How to import a luminaire in DIALux evo?

You can import luminaire files in different ways. Ariane explains you the possibilities to use the favorite manufacturer products for your project.

You will learn the differences between the file formats (.ies, .ldt, .uld) and we inform you about the advantages of ULD files. If you are not sure which luminaire you would like to use, you can easily filter products in our free luminaire search engine LUMsearch. Learn the steps to import the products into DIALux.

Material

4.1 Luminaire files.zip

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Content

1.0 Welcome
1.1 User interface
2.1 Importing plans
2.2 Plan as a sketch
2.3 Individual rooms
3.1 Objects & reflectances
3.2 DIALux evo catalogues
4.1 Luminaire files
4.2 Luminaire arrangements
5.1 Utilisation
5.2 Results & False colours

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