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***Update – January 9th, 2020 *** The methods described in this article have been superseded by the new Add Calculation...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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