Ceiling Light Tab
A Ceiling light fixture is a flat rectangle that emits light.
- Shape - Rectangle or Round
- Length - The length of the rectangular light fixture.
- Width - The width of the rectangular light fixture.
- Glue to surfaces
- If Glue to surfaces is checked, as the light fixture is placed in Sketchup it will automatically stick to the nearest surface.
Common Settings
- Length, Width, or Diameter sets the size of the light.
- Settings, at the bottom of the dialog, are common to all types of light fixtures.
- Intensity
- The brightness of the lamp. Intensity can be specified in either Watts or Lumens. (A 100 watt incandescent lamp emits about 1700 lumens).
- (IRender uses the conversion factor of 100 watts --> 1700 lumens for all lamps.)
- Color
- Click this button to bring up a color picker dialog and change the color of light emitted by the light fixture.
- Component Placement Mode
- Single - place just one light fixture and then stop
- 'Multiple - place the same light fixture repeatedly until you activate a different SketchUp tool.
- Lighting Channel
- Lights are normally placed in a default Channel - 3 for ceiling Lights or 2 for other lights.
- Set the channel to a number from 1-7 to create a light and place it in a particular channel.
- See: Lighting Channels
- Create Lamp
- Press Create Lamp when you are ready to begin create the lamp component.
See also
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