Hi! I've come to this forum in the past asking about complex lighting fixtures with multiple light sources... and I'm back for more.
My understanding is that you can create a light fixture with multiple sources by nesting them, so you would have a bulb for example, with the light source in it, and then nest that into you chandelier (this is just an example). The issue with this technique is that you can't make it so the photometric parameters are available from the project, and then would have to go into 'edit family' to adjust brightness.
Another alternative I read about would be with shared parameters, but from what I've tried, I can't edit photometric parameters to make them shared.
So imagine my surprise when I downloaded this lighting fixture (attached on post) and saw that despite the fact that there's 2 light sources in it, I can adjust BOTH from the photometric parameters in the project, without having to go into edit family.
Now I'm not the brightest bulb in here (pun totally intended), but I can't figure out how these 2 light sources are linked. If I adjust the initial intensity....the change affects both. Can someone explain it to me?
Your time and efforts are greatly appreciated.
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I am not at the computer now but I guess the nested family are shared and/or have their photometric parameters associated with different photometric parameters in the host family.
The nested light is driven by parameters. So you want to add a light source in the nested light. When the nested light fixture is loaded into the main light fixture family, you can drive those nested lights with the light fixture family. You can even set the generic IES file in the nested and then use the light fixture to drive the IES custom light file.
OMG I'm feeling very silly right now. I'm not sure why I never thought about nesting a lighting fixture within a lighting fixture. Makes perfect sense. Thanks.
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