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Home Author Matt Kincaid

About Matt Kincaid

How many illumination engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Zero, that's the electrical contractors job. Besides, they probably spec'd LEDs anyway...

15 May
0

Cove Lighting in ElumTools

Posted by Matt Kincaid | ElumTools, How To's, Tips and Tricks |

Why Coves? Architectural features like Coves and Coffered ceilings afford the Lighting Designer an opportunity to light the Space and...
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22 Feb
0

What’s new in 2019.6 (2018.11 and 2017.14 too)

Posted by Matt Kincaid | ElumTools, Latest Features, Tips and Tricks |

Material Mapping The latest release allows the Material Map list to be filtered, based on which elements are selected in...
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10 Dec
2

Lighting in ElumTools vs. Lighting in Revit

Posted by Matt Kincaid | ElumTools, Things about Lighting |

"Out of the box", Autodesk Revit® has the ability to perform "Average Estimated Illumination Calculations" on a Space by Space...
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24 May
1

Managing Design Alternatives

Posted by Matt Kincaid | Real User Posts, Tips and Tricks |

When doing design work, it is often handy to develop several design alternatives and have the ability to easily present...
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31 Mar
1

The Anatomy of a Daylight Calculation

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's, Tips and Tricks |

If you've ever tried to do daylight calculations, using any piece of software, you've likely run into questions and perhaps...
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13 Oct
0

Lighting Power Density using ElumTools

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's, Latest Features, Tips and Tricks |

Since day one of ElumTools, Revit has coexisted and offered several powerful tools for electrical analysis, including Lighting Power Density...
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18 Sep
0

Luminaire Family Validation Made Easy

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's, Latest Features, Tips and Tricks |

When a calculation is invoked, ElumTools automatically checks all Lighting Fixture families in the environment to determine whether the family...
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12 Sep
0

What’s new in 2018.3 (2017.6 and 2016.10 too)

Posted by Matt Kincaid | Latest Features |

The latest generation of ElumTools is packed with new features, mostly geared to exterior lighting analysis, with some interior applications...
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30 May
1

Why Can’t I Suppress the Rendering?

Posted by Matt Kincaid | Things about Lighting, Tips and Tricks |

Often when using ElumTools, you won't be interested in a rendering and will only need the point-by-point illuminance values, and...
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09 Feb
0

Layout Assistant as a “Quick Calc” tool

Posted by Matt Kincaid | Tips and Tricks |

The Layout Assistant is an easy avenue to quickly estimate average illuminance levels and make adjustments to luminaire quantities as...
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19 Dec
0

New Commands Available in 2017.3, 2016.7, 2015.10!

Posted by Matt Kincaid | Latest Features |

The latest ElumTools update includes dramatic new capabilities to use 3D views to sort the portions of the model you...
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08 Sep
1

Calculation Points on Stairs

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's |

Stairs present an interesting challenge when placing calculation points in ElumTools.  Adding area based points, such as space points or...
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21 Jul
1

Masking Calculation Points

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's |

ElumTools now allows calculation points to be associated with both Filled Regions and Areas.  That's right. It is no longer...
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29 Jun
0

Calculation Point Family Management

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's, Real User Posts |

Every time a calculation grid is added to the project, ElumTools places an instance of the ElumTools Calculation Points Family...
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10 Jun
0

Duplicate Linked Models – a cautionary tale

Posted by Matt Kincaid | How To's |

Revit has an interesting feature that allows you to load duplicate linked models with the same name.  This can be...
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