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Description Company Name
  Designer Name
Email Address
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Units
Point Spacing
Surface
Width  [X]*
Height [Z]*
Base   [Z]
Luminaire
Mounting Height
Light Loss Factor*
Lumens Per Lamp*
Tilt
Rotation
Criteria
Setback*
Average
Minimum
Ave / Min
Max / Min
Constraints
Quantity
On Center Spacing
Target Area
Width [X]
Height [Z]
Center Offset X
Center Offset Z
Rendering
Display
  • Grayscale
* Required Fields
Calculation Results
Average Ave / Min Quantity
Maximum Max / Min Spacing
Minimum Tilt Point Spacing
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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.
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Visual Floodlight / Wallwash Tool - About

The Visual Floodlight / Wallwash tool was developed to help specifiers select flood, sign, and wall lighting products. The tool only considers the direct illumination component's effect on the wall. There are no other surfaces in the calculation that may exist and affect actual results in installations. Please use the Visual Professional addition to perform detailed analysis for your lighting design.

If you specify a tilt angle and illuminance criteria the tool will attempt to find an on center spacing that meets your criteria. It is possible for there to be no on center spacing that can meet your criteria at the specified setback and tilt. You may also leave the tilt field blank (not zero) and allow the tool to determine an optimum tilt for your criteria. The optimum tilt will change depending on which criteria you enter. It is possible that no tilt angle can meet all your criteria, in this case an aiming point 2/3 up the wall will be returned.

You may also constrain your design to a specific on center spacing or quantity. If you enter a value in both constraints the tool will not attempt to optimize based on any illuminance criteria, instead it will return your specified design.


For guidelines on flood lighting refer to the Facade Lighting Guide or the Sign Lighting Guide


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