Erco i-drop technology

[cmejia]

I went to the erco website and it seems that they have eliminated the i-drop technology that allowed you to drop the erco light fixtures into max/viz models. does anyone know what is going on?

[natty]

i guess you know you can download the complete lighting system from them?

[cmejia]

it was soooooo much easier to just view and image and understand it's lighting contribution , drag and drop. i wonder why they are making it more difficult instead of easier.

[natty]

i know where your coming from
you can get free ies viewers, which are damn good

try this

http://www.lithonia.com/Software/

[aksel]

don't worry it's still there.

not a bug but a feature - we decided to put the idrop elsewhere, let me explain: as you know there are thousands of ies-files/products, so choosing the right one is not that simple, no matter if its for a real building or for 3d. so, it's integrated in the main search engine now, which is far more powerful than the dropdowns before.

try this:

1. go http://www.erco.com
2. click "products' in top navigation
3. search for a product (you'll see what i meant with powerful...)
4. when you narrowed down the search, click on the article number you want
5. a new window with a pdf should open
6. next to the pdf click on 'VIZ/MAX i-drop
7. drag icon into viewport as usual (activate autogrid!)
8. render (make sure you checked right scale and log. exposure)

there you go

hope that helps, aksel.

[Da_elf]

"we" ?? is that a quote from their site or your an erco guy?

[aksel]

i used to coordinate the assembly of the erco-idrop-libs several years ago and now i am still consultant to them.

it's not a quote from their site - yet, but i suggested to add a hint on idrop moved to their download-site so people find the way.

[aksel]

btw:

who is interested in the matter, there is a real gem hidden on the erco-site.

there used to be a very well known book about lighting design, theory, practise, different applications etc. in printed form, which was very hard to get a hand on in the past. since internet-times its available for free as a pdf download. so if you always wanted to know what happens perceptually with dark surfaces or whats the best way to light a shop or a museum, here you go:

http://www.erco.com/download/data/30...chtplanung.pdf

enjoy...

[losbellos]

thanks a lot for this, really great work!

[RErender]

Wow, excellent resource! Thanks Aksel

[s0real]

thanks, i wondered where idrop on erco had disappeared to...

the PDF looks like a good read too

/saves a copy

cheers!