💡 Fixture Editor - catalog of ceiling light fixtures
Fixture Editor is a professional tool in EasyCeiling program that allows you to create, edit and manage a catalog of typical solutions for the arrangement of luminaires on the ceiling.
Key features:
Creating and editing luminaire positioning templates
Using Bézier curves for precise positioning
Saving templates in a catalog
Quickly apply ready-made templates to new projects
Visualize luminaire layout in 3D Video tutorial:
Working with templates
The editor provides extensive possibilities for creating and editing templates:
Precise positioning of luminaires
Using Bézier curves to create complex shapes
Copying and modifying existing templates
Saving luminaire parameters
Illustrative examples
To add your luminaire to the catalog, you need to open the Luminaire Catalog, which is located on the Advanced Forms tab in the Fixture Editor drop-down list.
To add a new luminaire you should click on the “+” button.
Then in the opened window you can start creating luminaires.
Spot light fixture creation:
Removal of light fixtures:
Moving and scaling luminaires:
Rotation of lights:
Duplicating light fixtures:
Bezier curve:
The arrows in the drawing mark the points that were placed manually, and the program completed the fixtures by itself.
Closed Bezier:
The arrows in the drawing mark the points that were placed manually, and the program completed the fixtures by itself.
Straight Line:
The arrows in the drawing mark the points that were placed manually, and the program completed the fixtures by itself.
Saving Changes:
Fixture editor settings:
Keeping the luminaries in the program:
If lights are highlighted in blue color, it means that the distance between them is less than the specified step between lights in the editor settings.
To add an existing luminaire group to the ceiling on the drawing, just select it and click on the “Insert” button.
The program will open the luminaire editor and you will be able to use various tools to apply the size and position of the group of luminaires you need.
When everything is ready, you need to click on the “Apply” button. Done, now you have lights on your ceiling!
What questions does this article answer?
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