A guide to importing lights into Lumion
How to import lights straight from your CAD software
Lighting made simple
Getting the lighting right in your design can elevate it from good to unforgettable. Light shapes how textures come to life, how shadows interact with surfaces, and ultimately, how people experience your work. Setting up this essential detail from the start goes a long way in saving you time and simplifying the process.
With Lumion’s import lights feature, you can place accurate lighting directly in your CAD or 3D model and bring it seamlessly into Lumion. Your lights stay linked to the model, keeping your workflow smooth, precise, and efficient. This way, you can design and render confidently, knowing every light aligns with your vision from start to finish.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through each step to master this feature. Let’s get started and make your next project shine.
In this example, we have an FBX file containing a model and lights. The lights’ brightness, color profile, and cone angle will automatically be imported too, but these properties can be adjusted in Lumion if they’re not quite right. Any tweaks you make to these will be applied to all of your imported lights.
If you change your mind, you can always restore the original settings they were imported with by selecting the imported model and clicking Restore all lights to imported settings.
Keen to get started?
It’s time to import some lights of your own! If you’re not already subscribed to Lumion, there’s an easy way to test it out. Take out a free 14-day trial today and you can enjoy the latest version of Lumion Pro – no credit card required.
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