Many people, including lighting designers, engineers, end users, and manufacturers ask questions similar to the following everyday:

"How will the light from this fixture effect the environment it is in?"

"What setback from the wall should we use with your in-ground fixture?"

"How many fixtures should we use to light the wall and how far should they be apart?"

"At what height should I mount the fixture on the wall?"

Although there are several powerful lighting design tools available to help answer such questions, they require an expert to use them! It takes time to build a model, run the calculations, change the position of the fixture, and run the calculations again.

Lighting analysis and design should be quick and easy. The more quickly the software responds to the user's questions, the more time there is left for exploration and experimentation - increasing the prospect of a great design.

After some research it became clear that there was no outdoor software design tool available that was powerful, provided immediate answers, and was easy to use - therefore we give you 3dOP Pro.

3dOP Pro works with standard Type C IES format files allowing the user to position a fixture in a simple grid, and explore how light from the fixture projects onto a wall, the ground, or a surface as the position of the fixture is changed dynamically.

Using the fundamental equation "illuminance = intensity/distance-squared" at the heart of its algorithmic engine, we believe that 3dOP Pro is a major step forward in understanding the most ubiquitous commodity available...light!