Real light calculations with 3ds max and vray

[smaximo]

Hi there,

I just want to ask if it is possible and easy to control, illumination calculations done with vray. I was looking for something that could calculate real values of "LUX" or other type of values used by lightning designers?

 

Thanks

[Morne Erasmus]

What do you want to achieve?

 

Do you want to measure the LUX levels in your scene or add lights of a certain lux level?

 

Most lighting manufacterers have IES files of their lights which give you the correct levels for that particular light.

Just stick that ies file in a photometric web or if you use VRay in a VRayIES

 

If you use Max Design instead of Normal Max, you can do a lighting analysis to measure the levels

[tunakaraman]

There is something called VrayLightMeter under Create>Helpers>Vray if that's what you're looking for.