Creating Custom Light Fixtures for Interior Lighting in Twinmotion!

In this video, learn how to create and save custom light fixture models to your model library inside of Twinmotion. This allows you to start creating your own custom collection of light fixture models and Twinmotion lights in your renderings!

In this video, we'll be using SketchUp to model out our light fixtures.

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[TheRenderingEssentials]

Happy Friday everyone! Let me know what other kind of tutorials you'd like to see for Twinmotion in the comments below! :)

[agdragon]

4 years late, but great video.
The object is snapping to the ceiling (which faces down), hence the flipping 180 degrees every time. In SketchUp, build the light lens facing up, it will flip down when attached to the ceiling. Also, if it's drawn with the origin at the top of the can center instead of the lens, it will cleanly line up with ceiling.
Genius move with swapping light for geometry.

[Moskeeto]

Something I'd like to add is that if you set the axis origin point so that the part of the spotlight that should "stick" to surfaces is considered the bottom side on Sketchup the object will stick to faces on Twinmotion perfectly as opposed to having to rotate every time.


Basically, you should flip the Z axis 180 degrees or just flip the model 180 degrees within Sketchup first.

[PaulineFerguson]

Awesome!!! Really helpful, stops me having to try and centre a light on something!

[AloneVFX]

very nice tutorial i like replace object its very easy to use lighting option thank you

[bohbro]

Do you lose the reference object when the lightis put in the user library?
Perhaps using the orthogonal views might make it easier to place the spotlight?

[mikemucha]

Pretty awesome! Thanks. I'm surprised things like this aren't already in the twinmotion library... Yet!

[gretheconnerth]

Hi Justin! Genius about having an object in the centre to replace with a spot light in TM, because positioning especially lights is such a time consuming and mind numbing task. I also wish TM would have tool/command like ‘align’ objects! Thank you for sharing!
Cheers Grethe

[theultimatecabinet]

Please make a video on how to resize objects in Twinmotion..
Some objects are not resizing please

[toluwanimioluwaniyi]

I'm new here but honestly you're the best ✊🏿✊🏿

[aaronallen]

Hello Justin. First off, thanks so much for your videos. THey are most helpful. The replace object workflow works great, however, every time I update my sketchup model, and then update within Twinmotion I have to replace all of the light again because Sketchup is sending them through again. Is there a way to prevent this?

[killing-time]

Nice video thank you, small tip you should use the orthogonal views + the clipping tool to place your lights more accurately.

[kelvintan]

many thanks. It is a very useful tutorial.

[joserosa]

I didnt know about Twinmotion but its really more awesome than using the default renders from Revit that always makes my rendering blurry.

[eastudio-K]

I use revit, can I create a linear geometry and then replace object with a neon light?

[lynxu]

When he says whatsup guys with strength ... Great.

[janajana]

Hi Justin, setting up material glow to 100 procent, or using a neon material is better solution? Or have these methods the same result?

[bohbro]

I’ve noticed much of the library custom content needs to be scaled up significantly to get it to match the model. Eg paving materials. However when I check the dimensions the model is the correct scale. Is there something I’m missing?

[dwaynemitchell]

hey did it step by step object coming in and moving as separate pieces. please help

[gordongreenwood]

saved me losing my hair, easy things are always the best