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Luminaire Helper Object 109
A luminaire object groups and manages the components
as a whole.
Inter face
When a sele cted assembly is closed, the Modify
panel displays the Luminaire parameters.
However,whenyouopenanassembly,3dsMax
shows you the parameters of the whichever
object is selected. The Luminaire object provides
Dimmer and Filter Color parameters. You wire
these to the light objects that are part of the
assembly.
Luminaireiconintheviewport
Luminaire rollout
Dimmer—Emulates the dimmer sw itch of a
real-world lighting fixture. The setting determines
the percentage of the default light intensity is
emitted by the light source of a lighting fixture.
Youwirethisparametertooneormorelight
sources’ Multiplier settings.
Filter Color—An RGB color parameter that you
linktoalightsource’scolororfiltercolor.
The Dimmer option can control the intensity of a ll the lights
in the lumi n aire