New Query and Edit Lights in Model Wizard

Rich has added a new Query and Edit Lights in Model Wizard to IRender nXt. Try it out and let us know what you think...

The Lights Query & Edit Wizard makes it easy to find, examine, and edit the artificial lights you have placed in your SketchUp Model for rendering with IRender nXt

This new dialog, available from the Query and Edit Lights in Model button on the Lights Tab of the IRender nXt Options Wizard, is a work in progress. We'll be adding new capabilities to it and making it easier to use to locate and edit lights in the model. Let us know if there is something else that we could do here to make light editing easier for you.

Find Lights

This model has two ceiling lights, a floor lamp created, a point light on top of a small cylinder, and a light on the left wall made by applying Object Properties to a face on the wall.

When I load the Light Query and Edit Wizard, I get this:

Overview

• The type, wattage, and location of each light is displayed in the area at the top of the Wizard.
• Model Lights in list - use the radio buttons to restrict the display to only certain types of lights.
• Refresh - click this to reload lights if you change your model

Highlighted Light

The area in the lower left displayed more information about the light you have highlighted in the list of lights (by clicking on it)

Highlighted Light

Use these functions to Select the light you have highlighted in the list of lights (by clicking on it)

• Select - select just this light.
• Select and Zoom - select the light and zoom in on it.
• Edit - load the IRender nXt editor for the light to change wattage, color, etc.

Editing Highlighted Lamp

Container for Highlighted Light

If the light is contained in a component or group this will select that component or group and/or zoom in on the container.