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    • jamalitoJ Offline
      jamalito
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      helllllllo every one

      I got my v-ray from two months
      I liked it, it had given me wonderful Results .
      but I have problem in IES light is not work .
      Even I make IES light I make long story I need one year to tell you it πŸ˜„
      I made Render even you know where is a problem ? .
      πŸ˜†
      this is model
      1.jpg
      These are Render setting.
      4.JPG
      These are IES setting.
      3.JPG
      this is Final Render . πŸ˜„
      2.jpg
      wait wait wait πŸ˜•
      where is light ? I am meaning ( IES light ) 😑
      8.jpg
      I don't know I think it is working πŸ˜•
      look I checked to IES sitting
      6.JPG
      and look to Render viewer IES
      5.JPG
      so where is a problem? why does it not work ? 😲
      this is file for model and IES Render
      Deskto1.skp
      500-100I-W.rar
      I wait Answer πŸ˜’

      Albert Einstein:
      ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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      • andybotA Offline
        andybot
        last edited by

        In your light properties - the "power" setting should be something like 20,000 or 150,000. Play with the power settings until you have what you like. If you have a specific wattage, I don't know how to help you there, I'm not sure how the power number translates to reality.

        Best,
        Andy

        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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        • jamalitoJ Offline
          jamalito
          last edited by

          @andybot said:

          In your light properties - the "power" setting should be something like 20,000 or 150,000. Play with the power settings until you have what you like. If you have a specific wattage, I don't know how to help you there, I'm not sure how the power number translates to reality.

          Best,
          Andy

          thank you Andy
          but I did that it is not work look to sitting :
          25.JPG
          and this render:
          12.jpg

          Albert Einstein:
          ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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          • andybotA Offline
            andybot
            last edited by

            OK - I opened your model to see what I could figure out. I was not able to get your light to shine at all even at 80,000,000 power. How's that for being impossible to understand!! I think it depends on your ies file how much power is needed (I looked at the light with the ies viewer, and it looks like the values are very low for this particular light file.) Here's an image with a different ies file (at only 30,000,000 for power.) I ended up changing the options settings to get the right exposure (turned camera on, etc.)
            I've attached an image of the new settings, the new ies file I used, and the visopt settings I used. You may try some different ies files, I think the one I used has a beam that's too narrow.

            Andy

            And one more thing I forgot - I typically turn on soft shadows too. (I did for this rendering)


            vray-support-files.zip


            light test

            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              I've not used IES files much myself - but reports from the ASGVis forum says that it vary greatly frmo IES to IES.

              Also - some people have tried to use IES files for tiny LEDs as if they where large lightbulbs - which of course doesn't work well.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • andybotA Offline
                andybot
                last edited by

                The ies viewer is very useful, as the data display shows the maximum candela(? I think) output of the ies file. If you compare ies files - you will see this varies greatly as Thomas noted. The maximum output is 92 in the original ies file you used. In looking through some ies files I've used, they've varied from numbers like 500 to 1500.

                http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  92... that would explain things.

                  To put things in perspective:
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_%28unit%29

                  @unknownuser said:

                  if a candle emits light with a luminous intensity of about 1 candela, the total light emitted is about 12.6 lumens.

                  @unknownuser said:

                  The difference between the units lumen and lux is that the lux takes into account the area over which the luminous flux is spread. A flux of 1000 lumens, concentrated into an area of one square metre, lights up that square metre with an illuminance of 1000 lux. The same 1000 lumens, spread out over ten square metres, produces a dimmer illuminance of only 100 lux. Mathematically, 1 lx = 1 lm/m2.
                  A single fluorescent light fixture that produces a luminous flux of 12000 lumens might light a residential kitchen with an illuminance of 500 lux. Lighting a larger area to the same illuminance requires a proportionately greater number of lumens.

                  @unknownuser said:

                  A 23 watt compact fluorescent lamp emits about 1500–1600 lm.

                  Andy: do you know what unit that IEs app of yours use?

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  • jamalitoJ Offline
                    jamalito
                    last edited by

                    @andybot said:

                    OK - I opened your model to see what I could figure out. I was not able to get your light to shine at all even at 80,000,000 power. How's that for being impossible to understand!! I think it depends on your ies file how much power is needed (I looked at the light with the ies viewer, and it looks like the values are very low for this particular light file.) Here's an image with a different ies file (at only 30,000,000 for power.) I ended up changing the options settings to get the right exposure (turned camera on, etc.)
                    I've attached an image of the new settings, the new ies file I used, and the visopt settings I used. You may try some different ies files, I think the one I used has a beam that's too narrow.

                    Andy

                    And one more thing I forgot - I typically turn on soft shadows too. (I did for this rendering)

                    thank you Andy
                    it is work now with me
                    what did do you even you got to shine ?
                    Practical interpretation πŸ€“

                    Albert Einstein:
                    ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
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                      @jamalito said:

                      what did do you even you got to shine ?

                      A layer of glossy reflection.

                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • jamalitoJ Offline
                        jamalito
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        @jamalito said:

                        what did do you even you got to shine ?

                        A layer of glossy reflection.

                        glossy reflection how is that ?
                        where is it ?

                        Albert Einstein:
                        ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          A glossy reflection is a blurred reflection. Look for the Glossiness sections in the Reflection layer.
                          GlossyReflection.png

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • jamalitoJ Offline
                            jamalito
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            I've not used IES files much myself - but reports from the ASGVis forum says that it vary greatly frmo IES to IES.
                            Also - some people have tried to use IES files for tiny LEDs as if they where large lightbulbs - which of course doesn't work well.
                            I've not used IES files much myself - but reports from the ASGVis forum says that it vary greatly frmo IES to IES.
                            Also - some people have tried to use IES files for tiny LEDs as if they where large lightbulbs - which of course doesn't work well.

                            that is right I used some IES file from Philips web site as you say it is not work
                            in ture this files are need to be studied Scientific and Applied of intensive

                            @thomthom said:

                            92... that would explain things.
                            To put things in perspective:
                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_%28unit%29

                            @unknownuser said:

                            if a candle emits light with a luminous intensity of about 1 candela, the total light emitted is about 12.6 lumens.

                            @unknownuser said:

                            The difference between the units lumen and lux is that the lux takes into account the area over which the luminous flux is spread. A flux of 1000 lumens, concentrated into an area of one square metre, lights up that square metre with an illuminance of 1000 lux. The same 1000 lumens, spread out over ten square metres, produces a dimmer illuminance of only 100 lux. Mathematically, 1 lx = 1 lm/m2.
                            A single fluorescent light fixture that produces a luminous flux of 12000 lumens might light a residential kitchen with an illuminance of 500 lux. Lighting a larger area to the same illuminance requires a proportionately greater number of lumens.

                            @unknownuser said:

                            A 23 watt compact fluorescent lamp emits about 1500–1600 lm.

                            thank you This information
                            I want ask you in this Below
                            w.jpg
                            IES shine in power 5,000,000
                            5,000,000 is watt or candela ?
                            iF power is Candlea does it mean there problem in Settings?
                            80.JPG

                            Albert Einstein:
                            ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                            • jamalitoJ Offline
                              jamalito
                              last edited by

                              thank you to your information
                              Andy and thomthom

                              Albert Einstein:
                              ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                              • andybotA Offline
                                andybot
                                last edited by

                                You are welcome Jamal!

                                I think the material you used already had reflection, but with the higher light levels, it showed up more strongly. (when the camera is turned on, you are better able to control light levels than with just GI)

                                I found some more information about photometry units.

                                from http://www.olino.org/us/articles/2009/10/29/background-measurement-data-lamp-measurement-articles

                                @unknownuser said:

                                The unit is Cd/klm (klm = kilo lumen). This enables comparisons; say a 120 cm long tube light has a value of 100 Cd/klm in the 0Β° direction. This means that when a number of these tubes, physically close to an other, would give in total 1000 lm, than then the intensity right underneath them would be 100 Cd.

                                When taking the 150 cm variant of the same tube, it will most likley have 1.5/1.2 x more intensity (Cd) in the same direction, and will give 1.5/1.2 x more luminous flux in total. Result is that the parameter expressed in Cd/klm remains the same; less tubes are needed to get to 1000 lm and hence the intensity will remain the same.

                                A different type tube light ca have 200 Cd/klm in the same 0ΒΊ direction. Placing that many tubes such that their sum equals 1000 lm, then the intensity will be 200 Cd.

                                This way the lamps can be compared.

                                As for how vray interprets "power" it states that the values are in lumens. If you have a specific light value on a surface, you may be able to do some math with candelas and lumens and distance, but that's more than I can stand to think about too long πŸ˜„

                                http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                • T Offline
                                  tmok
                                  last edited by

                                  hi, i found something....
                                  the unit setting on sketchup model is relate with ies light

                                  if you draw in Meters, your ies will be set power above 5,000,000 to see some light
                                  but if you draw in centimeters, your ies will works find at power defult value (i don't know why)

                                  just simply switch drawing unit in sketchup to Centimeters

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                                  • C Offline
                                    ccs1987
                                    last edited by

                                    i have got this problem. Luckily i searched for the forum before i repost a new thread on a old problem. Thanks guys

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                                    • J Offline
                                      jef_cab
                                      last edited by

                                      @tmok said:

                                      hi, i found something....
                                      the unit setting on sketchup model is relate with ies light

                                      if you draw in Meters, your ies will be set power above 5,000,000 to see some light
                                      but if you draw in centimeters, your ies will works find at power defult value (i don't know why)

                                      just simply switch drawing unit in sketchup to Centimeters

                                      I got the same problem but fixed with this solution.
                                      I just changed the Unit setting from meters to millimeters.
                                      Problem solved.
                                      Thanks Dude!

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                                      • V Offline
                                        valerostudio
                                        last edited by

                                        Here is a nice resource for some IES files. I have a small set of maybe a dozen that I use that I know work well.

                                        Link Preview Image
                                        VRAY for sketchup IES LIGTH complete collection

                                        complete IES light Vray collection frre download

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                                        (www.sketchuptexture.com)

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                                        • V Offline
                                          valerostudio
                                          last edited by

                                          Nice tutorial here too

                                          Link Preview Image

                                          In this mini-tutorial, Onel Pabico shows you how to set up your IES lights in V-Ray for SketchUp, includes some simple tips for adjusting the amount

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                                          (www.sketchupartists.org)

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                                          • dkendigD Offline
                                            dkendig
                                            last edited by

                                            I really don't recommend messing with the power parameter, if you want physically accurate results. The power overrides the IES file's information. It should be left to 0, unless you really know what you're doing. Plugging in random numbers isn't going to result in something accurate, because the IES file already contains the correct information for that particular light. Get a different IES file, and ensure that you are working in the proper units.

                                            Devin Kendig
                                            Developer

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