Using Virtual 3D Photometric Lab

1. From Start menu, click All Programs, Ansys, Speos Labs, Labs, Virtual 3D Photometric Lab.

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1. Click Virtual 3D Photometric Lab .

   A window appears.

2. Click File, Open ....

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   Click .

3. Select a Speos 3D map file.

   Speos 3D map file is a .xm3 format.

   Note: In case of a large XM3 file, we recommend you to use a powerful GPU for better performance of Virtual 3D Photometric Lab.

   You can save your 3D map as a .xm3 file.

   By clicking , you can export a 3D map in a .txt file format. You can then open it with Excel software and find hot spots. When exporting data, it is the raw data of the XM3 map that are being exported. If changes were made with Virtual Lighting Controller, they will not be taken into account for the export as VLC only allows you to preview the data. This .txt file includes x, y, z coordinates of each vertex, value of each layer (Transmission, Reflection...) and for 3D map including color, the X, Y and Z colorimetric coordinates.

   You can click File, Info to get file information as number of nodes, number of cells, generated photons, emitted photons, absorbed photons, radiometric or photometric power.

   You can now manage display and do post-processing.

   By clicking Filtering, XM3 Filtering..., you can set a standard filtering. It only uses neighbors without any considerations regarding values of these neighbors. In Pass number box, you must type the number of times the filtering algorithm is called. 0 value means there is no filtering. The level of filtering is displayed in the status bar of the viewer. By clicking the filter value in the status bar, you can open the filtering box.