User's Guides
These User's Guides are aimed to familiarize users with various aspects of Visual.
The Basic Edition User's Guide explains the Lumen Method Tool interface and the
Basic Edition modeling environment. In the Professional Edition User's Guide, full
instructions are provided for using every aspect of the interface, from starting
a new design, to importing CAD files, to modeling and calculating.
Tutorials
These tutorials familiarize beginning users with various aspects of Visual. The
Basic Edition tutorial walks the user through a complete basic lighting design.
The Professional Edition Interior tutorial covers the construction of an odd-shaped
room, selection of different luminaire types, construction of obstructions and how
to perform a complete lighting calculation. The Professional Edition Exterior tutorial
covers importing a CAD file, creating multi-headed luminaire types, the use of templates
for an area lighting design and basic luminaire aiming for floodlighting. Download
the tutorials using the links below:
International Documents
As translations of Visual documentation become available, we will post them for
download.