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Lightworks Luminance Properties

(Lightworks functionality is available with Only with the Lightworks Plug-in)
Most Lightworks Luminance documentation is available via a separate help file accessed from within TurboCAD.
You can access luminance properties via the Properties window of an object (see Object Properties), or by using the Luminances Palette 
 

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Note: If you are specifying luminance for the overall drawing, use the Render Scene Luminance. Drawing luminance can be applied either to the WCS (World Coordinate System) or UCS (User Coordinate System). See WCS and UCS.

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Category: Three categories are provided for you, but you can create new ones.
Single: Defines only one light type.
Complex: Defines two or more lights. 
Floresc Architec AV: A set of light types representing realistic lights, based on .ies files from Lithonia Lighting. These files are stored in the Luminance\Photometric\ies folder.
Luminance: This field depends on the category. See the relevant section for details.
Edit Luminance: Opens the Render Manager. See Managing Luminances in the Render Manager.
Load to render Luminance only: Check if you want to view only the object lights, and not the object itself.
Normal Render (Showing Object), and Load to Render Luminance Only

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Defines only one light. You can select one of the provided luminances, or create a new luminance via the Luminance Editor (see Managing Luminances in the Render Manager).Examples of Single Luminance light types are shown below.
Spot Light
Point Light
Projector (Projects an Image)

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