# Vray Lighting for Revit

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-lighting-for-revit/112398>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-lighting-for-revit/112398 "2022-10-14T11:39:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![merca3](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/merca3/32/179690_2.png) [@merca3](https://forums.chaos.com/u/merca3)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-lighting-for-revit/112398/1 "2022-10-14T11:39:47Z")

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Hi there,  
when could we hope to get some standard Vray lighting assets (as Sketchup and Rhino)  
as the Revit lights don’t seem to be able to match these assets quality.

 ![lights.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/d/0/d0b4fd0156ce2029fd5896cebfe677ace6ed2b87.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Ana\_Lyubenova](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/ana_lyubenova/32/60928_2.png) [@Ana\_Lyubenova](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ana_Lyubenova)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-lighting-for-revit/112398/2 "2022-10-17T06:49:47Z")

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Hello @merca3 ,

All Revit lights (16 in total) are converted to V-Ray lights under the hood. Changing any of their native Revit parameters would also affect the V-Ray rendering.  
If there are any issues with the rendering quality, they could be either a matter of settings adjustment, or it could be a bug, for which we’ll need more details in order to reproduce it in our environment.

May be you meant that you want a richer variety of light types or you want more control over the lights parameters themselves? Is that what you meant?

Best,  
Ana

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**Author:** ![merca3](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/merca3/32/179690_2.png) [@merca3](https://forums.chaos.com/u/merca3)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-lighting-for-revit/112398/3 "2022-12-07T13:46:25Z")

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Hi Ana

I am trying to replicate a Vray Rectangle Light in Revit, (which seems to be a flat polygon with normals)  
but the only Revit flat light seems to be a hemisphere?

Also I can’t find a way to hide the light source in the render as Vray doesn’t give you control of  
the Revit light parameters? (Should be in rectangle light/options/invisible)

For the windows I want to replicate a Vray Directional light but I am using a revit spherical light to simulate  
the sun’s rays - there may be a better way to do this.

 ![vray lights.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/1/b/1b81fd3ae0f2ffacafcb6341251d172fb5fddf9f.jpeg) ![revit lights.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/b/9/b949db4af0243990920aee5070d0a50e1f8e3c33.jpeg) ![test dome 0 white.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/1/d/1d45c3368d8499391e496a921dc7ccf040d4e3f5.jpeg)