Dialux Evo Tutorial 5 PDF File Creating A Complete Interior and Exterior Project

DIALux evo Tutorial 5
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DIALux evo Tutorial

Tutorial 5
Creating A completer interior and exterior Project
Even though this tutorial has lots of advanced features of DIALux evo that is useful for many
regular users of DIALux, however it is written with lots of descriptions to make it easy for
beginners and people who have little or no previous knowledge about the software, so I hope
you will find it as easy as I thought.
To understand this tutorial you have to start with Tutorial 4 which explains more basic
function of the software that might not be explained here, and you will find some of steps that
refers to tutorial 4, DIALux evo Tutorial 4 could be found @
http://ezzatbaroudi.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/dialux-evo-tutorials-4-creating-a-completeproject-from-a-to-z-with-dialux-evo/
Please help me improve this tutorial by adding your comments there is any of the steps not
clear or if you have any idea for improvements.
You can add your comments to the bottom of the online version of this tutorial @
http://ezzatbaroudi.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/dialux-evo-tutorial-5-creating-a-completeinterior-and-exterior-project/
Note: the Lighting layout of this Tutorial is made random and is not
meant to show a good practice of lighting design; the sole purpose is
to show the different feature of DIALux evo with many different
luminaries e.g. RGBW and RGB.
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In this tutorial you will learn

1. Handling AutoCAD files
2. Creating Site
3. Creating building
4. Using Reference help lines
5. Naming Site, Building & rooms
6. Creating interior of a building
7. Using Assessment Zone
8. Inserting Apertures (Windows & Doors)
9. Using cutout for wall ceiling & Floor.
10. Using Room Elements.
11. Inserting Luminaires and objects.
12. Using Duplicate Story
13. Creating balcony
14. Creating Double height.
15. Using cutout for Faade
16. Inserting dimension & text
For this Tutorial you should create a project like the one Bellow
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Throughout this tutorial the following definition will be used
1. MODE SELECTION
Marked in the blue box in the above image.
The mode could be contraction, EN12464, Light, calculation or documentation.
2. TOOL SELECTION
Tool Selection marked in red is the vertical tool bar which has many tools according to the
mode selection.
3. CAD VIEW SELECTION
Marked in yellow where you can select the site, Building, story or room
For any of the above spaces you can select 3D, floorplan or one of the 4 elevations (front,
right, back, left)
4. The Manipulator
Marked in black box, you can move, rotate, scale, use measure tape or zoom all.
5. Display option
Marked in green box has many display option where you can hide or show reference line,
imported cad etc.
6. Action and property window

Marked in pink box
Here you can take an action or change a property of an object, luminaire, room surface etc.
Step-1
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Creating a project
Start the software then select

Outdoor and building planning.
Step-2
Importing Multiple cad files.
Make sure you are in

CONSTRUCTION mode and select
DRAWINGS TOOL
Try to find a project where you have

multiple CAD files for the same project
like Ceiling layout, Furniture layout..etc.
Or may be ground floor layout, first
floor layout.
Try to find at least two drawings.
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Click import select more than one file

and open to import all the files.
Importing cad files is not limited at this
stage, even later you can add more files
if you wish.
Unlike DIALux 4 which is limited to
one cad file. With DIALux evo you can
import many files to design a complete
building!
Note: if you dont see the text beside the
icon click on the question mark (?) On
the right corner of the window to show
the descriptive text.
After importing you can see the file you

have imported, the one in the orange is
the current selection.
The check box to allow you to show or
hide the CAD file.
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Finding the current scale
Many times we receive cad files,

without any idea about the unit of the
file.so first verify the file by zooming to
one architectural element, like doors or
windows and measure the dimension if
you have realistic values then your
current scale is correct it you have
unrealistic values like the one I have,
then change the scale.
Figuring out the scale is easy, the door I
have is 1000m, it should be 1 meter as
realistic value then the real scale is
millimeter.
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Changing the current scale
1. Before you change the scale of the

file make sure you select the file by
clicking on the file, to make sure it is
your current selection look the
orange square.
2. Change the units form the scale
window by clicking on the drop
down menu.
3. Tip: if you have many cad file you
can you the search box to search by
name.
Finally scale the other files to the correct
scale.
After you scale all the files ZOOM ALL

form the top menu bar, if you cannot see
the files then you have to put to 0, 0, 0
the positioning window under the scale
window.
Step-5
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Moving and rotating the cad files.
Imagine you have ceiling plan and

furniture layout plan which are located
apart and you want to move one above
another then select the ceiling layout cad
and click on move.
Move form common reference point on
both drawing e.g.( window, door,
elevator shaft, corner of a room) form
point 1 which is the current selected cad
to point 2 which is the target point.
You can rotate the drawing in the

rotation box by putting the value of the
rotation angle.
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Other properties of the imported cad files

If you scroll down the side bar you will
find other two windows which could be
minimized
The layer and file options windows.
Click on the small arrow to open the
option.
You can open the layer window and
change the color of the cad layers, that is
very handy if the color is not matching
well with background like very light
color on white background.
The file options contain an option if you
want to save the cad inside the DIALux
evo file, but this could make the file
very huge.
This option could be useful if you want
to give the file to somebody else, so you
can give him DIALux file with all cad
and the modification you made in
moving, rotation and layer colors
Step-7
Removing the cad files

For this tutorial we will continue
without cad files as background, so
remove the cad files by selecting the file
and right click mouse and select remove,
alternately select the file +Del key
Step-8
Creating a site
Go to Site view in the construction
mode.
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Make sure form the display option at the

upper right corner, the SHOW
COORDINATE SYSTEM is activated if
not then selected, this will show you the
x,y,z axis @0,0,0 position with lines for
each axis try to activate and deactivate
to see the difference, but for now make
it on.
On the FLOORPLAN VIEW zoom in to

the coordinate system by rotating the
middle wheel of the mouse.
pan by moving the mouse while
pushing the wheel down.
Select Draw rectangular floor element.
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Start form the coordinate system point1

@0,0,0 and move to point 2 x=40, then
move to point 3 @y=30 you can use the
ruler up to see the x value and the ruler
left to see y value.
Zoom and pan help you achieve this
very easily
Check if you made it right form last step

by looking the positioning value.
Position X=20,Y=15
Size
X=40,Y=30
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Step-9
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Using help lines to create building layout
Drawing many reference lines would probably make it this part as the most boring part of this
tutorial but this step is very very important to follow the complete Tutorial so please
be patient when you make these reference lines thought this tutorial
Go to reference help line select

Draw Help reference grid and draw this
grid on the site.
Draw form point 1 to point 2 to make

the grid appear at top.(anti-clock wise)
If you draw the grid form point 2 to
point 1 the grid will appear down the
line.
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The point marked in GREEN SQUARE

let you move the whole grid.
The point marked in RED SQUARE
allow you to make the grid bigger or
smaller by moving the point right or lift,
this point also allow you to rotate the
grid by moving the point up or down.
The point marked in BROWN to scale
the grid in y.
The two circle to set the size of the grid
in x and y.
You can also modify the grid position

and size by keyboard entry. . Form the
window of the reference line, this
window will appear only after creation
of the grid.
For this tutorial modify the grid @
Position X=10,Y=10
Length =6
Width=6
Line distance X=6
Line distance X=6
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Create anther grid somewhere in the site

and modify the values to
Position X=13,Y=13
Length =20
Width=14
Line distance X=20
Line distance X=14
You should have a similar layout to this

one.
Form reference tool select a draw

reference line and line with parallels
spaced apart 1.2 M.
Make sure the offset line is outside the
second grid.
note: reference tool explained in details
in tutorial 4
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Make another reference line with offset

(parallels spaced apart -7)
You have to put (-) sign before the 7 or
use the rotation to make the offset to the
left
Make another reference line on the

second one with offset (parallels spaced
apart -4.5)
Draw polygonal reference line on the

marked points in red circles.
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You can delete the reference help line

with the parallels spaced apart lines,so
you can have a similar layout to this one
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Creating the outline of the building

Go to SITE tool and select Draw new
Building
Draw the line on the corner of the

layout,
You have nine points as this image.
Once you finish right click and select
close polygon.
Remember you can zoom by the middle
wheel and pan by holding the middle
wheel down and move.
After you finish this step the software
will change the current SITE tool to
STORY AND BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION tool
Go back to SITE tool, make sure the

active cad view is Site1 not Storey1.
Select the Building you created and
name it once the window appears.
If you dont select the Building you
cannot see this window.
Name the Building as TB5
In the DESCRIPTION you can write
any words you want to show in the
print out
You can also change the position or
rotate the Building after creation, this
could be done either form the position
or by selecting the standard
manipulators MOVE, ROTATE in the
near the CAD view selection.
For this tutorial make the position the
same without any change.
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Finally use key Esc (to deselect the

Building)
Change the name of the site to ST5.
In DIALux evo is very important to
know at which mode, which tool and
what cad view you are one to take an
action.
You can also change the name of the site

and Building by going to project
overview tool and double click on the
name and change it.
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Creating the layout of walls
Go to reverence lines tool, change the

cad view to Storey 1.
Draw 10 reference line with parallels
spaced apart for each one as 0.2 m
This is the thickness of the exterior wall
Zoom the open coroner and move the

line form the dot marked in red circle to
close the corner.
Do this step for all open corners.
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Draw reference line with parallels

spaced apart =7 form the lower edge of
the building.
You can check value entries.
Draw another reference line with

parallels spaced apart =3.
This line should be located at the last
line.
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Draw a vertical line form the corner

marked in red circle and make the
parallels spaced apart =0.05 to the left of
the line.
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In the area between the lines with 3

meter apart draw two reference lines
One at bottom with parallels spaced
apart=0.05 to the top of the new line.
The other at top with parallels spaced
apart=0.05 to bottom of the new line.
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draw reference line with parallels spaced

apart=3.55
Number of parallels=3
Select the last created reference line

which has other 3 lines spaced apart,
then use shortcut CTRL+C and
CTRL+V
Modify the
Start Point =2.85
End Point =2.85
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Draw Reference Line and modify it @
Start point X=13, Y=-14(minus 14)
End point X=19.8, Y=-14(minus 14)
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Step-12
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Creating the indoor contour

Go to Storey And Building Construction
tool.
Draw New Indoor Contour
If you see this as faded that because you
are not in Storey 1 cad view, so make
the active cad view as Storey 1
Once you started Draw New Indoor

Contour,The action will be active until
you exit the action by using Esc key. So
you can draw 8 rooms by clicking the
left mouse button on the red corner start
form room 1.
Draw New Indoor Contour following

corners of the inside offset lines, once
you finished right click and select close
polygon.
To make it easy zoom and pan near the
corner, but if you select other than the
corner dont worry continue and you can
modify this later.
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After you finish the 8 rooms click Esc to

exit the action.
If you made any contour with incorrect
points,
Select the contour by putting the cursor
on the border of the contour not the
middle; if you cannot select it make sure
you are in the Storey And Building
Construction tool.
then select the point and move it to the
right position
While selecting the finished contour,

you can right click and the pop menu
will give you options
Add point
Delete point (active only if
causer near point)
Generate polygon anew
(redraw).
Delete contour
In the Active Storey window

Put the Name as Ground Floor
Make Story Height as 3.5 M
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After creating the rooms the help lines

could be hidden
From display option, make the reference
line inactive
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Assessment zone-Name and Light requirements
Go to Assessment Zone Tool

Select the room in the upper right corner
Put the name as Training Room

height of working plane=0.8
Wall zone=0.5
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In Details
Select the Template as offices
Conference and meeting room.
This has the requirement of EN 12464
with lighting requirement as Lux of the
task area, surrounding area and
background area,
Uniformity on the task area and UGR
maximum limit.
Form display option makes sure the

Show Room Designations is active so
you can see the name of room in the
plan.
You can hide it if you dont want to see
the name.
Change the name of the other room as

shown in this image.
Office 1
Office 2
Office 3
Training Room
Corridor
Open Plan Office
Balcony
Entrance
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For corridor go to details, change the
Utilisation profile as
Traffic zones inside buildings then
Circulation areas and corridors
Once room are created you will find in

the cad view selection area for rooms,
naming rooms help you identify easily
which to select.
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Step-14
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Inserting Furniture and objects
Go to Furniture and objects tool

Select DIALux evo object Catalog.
Using search box, insert the following

furniture
Table P2+M2
Office chair2
Flip Chart t
Simple Chair
Table P1
PC t
Johan1
Johan2
From cad view select Office 1 a & insert

Table P1
Office chair2
Rotate & move the objects to
have similar to this layout.
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Go to ground floor view
Copy the table & chair by using
keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C
Paste by using Ctrl+V
Move the object to office 2 by MOVE
Manipulator.
Repeat this for Office 3
Select cad view to be Training Room, 3d

view.
Inset the flip chart in the room.
Use keyboard Ctrl+T to open new

window tab.
Make the new tab as floorplan view
Now you have to tabs one for 3d and
one for floor plan, this helps you swap
between views quickly.
Note: You can open up to 8 tabs for
different cad view, see the + sign on the
upper right corner.
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Select the active object to be Office

chair2, then select Draw rectangular
Arrangements.
Draw the rectangular following points 1,

2& 3.
Modify the grid arrangement of this

chair to have X=4,Y=3
Rotate to the side of the flip chart
Note:
You can always get more properties by
clicking on the arrows
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Select the chair in the training room,

then Replace Selected Objects.
Select simple chair and apply.
By selecting Edit grid line Manipulator

while selecting the chair arrangements
you can modify it by add, deleting or
locking this arrangement.
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Go to Open Plan Office cad view

From Reference Lines tool, insert Grid
reference with.
X=4.300
Y=3.500
Form Display Options activate Show

Reference Lines
Table P1 and office Chair2

Copy past to get 4 of each.
Use move, rotate to get the arrangement
at center of the first of the room.
Tip: to avoid snapping object to
undesired location, hold Shift Key down
while moving an a object
Place 4 PC t object on the tables
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Make Front View as your active cad

view & make sure the PC are on tables,
if not use move manipulator and move
by the blue arrow up.
Go to copy and arrange tool and select

the 2 chair, 2 tables and the 2 PC t and
center Y.
Repeat the same form the lower two sets
While you are in Copy & Arrange tool,

1. select all tables chairs and PC t in
the Open Plan Office.
2. Select Copy Along A Line option
3. draw the line form point 1 (middle
of second quarter of the Grid)to
point 2 (middle of the fourth quarter
of the Grid))
4. Put quantity as 3
5. Apply
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Inset Johan1 and Johan2 in the open

plan office
Make them facing each other Using
MOVE & ROTATE Manipulator if
required.
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Inserting Apertures(Windows & Doors)
Go to Apertures Tool
Select Door if not Selected,
Position active building Opening
Zoom to Office 1
Place the door on the wall of office 1
Place Doors in the 5 rooms as shown in

this image.
Use Esc key to exit this action.
Select Square window
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Place three windows in Office 1,2 & 3

Use Esc Key to exit this action.
Zoom to Training Room and

Select Draw New building opening
Draw the line form point 1 to point
2.
Use Esc key to exit action
1. Go to Reference Lines tool

2. Draw a line form 1 at corner to point
2 somewhere inside the room.
3. Make
Parallels Spaced Apart =-3.2 (minus)
Number of Parallels=3
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Go to Apertures Tool
Select Square window
Draw new building Opening from
point 1 to point 2.
Go to 3d view of Ground floor

Select the last created window
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In the properties of the window modify

the following data
Height =3
Frame width=0.05
Sill height =0
Mullion Position=2.4
Mullion width=0.05
Go to floorplan view and copy paste last

window using Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V
Move window by using corner points of
the window to the reference lines
Repeat this another time so you have
total of 3 windows.
Copy the last window and move it to the

balcony.
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Select Standard window and put

Height=3.5
Width=1.5
Frame width=0.06
Sill height =0
Place the window in the entrance area as

shown in this image and move it down
to the end of the wall
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If you go to 3d view you will see the

window is cutting big part of the
building.
From the properties of the window

select the fixed cutting depth to 0.2
Place other 7 window of the same

dimension as shown.
The total at the entrance will be 8.
If the window is cutting other part of the
building go to the properties of the
window select the fixed cutting depth to
0.2
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Using the Cutout tool
Cutout tool is very powerful tool.

Go to floorplan view of the Ground
Floor and zoom to the wall that
separates the corridor form the Entrance
Go to cutout tool and select the

Rectangular cutout
Draw the cutout on the wall separating

the corridor form the Entrance
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The cutout has removed the wall

between the two spaces.
This is where useful where you want to
create an opening without door.
Zoom to the Balcony wall
Select polygonal cutout
Draw the polygonal cutout on the outer

wall of the balcony and right click to
select the close polygon
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After you create the cutout you can edit

the polygon using the manipulator tool.
You can move points; if you right click
you can add or delete points.
Make this cutout to cover the outer wall
of the Balcony.
Because cutout could be used for floor,

walls, or ceiling, it is easier to do the
cutout in 3d view then modify it in the
floorplan view.
You should be having similar to this

image if not, delete the cutout and
redraw it in 3d view and modify it in
floorplan.
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Inserting Room Elements
Go to floorplan of the Entrance room

view
Place a Help Reference Grid with
Position X= 0,Y= 0
Length= 5.6
Width = 5.6
Line Distance X= 2.8
Line Distance Y= 2.8
Note: If you are in ground floor view the
position will be different, it is important
to do this step in the Room View of the
Entrance.
For any of the four square you have in

this Reference Grid DIALux will snap
(detect) the points on the end or middle
of any line (marked in red circle in the
side image).
But also to the middle of the Grid
(Marked with Blue Circle)
For this reference line we will use the
center of the Grid (the location of the
Blue circle)
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Go to Room Elements Tool

Select Column (Round)
Place it in the middle of the upper left
If you dont see the Reference Grid
activated the view form Display Options
Select the column and scroll down to

properties
Put
Width = 0.6
Length = 0.6
Segments = 50 (to make the column
smooth, more surfaces could increase
time calculation).
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Use CTRL+C and CTRL+V to copy and

paste the column to get total of 4 in the
center of the Grids.
Use move manipulator to move the
columns
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Inserting Luminaires
The following luminaire will be used for this tutorial.

You can follow the direct link , if link is broken then go to ERCO website and use the search
box.
Article
Number
Direct link to download ULD data for ERCO

website
Downlight
ERCO
http://www.erco.com/products/indoor/recessed-c-l/quadra-5420/en/artno-
Oval flood
83313
Downlight
ERCO
Wide flood
83233
Spotlight
ERCO
http://www.erco.com/products/indoor/recessed-spot/quintessence-round-
Narrow Spot
41016
1.php?KEY=1041016000&TU=1&LANG=2057&TUR=1&ARTR=1241016103
Ceiling
ERCO
washlights
33449
Faade
ERCO
Luminaire
33532
Faade
ERCO
Luminaire
34171
Type
1.php?KEY=1083313000&TU=1&LANG=2057&TUR=1&ARTR=1283313101
http://www.erco.com/products/indoor/recessed-c-l/quadra-5420/en/artno1.php?KEY=1083233000&TU=1&LANG=2057&TUR=1&ARTR=1283233101
5492/en/artno-
http://www.erco.com/products/indoor/wall-mounted-l/trion-171/en/artno1.php?KEY=1033449000&TU=1&LANG=2057&TUR=1&ARTR=1233449101
http://www.erco.com/33532
http://www.erco.com/34171
Download the ULD Data for the above

luminaires.
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After downloading inset the luminaire as

explained in Tutorial 4 step-61
Tips
Click on Select button on Luminaires
Tool
If you have many luminaries you can
right click and delete the History.
You can also make the view bigger by
adjusting the bar at the lower left corner.
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Go to Light Mode
Select Luminaire tool
Click on Select
Write 83233 in the search box
Draw rectangular arrangements to

cover the tables area as shown in the
side image.
Put the grid lines
X=8
Y=2
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Write 83313 in the search box of

the select for Active luminaire
Draw line arrangement in the
corridor
form Display Options, make sure
the Show Light Distribution
Curves is active make the
quantity as 5 and rotate
luminaire using Rotate button.
The luminaire oval flood has to
in longitudinal direction for the
corridor.
Click on Automatic Arrangements for

spaces and select Office 1
Repeat this action for
Office 2
Office 3
Training Room
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Select all the luminaires in Office 1,

Office 2, Office 3 and Training room
and click on Replace Selected
Luminaires.
The software will show you the
current selection marked in Orang
box
Select the other Downlight that was
used for Open plan office
Click on Apply
The software will show you massage
asking whether to recalculate
installation potion or not, click on
yes.
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Select the active luminaire to be Trion

Ceiling washlight
Draw line arrangement at the back wall
of the Open Plan Office.
Make quantity as 12
Click on Rotate to make luminaires
inside the room.
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Select the active luminaire to 41016

Draw circular arrangement around one
of the column.
If you cant draw it then hide the
Reference line form Display Option,
then draw the circle arrangement.
Scroll down to property and make

Quantity = 4
Radius = 0.425
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Select the upper luminaire twice.

If you click only one time then you are
selecting the arraignment, by clicking
second time on the luminaire you will be
selecting only indusial luminaire.
Select the lower luminaire and then
Go to copy & arrange tool in light mode.
Select the column
Very important, if you cant select the
column that because you are not the
Copy & Arrange tool.
After selection of the two luminaire and
the column then align to center X
Select the Right and Left luminaire.

Make sure you are still on Copy &
Arrange tool
Center Y
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Use CTRL+C and CTRL+V to copy and

paste the luminaires arrangements to get
total of 4 in the center of the columns.
Use move manipulator to move the
luminaires arrangements.
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Duplicate Story
1. Go to Storey and Building

Construction Tool.
2. Select Duplicate Storey
3. Put 2 as Copies of Ground Floor
4. Leave everything selected in the TO
Be copied.
5. Click Duplicate button.
Click inside the text and change the

names of the floor to first floor and 2 nd
floor
Go to 3d view of the site view which is

named as ST5, you should be having
same as this image.
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Modifying the Floors
In the 3d view of the site view go to

Cutout Tool
Now cutouts will appear in green
Select the cutout of the first floor of the
balcony and activate limit cutout depth
and make cutting depth = 2.5
Now you have a balcony for the first
floor!
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Repeat the last step for the cutout in the

2 nd floor to get a second Balcony.
Select all the spotlights around the

column in the ground floor only and
delete them.
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Select First Floor view and select

Entrance Room View- this is the
Entrance room of the first Floor.
Select the cad view to be Floorplan
view.
Go to Cutout Tool and draw Polygonal
Cutout to cover the whole room which
is named as Entrance in the first floor
After creating the Cutout you can
modify it by the Manipulator in the tool
bar or by mouse right click when you
place the cursor on near the Cutout
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Go to Site View of ST5

Select Martials Tool
Zoom to inside the Entrance.
Now you have a double height Entrance
because you made a Cutout in the floor
of the First floor.
Note:
You can also make the Cutout in the
ceiling of the ground floor to get the
same result but you have to use 3d View
of the Room or floorplan view of the
Ground Floor while creating the Cutout.
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Select the Pick Material and

move the cursor to the wall to
get the wall color.
Select Apply Material to the
grey color created by the
Cutout which is the Floor
color.
Move rotates the view to
apply this new material to all
dark grey color.
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Select Front view of the Site view and

go to the Room Elements Tool.
If you are on Materials Tool you cannot
select room Elements, you can only
select surfaces.
Select all the column in the First Floor
and delete them by right Click > Delete
Or by Keyboard Delete Key.
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Select only one column in the ground

floor and click on Scale Manipulator,
Scale the column to the ceiling of the
first floor by moving the mouse up in Z
axis.
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After Scaling the column you can check

the height, it should be 7.2 which is the
two Floor Height 2x3.5 Meter +0.2 the
slab thickness the floor.
Make the other columns the same
height, by selecting all columns and
putting this value
or by Scale Manipulator and selecting
Individual columns.
Make the View as Site 3d view

Zoom to the corridor of the First floor ,
this should have interior balcony.
Go to Cutout
Select the Cutout in the Ceiling which
was created in the Ground floor and
Copied in the Duplicate Floors.
Activate Cutting Depth and make the
value as 2 Meter.
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Select all the windows in the 2 nd floor

and delete them.
Go to 2nd floor Room View of the

Entrance, Floor plan view.
Select assessment Zones
Select the Entrance Room and change
the name to be Multi-Purpose Hall
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Go to Cutout Tool and select

Rectangular Cutout and Draw it in the
outer wall of the Multi-purpose hall
following points 1,2 & 3
Activate Limit Cutting Depth and make
it 0.15
Modify properties to
Position
X=0, Y= -17, Z = 1.7
Size 4,3
Note:
The reason for following points 1,2 & 3
while creating the cut out to get the
same properties, if you follow other
points the size could be X =4 , Y=3
instead of X=4 and Y=3.
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Creating Cutout in the Facade
Create another Cutout following points

1,2 & 3
activate Limit Cutting Depth and make
it 0.15
Modify properties
Position
-2.5,-17,1.7
Size 0.3,3
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Create another Cutout following

points 1,2 & 3
activate Limit Cutting Depth and
make it 0.15
Modify properties
Position
2.5,-17,1.7
Size 0.3,3
Go to front view to make sure your

cutout are made in straight lines if not
modify them
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Inserting luminaires in the facade
1. Select Cad View to be floorplan of

2nd floor.
2. Go to Light Mode
3. Select the active luminaire to Be
Focalflood
4. Draw Line arrangement
5. Draw it form the point A to Point B
on the back line of the big Cutout
6. Go to front view and move the line
down to bottom of the big Cutout.
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The location of the luminaire should

same as this image.
1. Make the active luminaire Kubus.

2. Place individual Luminaire.
3. Place it in the mall cutout move
rotate to make it inside this Cutout.
4. Go to front view & make sure the
luminaire are at the bottom of the
small Cutout.
5. Repeat the same for the other small
cutout.
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Place 4 Kubus Luminaire in the two

balcony
1. Go to calculation Mode
2. Select Light Scene Tool
3. Change the RGBW Color to Trion in
similar way as explained in Tutorial
4, you should be having 3 groups
one for each floor.
4. Change the color of the RGB
luminaire of focal flood faade
5. Start Calculation
Tip:
To reduce calculation time make the
groups less that the default value
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Inserting dimension & text
After calculation is finished

1. Go to Dimension Tool
2. Draw new Dimension line
3. Make it between the Trion ceiling
wahshlight in the floorplan in any of
the floor
4. Change the formatting
Display Arrows on outside
Text Size to normal
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Go to Labeling Tool
Place new Text
Place it near the dimension
White Spacing and apply
You can chage the formatting as
you wish including the font size
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1. Go to View Tool
2. Zoom the plan to good scale to show
the text and dimension
3. Save new view
Go to front view place dimension to

show the height of the Trion Washlight
form floor.
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1. Go to view Tool
2. Save the view showing the last
dimension of the height.
3. White the name as Height of Trion
4. White in Description Height From
FLL of Ceiling Wahshlight
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Go To Documentation Mode
Click on Edit
Select Views
Go to All Tab
Select height of Trion
Click the refresh button
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The Description will appear under the

image view.
Description is very useful tool and it is
available for rooms floors and many
other, you can use it to tell your client
what is the brief about particular space
or view.
You can add Marital as explained in Tutorial 4 and add other Furniture to get similar like the
following images
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