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List of lighting design software
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<p>This is a list of <a href="/facts/Architectural_lighting_design/NmpKQeMr">lighting design</a> software for use in analyzing <a href="/facts/Photometrics/eo6J7qj3">photometrics</a>, <a href="/facts/Building_Information_Modeling/VFVtPmEr">BIM</a> (Building Information Modeling), and <a href="/facts/3D_modeling/6V3Ry9AJ">3D modeling</a>. The software is typically used by importing the structural design via <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">CAD</a> files. Then lighting elements are inserted. And finally, the lighting objects are associated with a photometry via IES files. The photometry of a light fixture describes the way it distributes its light into space. Once this process is completed, the <a href="/facts/Illuminance/6Dj4pKmu">illuminance</a> and <a href="/facts/Luminance/yAqK94ny">luminance</a> produced by each fixture in the space can be calculated. The output is typically a diagram indicating these by means of colors or numbers. This typically is the goal of technical photometry software. </p><p>In marketing and higher-level design, 3D photometric analysis is useful to give a graphical (no numerics) output of a proposed design. </p> Open source <ul><li><a href="/facts/Radiance_(software)/RkrnwR34">Radiance</a></li></ul> Proprietary <ul><li><a href="/facts/AGi32/Vr6jXqCP">AGi32</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.keysoftsolutions.com/products/keysoft-traffic/autolux/">AutoLUX</a> (AutoCAD extension)</li> <li>Calculux</li> <li>DIALux</li> <li><a href="https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sunexposure-plug">DL-Light</a> (Daylighting, Sketchup extension)</li> <li><a href="/facts/FocusTrack/II6rfwcU">FocusTrack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lightstanza.com/">LightStanza</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oxytech.it/software/litestar-suite.asp">LITESTAR 4D</a></li> <li>RELUX</li> <li><a href="https://www.ansys.com/products/optics-vr/ansys-speos/">Speos</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/TracePro/gvBlhBM3">TracePro</a></li> <li>Ulysse</li> <li><a href="https://www.visual-3d.com/">Visual</a></li> <li><a href="https://cast-soft.com/wysiwyg-lighting-design/">Wysiwyg</a> (CAST software)</li></ul>