Polar Luminaire Arrays

The Luminaire-Polar Array command allows you to create a circular or angular arrangement of luminaires about a rotational axis. Each luminaire in the array exhibits the same attributes as the original luminaire and can be modified independently.

  1. From the Modify menu choose Luminaire-Polar Array, or from the Luminaire toolbar select image\luminaire_polar_array_button.jpg. Left click on the pull-down arrow to the right of the button to invoke the secondary menu. Select Polar.
  2. Select a luminaire to array.
  3. Drag the cursor to the center point of array and click the left mouse button.
  4. In the Polar Array dialog, specify the ending angle.
  5. Specify the total number of luminaire locations in the array including the original.
  6. Specify the luminaire orientation: same as selected entity , same as polar angle, opposite of polar angleor perpendicular to polar angle. The selected luminaire will also be rotated if necessary to match the selected luminaire orientation.
  7. Click Ok.