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Why Coves? Architectural features like Coves and Coffered ceilings afford the Lighting Designer an opportunity to light the Space and...
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Material Mapping The latest release allows the Material Map list to be filtered, based on which elements are selected in...
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"Out of the box", Autodesk Revit® has the ability to perform "Average Estimated Illumination Calculations" on a Space by Space...
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When doing design work, it is often handy to develop several design alternatives and have the ability to easily present...
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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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Since day one of ElumTools, Revit has coexisted and offered several powerful tools for electrical analysis, including Lighting Power Density...
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When a calculation is invoked, ElumTools automatically checks all Lighting Fixture families in the environment to determine whether the family...
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The latest generation of ElumTools is packed with new features, mostly geared to exterior lighting analysis, with some interior applications...
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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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The Layout Assistant is an easy avenue to quickly estimate average illuminance levels and make adjustments to luminaire quantities as...
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The latest ElumTools update includes dramatic new capabilities to use 3D views to sort the portions of the model you...
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Stairs present an interesting challenge when placing calculation points in ElumTools. Adding area based points, such as space points or...
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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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Every time a calculation grid is added to the project, ElumTools places an instance of the ElumTools Calculation Points Family...
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Revit has an interesting feature that allows you to load duplicate linked models with the same name. This can be...
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Perhaps one of the most time consuming aspects of preparing your Revit model for accurate lighting calculations is the process...
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It might seem silly to talk about ElumTools 2014 after the 2015 release, but we communicate with Revit users all the...
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The obvious answer to this question is “it depends on the application,” and every lighting professional can expound on the...
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It is now possible to calculate daylight illuminance (fc or lux) in ElumTools 2014 (released 2014.4) using the familiar Room,...
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Did you know you can attach any IES photometric file to families of your own creation, or from any source?...
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