Step-by-step guide

Interpret a dynamically updated color fill with changes to lighting fixtures.

Open the project E06_03.rvt.
Ensure the current view is Lighting > Floor Plans > 1 – Lighting.
Right-click and create a duplicate view of 1 – Lighting by choosing Duplicate View > Duplicate.

In the open Revit project, in the Project Browser, Duplicate View selected in the 1 – Lighting shortcut menu, and Duplicate with Detailing selected in the flyout.-->

Rename the duplicate view “1 – Lighting Levels”.
Select any lighting fixture in the view and press “VH” to hide the category of lighting fixtures in this view.
In the Analyze tab of the ribbon, click Space.
From the Options Bar, set the Upper Limit to Level 2 and the Offset to 0.
In the ribbon, click Place Spaces Automatically.

The Modify | Place Space contextual ribbon tab, with lighting fixtures hidden in the view, the Option Bar settings configured for this example, and Place Spaces Automatically selected in the ribbon. -->

A notification reports that 16 spaces have been automatically created.

Click Close.
To automatically add space names and numbers aligned with the architectural rooms in this project, click Space Naming in the Analyze tab of the ribbon.
In the Space Naming dialog box, select Names and Numbers.
Select All Levels.

The Space Naming dialog box, with Names and Numbers selected, and All Levels enabled.-->

Click OK.
Position the view on screen so that there is room to the right side to place a color fill legend.
From the ribbon, click Color Fill Legend.
Place the legend to the right side of the floor plan.
Click OK to accept the defaults.

In the view, the legend placed to the right side of the floor plan, and in the Choose Space Type and Color Scheme popup, OK is selected.-->

Select the placed legend.
On the Modify | Color Fill Legends contextual ribbon, click Edit Scheme.

In the view, the legend selected and highlighted, and in the ribbon, Edit Scheme selected.-->

Within the Edit Color Scheme dialog box, create a duplicate of Scheme 1.
Name the color scheme “Illuminance”.

In the Edit Color Scheme dialog box, the Duplicate button highlighted in red, and in the New Color Scheme popup, a name entered for this example.-->

Click OK.
Change the Title of the color scheme to Illuminance.
Set the Color to Average Estimated Illumination.

A portion of the Edit Color Scheme dialog box, Scheme Definition group box, with the settings configured for this example. -->

Read the message.
Click OK to close all windows.
Select the legend.
Click Edit Type in the Properties dialog.
In the Type Properties dialog box for the legend, select Show Title.
Click OK.

To the right, in the Properties, Edit Type is highlighted, and in the Type Properties dialog box, Show Title is enabled, and OK is being selected.-->

Note the color fill legend with the title.

In the view, the color fill legend now titled, “Illuminance” to the right in the image, with a portion of the view on the left.-->

Select the legend from the screen.
Click Edit Scheme.
Set the Scheme Definition to By Range.
Set the At Least value to 40.
Use the green plus button to add a value.
Set the value to 50.
In the Color column, change the colors from the defaults to 3 different colors.

In the Edit Color Scheme dialog box, all settings configured for this example and three different colors chosen.-->

Click OK.

Note the color by range, not value, in the view.

In the view, the color-by-range legend titled, “Illuminance,” with the scheme applied to the floor plan.-->

In the View tab, click Tile Views.
View 1 – Lighting and 1 – Lighting Levels at the same time.
Select a lighting fixture from the dining area in view 1 – Lighting.
Change it using the Type Selector to Plain Recessed Lighting Fixture 2x2 120.

With the views tiled, in the 1 – Lighting view, a lighting fixture is selected in the dining area, and in the Type Selector, the new lighting fixture type is selected.-->

Review the updated color for the dining area in the view 1 – Lighting Levels.

A zoomed-in view of 1 – Lighting Levels, with the dining area colors updated.-->

Save the project.

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