Opening The Artificial Lights Dialog; Creating A Light Group; Adding And Removing Lights In A Light Group - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Opening the Artificial Lights Dialog

The Artificial Lights dialog lists all lighting fixtures in the building model, including ungrouped lights and
grouped lights. Use this dialog to create and modify light groups, and to add or remove individual lighting
fixtures in groups. You can also use this dialog to dim or turn on or off light groups or individual lighting
fixtures for rendering.
You can open the Artificial Lights dialog from the Rendering dialog or from any view that contains lighting
fixtures.
To open the Artificial Lights dialog from a view
1 In a Revit Architecture project, open a view that contains one or more lighting fixtures.
2 Select a lighting fixture.
3 On the Options Bar, for Light Group, select Edit/New.
To open the Artificial Lights dialog from the Rendering dialog
1 In a Revit Architecture project, open a 3D view.
2 Open the Rendering dialog.
3 Under Lighting, for Scheme, select a setting that includes artificial lights.
4 Click Artificial Lights.

Creating a Light Group

1 Open the Artificial Lights dialog.
2 Under Group Options, click New.
3 In the New Light Group dialog, enter a name for the light group, and click OK.
4 Add lights to the group.
5 (Optional) Turn the light group on or off for rendering.

Adding and Removing Lights in a Light Group

You can add and remove lights in a
software.
Adding and Removing Lights in a Light Group from a View
1 Open a project view that displays lighting fixtures.
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See Opening the Rendering Dialog
See Opening the Artificial Lights Dialog
In the Artificial Lights dialog, the new light group name displays in the list under Grouped
Lights.
See Adding and Removing Lights in a Light Group Using the Artificial Lights Dialog
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See Turning Lights On and Off
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