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610 Chapter 20: Managing Scenes and Projects

• In the Import Lightscape Solut ion dialog, turn

on Replace Scene Contents.

To group imported objects:

• In the Import L ightscape Preparation or the

Import Lightscape Solution dialog , use the

controls in the Entity Grouping group to choose

howimportedLightscapeobjectsaregrouped.

See each dialog’s description for details about

these options.

To get version information about the Lightscape file

impor ter:

Access the Import Lightscape Solution dialog .

2. Click About.

AnAboutLightscapeLSFileImportdialog

is displayed. This shows the version of the

importer that is currently installed.

Impor ting Lightscape View Files

File menu > Import > Lightscape (*.LS, *.VW, *.LP) >

Choose a VW file.

When you import a Lightscape VW file, the

importer creates a target camera in your scene.

The camera has the name of the Lightscape view

file, and is oriented to reproduce the original

Lightscape view.

No additional dia log appears when you impor t a

VW file.

You can have a viewport show the view by

right-clicking the viewport’s lab el, then choosing

Views followed by the name of the camera and

view file.

Importing Lightscape Preparation

Fi l e s

File menu > Import > Lightscape (*.LS, *.VW, *.LP) >

Choose a n LP file. > Impo rt Lightscape Preparation dialog

A Lightscape Preparation file contains lig hts and

geometry, but does not contain radiosity data.

When you impor t a Lightscape Preparation file,

Lightscape data appears in your scene as follows:

• Lig htscape geometry becomes editable mesh

objects.

• Lightscapeluminairesbecomephotometric

lights.

• Lightscape views become target cameras.

Thedialogthatisdisplayedwhenyouimportan

LP file gives you a few options for how to import

the Lightscape data, but not as many as when you

import an LS file.