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Free lighting software

17 years ago

I'm the geek in the lighting class. Our last assignment required us to download some free lighting software and use it to design a lighting layout using the lumen method. I liked the software much more than manual calculations. Though it's more geared for commercial layouts than residential, it may be useful to play with. You'll need to know some basic info about the lamps you intend to install and the required illuminance levels (40 fc is a decent assumption).

It's available at http://www.visuallightingsoftware.com

The basic edition is free.

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formulaross
17 years ago
There's a lot of us geeks around. :)
Jon1270
17 years ago
Thanks, Ralleia. I haven't wrapped my head around it well enough yet to know whether I like it, but it's an interesting toy.

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