The Stats Tab provides an easy interface for selecting which, if any, statistics that you want to display Above and/or Below your LED objects.

The available stats include Name, Module Count, Module Watts, Modules per Square Unit, Modules per Unit, Lumens per Square Unit, Area, Perimeter, and Module Path Length. These values, where appropriate, can be in imperial or metric units.

Here you can see all of the Stats displayed, some above the letters, and some below. In the Stats tab, you simply check what you want to show either Above or Below, and the layout will immediately update.

These stats are easily manipulated to best fit with your layout. First of all, you can Move them. Each set of Above and Below stats are a Group, and of course you can make another Group of all the Stats so that you can move them together. (Previous "Above the Letter Stats" could not be moved.)

You can also Scale the Stats, and when you do that, they Scale in place directly above or below the letter or object. If you want to Scale all the Stats to the same size, then use the familiar "Uniform Size" option in the PS Tab. This works exactly the same way with Stats as it does with the PS Labels, which is that you Scale one Stat to the size you want, select it, and click on Uniform Size to Scale the rest of the Stats objects to the same size.

These new Stats are on their own Layer and therefore can be exported by selecting the Letter Stats layer in the Layers to Export list in the Export dialog box.

Here is the list of Statistics that you have to choose from, along with a brief description and graphic.

Name

The Name option will add the Name of the LED object to the Stats, either Above and/or Below.

If you have typed in your text using the Text Tool, then the proper character will be shown. If you create a Rectangle, then the Name will be "Cabinet." If you create a Square, Circle, etc, then the Shape will be the Name.

If you have imported your artwork, then you will have to use Assign Letters to add the charcter name to each letter in a channel letter set.

Or you can edit the Name field in the main property bar for the selected object. In the Name field you can add multiple characters, such as Cloud or Logo.

The Stats Name option just displays the name; it does not let you edit it.

Module Count

The Module Count option adds the number of modules or stiks to the Stats, either Above and/or Below.

This image shows the Stats options Below: Name and Below: Module Count.

The Module Count is the first Stat option below the Name, and they are displayed together in the format Name: Module Count with "mods" after the module count number. Subsequent Stats are displayed below on their own line.

Module Watts

The Module Watts option will display the total watts for that LED object either Above and/or Below.

The format of the Module Watts Stat is two decimal points and "w" at the end.

This graphic shows Name, Module Count, and then Module Watts on the second line.

The Total Watts for the letter set will also show up in the Summary Tab and in the Total Watts field of your Title Block Template.

Modules per Square Unit

The Modules per Square Unit option will show the Modules per Square Foot or Modules per Square Meter for each letter/object. This is a calculation that helps you to make sure your letter set is evenly lit across the letters.

This example shows six letters, with a range from 14.5 to 15.3 modules per square foot. This is a small variance from letter to letter and would be considered even brightness letter to letter.

If however, we add or remove one module from the "I" then you can see how the values change. All things equal, the fewer the modules, the more this value will change with module count edits.

The practical way to use this Stat is to turn it on when you are evalauting your population, and look to add one or more modules to letters that have a much lower value than the average modules per foot, and look to remove modules that have a much higher value than the average.

There is no right or wrong value, as many variables come into play to determine the optimal brightness for a given application. This Stat is more about the relative brightness letter to letter, not the absolute brightness.

Modules per Unit

The Modules per Unit Stats gives a value as either Modules per Foot or Modules per Meter, and it measure the modules "on the wire." This is an average calculation of the number of modules divided by the length of the wire.

This is the common way to describe the spacing of modules, for example "Two modules per foot" or "Ten modules per meter."

This example shows Prism Synergy Micro that populates at 6+ modules per foot. For fonts that have consistent stroke widths like this one, the linear Modules per Unit is sufficient to ensure even lighting across letters.

Lumens per Square Unit

The Stat Lumens per Square Unit will display the lumen count off the modules as Lumens per Square Foot or Lumens per Square Meter. It's important to understand that the lumen count is NOT through the face. Rather it is simply adding up the lumens of each module and then dividing by the Area.

If you have a letter set that uses the same module at the same depth and with the same face material(s), then Lumens per Square Unit is a reliable measure of consistent light output across letters, just like Modules per Square Unit.

But Lumens per Square Unit is even more valuable when you have two lines of text, for example, that are different sizes and/or using different modules. In this case you can use this Lumens stat to help keep the two lines of text within similar lumen output levels.

In this example, the ONE letters have Prism Synergy Spec modules and the TWO letters have Prism Synergy Mini modules. This results in consistent Lumens per Square Foot values. Had I used the Prism Synergy Spec modules in the smaller letters, then the values would be much higher. Had I used Prism Synergy Mini modules in the larger letters, then those values would be lower.

Area

The Stat Area simply shows the Area of the letter or object in Square Feet or Square Meters. Any internals will be removed.

The Area calculation can be helpful in estimating face and back materiasls, but just remember that the total area of all letters (an option in your title block template) is not a nested total and so cannot directly estimate the number of sheets of face or back material.

Perimeter

The Stat Perimeter calculates the length of the path(s) of the letter or object and displays it in Feet or Meters. This calculation will include internals.

Like with Area, the Perimeter calculation can help you estimate materials, in this case, trim cap and channel letter returns.

Module Path Length

The final Stat is Module Path Length, or the total distance of the module string inside the letters or object.

This should not be used for ordering, because it not a measure of how many LEDs are present in that length, or a calculation of modules per foot for that length. It is simply the distance of the path from the start of the modules to the end of the modules "on the wire."