Landscaping: Decorative Lighting Baffle Designs, Koi Pond Theme

Project: Hardscape Lighting Diffusers

Designed this set of 3 custom decorative light diffuser panels and bracketry for the lighted recesses in the stone bench segment of a koi pond wall at a residential garden.

In this post: Renderings and Fabrication Prints [PDF] of stylized “Carp & Kelp” lighting baffles, made of 11ga mild steel plate.

Notes:

If I had to do it again, I would’ve used a “prettier” fastener on the outside. A square-necked carriage bolt wouldn’t work, since the fastener needs to be turned from the outside to clamp the plate against the wall, but something that looks nicer than a hex head bolt could probably have been thought up if time permitted.

Off the top of my head: could probably just have welded a couple clips on the back of the plates, and they’d hook in slots in the L-brackets, covering all fasteners.

Would love to give credit… Notice on the slideshow there’s a couple graphics I found on Google Images for inspiration. I didn’t find any author information to attribute, but thanks for the great visuals, whoever you are.

The Renderings:

Are of PhotoView360. It took some doing to get the ambient and point lighting right, but I’m happy with the results now.

Tip: See screenshots in slider to see how I located the point lights, which I think the trick is:

• Make 3D sketches from the origin to having the end point of a line exactly where you want your point light.
  • Dimension the 3D sketch. Now you’ll know the dimensions to plug into the coordinates menu.
• Locate the red dot (point light location) in relation to the origin of model either in Spherical or Cartesian coordinates.
  • Clicking on your 3D sketch point may help dial in the coordinate, or at least be a visual guide.
  • Check: “Lock to model”.

DECORATIVE KOI HARDSCAPE LIGHT SCREEN RENDER 3

DECORATIVE KOI HARDSCAPE LIGHT SCREEN RENDER 2

DECORATIVE KOI HARDSCAPE LIGHT SCREEN RENDER 1

DECORATIVE KOI HARDSCAPE LIGHT SCREEN RENDER WALL

SOLIDWORKS PHOTOVIEW PV360 – MAKE A 3D SKETCH TO HELP REFERENCE POINT LIGHT LOCATION

SOLIDWORKS PHOTOVIEW PV360 – LOCATE POINT LIGHT VIA COORDINATES FROM ORIGIN

The Print:

Was made in SolidWorks to be multipurpose & versatile. It served for fabrication, finishing, and was then given to the landscaping crew as installation instructions.

See PDF of print:

PRINT–FABRICATION/INSTALL: DECORATIVE LIGHT BAFFLE DESIGNS, KOI POND HARDSCAPE