Enclosing IES File Notes RCSid "$Id: iesnotes.txt,v 1.

2 2003/02/28 20:19:26 greg Exp $" The following notes describe how MGF data is to be referred to by an enclosing IES luminaire file, and these notes are in a state of flux. The basic method for specifying an MGF geometry file within an IES file is a single line immediately preceeding the TILT= line, which reads: GEOM=file.mgf where "file.mgf" is replaced by the name of the relevant MGF file. IES data file contains simplified geometry, which must completely enclose the detailed geometry specified by the "GEOM=file.mgf" line. This detailed geometry file is always in meters, whatever the units of the enclosing IES file, and must have its origin at the center of the simplified geometry. The X-axis corresponds to the 0-180 degree plane, the Y-axis corresponds to the 90-270 degree plane, and the Z-axis corresponds to the up direction. (This is a right-handed coordinate system.) The emission values in the MGF file will be multiplied by the usual IES luminaire factors, i.e. the tilt factors (if any), the candela multiplier, the ballast factor and the ballast lamp factor. Thus, the MGF file emissions should correspond to those of the as-tested luminaire configuration.