the same as in ModelIT.

The Help menu gives access to the help information and all the standard licence handling, troubleshooting etc..

Displays this help file.

All other options are as in ModelIT.