Why Coves? Architectural features like Coves and Coffered ceilings afford the Lighting Designer an opportunity to light the Space and […]
Simple how to use narratives for ElumTools features.
If you’ve ever tried to do daylight calculations, using any piece of software, you’ve likely run into questions and perhaps […]
Lighting Power Density using ElumTools
Since day one of ElumTools, Revit has coexisted and offered several powerful tools for electrical analysis, including Lighting Power Density […]
Luminaire Family Validation Made Easy
When a calculation is invoked, ElumTools automatically checks all Lighting Fixture families in the environment to determine whether the family […]
Calculation Points on Stairs
***Update – January 9th, 2020 *** The methods described in this article have been superseded by the new Add Calculation […]
Masking Calculation Points
—- Updated: July 29th, 2020 —- The latest version of ElumTools includes the ability to mask calculation points by category […]
Every time a calculation grid is added to the project, ElumTools places an instance of the ElumTools Calculation Points Family […]
Revit has an interesting feature that allows you to load duplicate linked models with the same name. This can be […]
Perhaps one of the most time consuming aspects of preparing your Revit model for accurate lighting calculations is the process […]
It might seem silly to talk about ElumTools 2014 after the 2015 release, but we communicate with Revit users all the […]
The obvious answer to this question is “it depends on the application,” and every lighting professional can expound on the […]
It is now possible to calculate daylight illuminance (fc or lux) in ElumTools 2014 (released 2014.4) using the familiar Room, […]
Did you know you can attach any IES photometric file to families of your own creation, or from any source? […]
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