IES Pro .9

IES Pro makes it easy to import, preview and manage photometric data in Blender.

IES Pro  – Addon for Blender 2.8+

Features:

Direct import of .ies and .ldt photometric data files.

For ldt the color temperature will be read from the file if avaiable.

Wire representation of photometric data in the 3Dviewport

2D radial diagramm of the photometric data.

Library with preview renders of photometric data

Easy applictaion/replacement of photometric data to lights. supports mutliple at once

Conversion of regular lights to photometric lights. supports mutliple at once

Works with cycles and luxcorerender

 

Quick Manual:

Add ies / ldt files:

You can add ies / ldt files from the Add menu or by pressing shift-a

add menue

 

Light panel:

Here you can find the light material nodes created, the 2d diagram and the contents of the ies / ldt file

including some more calculated photometric data and headers.

IESPro light panel

 

Library:

The library can be found in the N panel of the 3Dviewport.

It features a dynamic gui depending on what is selected.

Here you can set the working folder and refresh the previews if necessary.

One level of subfolders is supported to keep the ies / ldt files organized.

You can Add,Replace photometric lights and and Convert regular lights.

Some import/export functionality is planned for next release.

 

       

 

A button to quickly render in false color view can be found under Render Tools.

 

Preference panel:

Can be found in system settings under edit/preferences in the addon section.

preferences

Here you can set the default library folder and resolution, color and size of the 3D gizmo in the 3DViewport.

The Resolution of the 2D diagramm can be set here also.

 

The Addon will be available on blendermarket and gumroad very soon.