opang Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Do you have any links which provide nice catalogues of lighting (best with pictures) together with the corresponding IES files for download? I am so confused with those technical names and am tired of downloading and testing them randomly... Or are there any other more efficient methods for searching IES files? Please advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Erco has IES files for their entire product line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 This thread badly needs to be re-named, as it looks like you are looking for models in IGES format, not IES lighting files. I sometimes go to the manufacturers' sites to search for .ies files on specific lights that are being used in a project. But it only works sometimes, and takes a lot of searching, and sometimes comparing the headers of the files to figure out which product used them. It's a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opang Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Thanks. Same to me. Sometimes I saw the product but failed to find the corresponding IES file. Other times I saw list of IES files but didn't know what they refer to... HRCO provides the best info so far, but is still difficult for a non-lighting specialist like me to search for the right thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 You have to think of IES files as a Lighting Designer does. When you design lighting, you choose a light either by knowing what you want or by getting its specification in the catalog. Once you get the specification and choose the light, then it makes sense to get the IES file for that. Pretty much every single manufacturer out there provides IES files. When you specify the light you want, go to the manufacturer's website and download the photometry for it. Getting an IES file without knowing the light type, without having the catalog and specifications does not make sense. I have 18 thousand IES files in my library, for instance - it's all pretty useless to have them all, since I do not have catalogs for them all. Here at the IESNA website you can find the list of manufacturers that are associated, as well as their websites: http://www.iesna.org/manufacturers/manuf_search_form.cfm Hope it helps. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avvid Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I just found what I think is an excellent resource for IES files: I'd spent ages looking for an IES for an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, household 100 watt light bulb. And on a site called OliNo (sorry, I can't post URLs yet, but if you Google it, it should be your first hit) they seem to have data files for just about any kind of light you can think of. They're in "LDT" rather than IES format, but then I was directed in another post, to a site called Helios32 (again, should be your first Google hit), which has a program on the "Resources" page, called "EULUMCNV.EXE" (bottom of the page), which will give you (as far as I can tell) a nice IES file from any LDT you can download from OliNo. I hope this helps someone, because god knows I spent ages looking for a light bulb IES, and finding nothing but fancy designer and industrial light IES files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoA4D Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 David, the OliNo site looks very useful. I do not remember seeing a lamp compilation as thorough as this before. Good find; thx for posting it and the helios32 link. Leonard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avvid Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thanks man. It's nice to give something back to the community every now and then. I get a lot of help from forums, so I'm glad to contribute. It sure is a fantastic resource. God bless all those people at OliNo and Helios32 for all that hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohitarnold Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 http://www.mrcad.com/download-free-ies-lights/Do you have any links which provide nice catalogues of lighting (best with pictures) together with the corresponding IES files for download? I am so confused with those technical names and am tired of downloading and testing them randomly... Or are there any other more efficient methods for searching IES files? Please advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Ies files take into account the light distribution of a specific fixture with a specific lamp (bulb). That is why you don't find IES files for bare lamps (bulbs). It just doesn't make any sense given programs that can actually compute the proper distribution at that level (known as near field calculations) are rather impractical. If you are looking to get trendy scalloping patterns on your wall, using those files from OliNo will not give you what you are looking for using Max. You would be better off just creating your own ies file using http://www.tom-schuelke.com/ies-gen3.exe and input the typical output levels for whatever source you are looking for http://www.nofs.navy.mil/about_NOFS/staff/cbl/lumentab.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehrvashj Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hello I am from Iran and I dont know what should write for the first time,I work 3d max as beginner .Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dande Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I have found that some lighting manufacturers don't have ies files on their site but if you e-mail them with the name of the specific light they will send them to you. Thorn and Philips have a lot of ies files on their site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehrvashj Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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