Tutorial: Enhanced Linear Functionality

Published: 14 June 2023
on channel: LightStanza Support

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Watch this video to learn how to work with linears more easily. This video shows how to use the LightStanza stretch and scale (prorate) linear fixtures in Revit to save you time from doing it the conventional way.

Loading LS parameters will include two variables for proration: LS-luminousLength (total fixture length) and LS-IES Basis Length (.ies file length from manufacturer).

We recommend that firms use the Automated Way and can skip to 6:11. The manual and semi-automatic ways are educational and can be used too.

Please use the free families linked below for the automatic method. BIM Managers can watch this video on how to create automated families from scratch: • Revit Lighting Family Setup: Automatic Lin...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Control Parameters in Revit
0:49 Ways to Prorate Linears with Parameters
1:12 Loading Parameters
1:43 Manual Way
4:17 Semi Automatic Way
6:11 Automatic Way
7:25 Export to LightStanza

Revit Families: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Automatic Linear Proration Families: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...