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| Posted by cerisola at Jan 16, 2015, 2:23:21 PM |
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Tilted track light Hi everybody. My 1st post. I am very impressed with the Sweet Home package. Now I am modeling a garret (or attic, not sure what's the correct word in english, I mean a room right under the roof, with sloping ceiling). I successfully drew sloping walls, etc.. Now I want to add some lights. I need to place a track light on the sloping ceiling, oriented in such way that it is as tilted as the ceiling. A base model like the "Track lights" included in the downloaded Portable version 4.5 is fine, but it is not tilted. So I placed the base "Track lights" furniture, exported to OBJ, imported back, tilted at the 2nd step of the import wizard, placed. The result looks fine, but now it is a piece of furniture, not a light source. When I create a photo, no light is sourced. See example You can see that the light bar is projecting its own shadow, not sourcing light. This was described by Thread "Include light in Export to OBJ format". Is there a way to place a tilted light track which also sources light? Thanks for your help! |
| Posted by okh at Jan 17, 2015, 10:52:09 AM |
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Re: Tilted track light You could, if I understand your question correctly, add light sources (the ones without a lamp model) after you have imported and tilted your model. It is also possible to add light source properties to the actual model with the help of a Furniture Library (see for instance thread 5206). ok |
| Posted by cerisola at Jan 18, 2015, 9:20:20 PM |
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Re: Tilted track light Thanks for your suggestions. I tried Furniture Library Editor, but found that light properties are not-as-easy-as-expected to add. Must be entered manually, need coordinates for each spotlight, maybe even opening angle, etc. I am trying now with individual lamp bulbs added in front of the track spotlights. Cheers! |
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