EULUMDAT Photometric Data File Format (LDC)
Line Designation Number of characters
1 Company identification/data bank/version/format identification max. 78
2 Type indicator Ityp 1
Ityp = 1 point source with symmetry about the vertical axis
Ityp = 2 linear luminaire
Ityp = 3 point source with any other symmetry
(only linear luminaires, Ityp = 2, are being subdivided in longitudinal and
transverse directions)
3 Symmetry indicator Isym 1
Isym = 0 no symmetry
Isym = 1 symmetry about the vertical axis
Isym = 2 symmetry to plane C0-C180
Isym = 3 symmetry to plane C90-C270
Isym = 4 symmetry to plane C0-C180 and to plane C90-C270
4 Number Mc of C-planes between 0 and 360° (usually 24 for interior, 36 for 2
road lighting luminaires)
5 Distance Dc between C-planes (Dc = 0 for non-equidistantly available 5
C-planes)
6 Number Ng of luminous intensities in each C-plane (usually 19 or 37) 2
7 Distance Dg between luminous intensities per C-plane (Dg = 0 for 5
non-equidistantly available luminous intensities in C-planes)
8 Measurement report number max. 78
9 Luminaire name max. 78
10 Luminaire number max. 78
11 File name 8
12 Date/user max. 78
13 Length/diameter of luminaire (mm) 4
14 Width of luminaire b (mm) (b = 0 for circular luminaire) 4
15 Height of luminaire (mm) 4
16 Length/diameter of luminous area (mm) 4
17 Width of luminous area b1 (mm) (b1 = 0 for circular luminous area of 4
luminaire)
18 Height of luminous area C0-plane (mm) 4
19 Height of luminous area C90-plane (mm) 4
20 Height of luminous area C180-plane (mm) 4
21 Height of luminous area C270-plane (mm) 4
22 Downward flux fraction DFF (%) 4
23 Light output ratio luminaire LORL (%) 4
24 Conversion factor for luminous intensities (depending on measurement) 6
25 Tilt of luminaire during measurement (road lighting luminaires) 6
26 Number n of standard sets of lamps (optional, also extendable on 4
company-specific basis)
26a Number of lamps n*4
26b Type of lamps n * 24
26c Total luminous flux of lamps (lm) n * 12
26d Color appearance / color temperature of lamps n * 16
26e Color rendering group / color rendering index n*6
26f Wattage including ballast (W) n*8
27 Direct ratios DR for room indices k = 0.6 ... 5 (for determination of 10 * 7
luminaire numbers according to utilization factor method)
28 Angles C (beginning with 0 degrees) Mc * 6
29 Angles G (beginning with 0 degrees) Ng * 6
30 Luminous intensity distribution (cd/klm) (Mc2-Mc1+1) * Ng * 6
when Isym = 0, Mc1 = 1 and Mc2 = Mc
when Isym = 1, Mc1 = 1 and Mc2 = 1
when Isym = 2, Mc1 = 1 and Mc2 = Mc/2+1
when Isym = 3, Mc1 = 3*Mc/4+1 and Mc2 = Mc1+Mc/2
when Isym = 4, Mc1 = 1 and Mc2 = Mc/4+1
Dipl.-Ing. Axel Stockmar
LCI Light Consult International
Software Engineering Berlin/Celle
Lindenallee 21a
D-3100 Celle 9
