IES TUTORIAL NEW USING VRAY 1.48.

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I am writing again another IES tutorial showing basic steps in using IES with VraySU
1.48.90 or up. Previously I have used 1.48.66 in the first tutorial, but there were so many
bugs at that time, but Asgvis made a tremendous leap, and I could really conclude that
their newest build was so much stable and easier to use.

I planned to use the same file that I used with the first tutorial, but I can’t find this old
file. Therefore, I decided to just model a quick one.

I am using here also a photometric data name 6B3_(100A19).ies that I have downloaded
for free from Lithonia - http://www.lithonia.com/Photometrics.aspx?Fid=75036

In this tutorial, a special thanks to my friend Trang An. I am using some of his very nice
components here for the purpose of seeing the overall effects of the IES lighting, instead
of just using a simple room.

In this tutorial, my materials have no reflections, bump etc (except for the receptacles) for
quick rendering but later I will supply you hopefully with another tutorial on how to play
with materials. Anyhow let me start this tutorial.

1. Here is my SketchUp set up.

2. I have created a simple recessed lighting and made it into component. Then, I copied
this component into 4 more instances. This is a good tip, so that when you place the Vray
lighting; automatically you will have an instance of this lighting. This is the same when
editing your Vray light, you will only edit one light inside this component, and the other
lightings will be edited automatically.
On the following image grab, I created Vray IES lighting, scaled it a bit and placed it
below the receptacle.

3. Then I clicked the IES light icon. Another menu box appeared (see below). Then under
sampling (File) I clicked the box and browsed the IES photometric data
(6B3_(100A19).ies )
By default the power is set to 0. Even with this, Vray SU will read the photometric data.

In my opinion, using Vray sun and Vray physical camera is not necessary when rendering
an enclosed space. This is advisable especially for the beginners. The reason is, you don’t
have to spend huge amount of time in balancing the sun and the physical camera. Vray
physical camera works together with the Vray sun, which is really a very strong light.
The Vray physical camera acts like a counter balance in correcting the exposure of the
image, much like the same as the actual photo camera – where ISO, aperture size and
shutter speed enable to control the exposure.

Again in this tutorial, the Vray physical camera and the Vray sun were both turned off.

Here is the render.

This render is already showing the effect of the photometric lighting. On the other hand, I
would wan to see two things- the light source is showing some lights, and second I would
like to increase the power of the IES lighting.

4. To do the first one. I am putting another rectangular light inside the receptacle to
simulate the light source. The intensity of this rectangular light is small. I enabled the
light, turn off the shadow, made it invisible and doubled sided. Below is the screen grab
of my rectangular light settings.
Here is the render. Now the light source is showing on the receptacles.

To solve the second problem, I simply increased the multiplier of the IES light. Here I
used power = 7000. Below is the render.
If you want to change the color of the IES light, you can do it by putting color to the filter
color. Below I used warm yellow.

Now it’s up to you how you will do the next step. I hope this small tutorial did manage to
clear up some of the confusion in the first IES tutorial.

Cheers!

Nomeradona