Overview

Other types of objects can be added from the object menu.

Observers

Add an observer by clicking the

button. Observers are used to determine the Unified Glare Rating (UGR) in key locations.

Paneled ceiling

You can add a paneled ceiling by clicking the

button.

Plain text

Plain text can be inserted by clicking the

icon. Text can be positioned and rotated as desired.

3D Objects

Adding 3D objects

Complex 3D Objects can be loaded by choosing "Load object from database" from the

menu.

After selecting the desired category a list of preview images will show the available objects from that category:

To add the object to the room simply double click the icon.

Creating 3D objects

You can also create and categorize your own 3D objects. There are two ways to do this:

• By choosing the option "Create new object from file" you can load drawings in the AutoCAD DWG or DXF format.
  Furniture models are often freely available for download in various formats from the manufacturers web site.

• Grouped objects can be saved directly by choosing the "Save object to database" option.
  You can also save objects which contains luminaires and sensors.

For both options the following save dialogue will be shown:

First you must choose a category to save to. Standard categories cannot be selected, so create one by clicking the

button.

Next, ensure that the object is rotated and aligned correctly in the window, as this will be used for the object preview icon.

When you are done, click OK to save the object. If you created an object from an external drawing it will be added to the room as well.

Boxes and box groups

The box and box group features have been retained from earlier versions of OptiWin:

• Boxes can be added by accessing the

menu. You can choose from a set of basic shapes like box, sphere, cylinder and wedge.

• Box groups can be loaded from the

menu, by clicking the button "Load box group" in the object loading window.

Note: From version 2010.12 you cannot save box groups any more. If you want to save a box group you must first split and regroup it.

Polygon objects

Press

to start creation of a polygon object. Place corner points in the room, and finish with

. Then, adjust height as necessary.

It is possible to create a Calculation plane using the shape of a completed polygon object. To do this, select a Polygon object, right-click to bring up the Context menu, and select "Convert to calculation plane".