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Description Company Name
  Designer Name
Email Address
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Units
Calculation Area
Workplane
Point Spacing X
Point Spacing Y
Luminaire
Configuration
  • Yoke
Mounting Height*
Support Length
Light Loss Factor*
Lumens Per Lamp*
Arrangement
  • Uniform
Criteria
Minimum
Average
Max / Min
Parking Lanes
Constraints
Spacing X
Spacing Y
Rendering
Display
  • Points
* Required Fields
Calculation Results    
  Minimum Illuminance Average / Minimum
  Average Illuminance Wattage / Area
  Maximum Illuminance Spacing Between Poles
  Maximum / Minimum Spacing Between Points
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Press Enter to Update Calculation
Product Data    
Brand
Catalog
Description
Lamp Description
Number of Lamps
Lumens Per Lamp
Wattage
These lighting calculation results are for general informational purposes only and are provided without warranty as to accuracy, completeness, reliability or otherwise. Results are based on user provided data and data provided from publicly available sources; actual field conditions may affect calculated output. The Visual Support Center is available at support@visual-3D.com. Area Tool version: 1.0.8.0 Powered By Visual
Visual Area Tool - About

The Visual Area Tool is a tool designed to allow users to quickly determine pole spacing from an illuminance criteria or illuminance levels from user specified spacing. There are four poles, with selectable luminaire configurations. The same configuration and rotation is applied to all four poles.

There are three ways to use the Visual Area Tool...
  • Enter an illuminance criteria and either an X or Y spacing. The Area Tool will then optimize the spacing in the other direction to provide the largest spacing that meets the illuminance criteria.
  • Enter only illuminance criteria. The Area Tool will then optimize the spacing in the X direction in 30' (or 9m) steps, and to the maximum spacing in Y that meets the illuminance criteria. The solution is the arrangement that covers the largest area while maintaining the illuminance criteria.
  • Enter X and Y spacing and the tool will calculate the illuminance levels achieved.
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Enable parking lot mode. Parking spot and drive lane are each 1/3 of parking lane