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Visual Lighting Plugin for Autodesk Revit

The Visual Lighting plugin for Autodesk Revit enables native lighting design, offering a simplified experience with powerful automation tools to reduce your design time.

Features

  • Leverage single-click lighting design.
  • Get fast, near-instant lighting calculations with persistent results.
  • Streamline product selection with support for IES files from Acuity and any other manufacturers.
  • Customize your workflow to hone in on the individual spaces in the building.
  • Set luminaire outputs for emergency layouts and calculations.
  • Share designs, schedules, and more back and forth between the plugin and native Revit effortlessly.

Installing the Visual Lighting Plugin

  1. After downloading the setup file, close any running Revit software before running the installer.
  2. Follow the instructions that appear on the installation screen.
  3. After installation has been completed, launch Revit.
  4. The first time you launch Revit with a new plugin, you will be met with a message alerting you to a new add-in. Select "Always Load" to proceed and dismiss the message for the future.
  5. When you launch the plugin inside Revit for the first time, follow the instructions for setting up an SSO account. Create an account using the email that matches your existing Visual 3D account. If you do not have a Visual 3D account, create one before proceeding.
Release: 3.1.10.18 - 12/05/2025
65 MB, includes program files and help files
[All files will be automatically installed]

System Requirements

To run Visual Lighting as a plugin within Revit, you will need to meet the same system requirements required by your version of Revit. Please refer to the links below for recommended settings.

Beta Release

This is a Beta release of the Visual Lighting plugin for Autodesk Revit. Access to the software may be terminated as new updates are released. Please refer to this beta download page for more information and the latest builds. Beta access will also be terminated as we release the software to the market.

If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to Visual Support.

For additional help and instructions, please refer to the Beta User Guide.