News in Dialux 4.8

DIALux 4.8 has now been fully adapted for the handling of lamp Plugins.

Improvements for Outdoor lighting regarding optimization of luminaires according to for example the Danish specifications.

When large number of ground elements were used in outdoor scenes, sometimes memory problems occurred and this has now been remedied.

DIALux 4.8 complies also to the latest directives and guidelines.



News in Dialux 4.7

Visualisation: Displaying transparency and reflection as well was - till DIALux 4.7 - only able in POV-Ray-Raytracer which comes amongst others with DIALux. Transparency as well as reflection is now supported by DIALux. Simply allocate appropriate material properties to objects or textures. The DIALux views have been extended by a raytrace-preview. The Raytrace preview features the same functionalities as POV-Ray but in better quality and higher render speed.

Calculation: The calculation of transparency wasn’t supported in previous DIALux versions. Solely POV-Ray could visualise it – but as a matter of fact without outputting the calculation results. The optimised calculation core, now used by DIALux, supports the calculation of directed transparency. Therefore you will achieve correct calculation results. The visualisation is assumed by POV-Ray Raytracer (please see above).

DIALux provides its users with a new object – the glass plate. The glass plate has been established in conjunction with the new calculation possibilities. You will find the glass plate amongst others in the area of standard objects. As one of its many advantages the glass plate has default parameters regarding material properties. As a matter of course the grade of transparency and reflection can be fully customized in DIALux.

Generating videos: Since DIALux 4.7 the newly integrated material properties (transparency and reflection) can also be obtained for the usage of videos. Therewith you will get impressive results featuring much more realism.

Calculation grids: Calculation grids allow you to get calculation results in real time directly in the CAD. Newly integrated in DIALux 4.7 is, additionally to luminance, the output of constancy (Emin / Emedium and Emin / Emax) also directly in the CAD.

Export of DWG- / DXF-files: In addition to the already supported functions, DIALux 4.7 is complemented by sport facilities, results for calculation grids, C0-alignment as well as alignment arrows. All the information can be exported by an own layer.

For radial calculation grids (e.g. sport tracks or free calculation grids) new output sheets has been established. The enhanced visualisation of results takes place via the output sheets “Radial tables” and “Point values“.

Street lighting: The list of street lighting classes for roadways in DIALux has been extended by Danish classes (L1 – L7, LE2 – 5 and E1 – E3) and South African classes (A1a – A4f).

Improvements: Task Areas: DIALux 4.7 features for its users the choice to select whether the size of surrounding area should be applied to size of room or to a task area. This information is highly important for the usage of different norms.

Materials: All textures have been added to – as result of the newly integrated visual processor – new predefined material properties.

The import of fragmentary or even defective photometric files could cause a system crash of the software. In the newest DIALux 4.7 this incident has been fixed.

Energy evaluation I: Due to technical circumstances the ex post adaption of inserted luminaires have not been assigned correctly to energy evaluation. We are happy to inform you about the fixation in DIALux 4.7.

Energy evaluation II: The calculation results of the energy evaluation can now be seen directly on the property pages of the zone, the room as well as in the area. It’s no longer necessary to open the appropriate output sheets.

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