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Dialux TutorialVisual Building Performance Simulation – Summerterm 2014Author: Univ.Ass. DI. Ulrich PontComments are appreciated: lecture2593@tuwien.ac.atPreversions:WS2009/2010 – based on Dialux V.4.7.5.WS2010/2011 – based on Dialux V.4.8.0.WS2011/2012 – based on Dialux V.4.9.4.SS2013 – based on Dialux V.4.11.0.0.SS2014 – based on Dialux 4.12.0.0.This is a draft document. No unauthorized reproduction or publication is allowed.wed.Aim of this Tutorial:Finding out / using the essentials of DIALUX for calculation and planning of artificial lighting systems and performing basicdaylight calculations via simulation of a simple room / volume.This Tutorial is based on Dialux-Version 4.12.0.0.,One of the simulated spaces is the department’s seminarroom (plans 1:50 in TUWEL).ionisalloThis tutorial was written on a machine with Windows 7 Professional, 64 bit.There may be some differences using Dialux in other Versions or on other Platforms.orpublicatAbbreviations used:LMC – left mouse click, RMC – right mouse click, DC – double left click, MW – Mouse Wheel, M - Mousedocument.NounauthorizedreproductionNote: This semester (Summerterm 2014) we will work both with Dialux v.4.12. and Dialux Eco 3.1. The reason for this is thatDialux Evo does not yet offer some fundamental features for lighting evaluation, while the traditional Dialux on the long runwon’t be continued.isadraftTable of Content:This1. Installation of the program, Start of the program, and getting used to the graphicaluser interface of Dialux.2. Tutorial Outline3. Generating a basic room / Geometry entry3b. Importing Geometry from CAD4. Setting Parameters5. Adding luminaires & First Calculation5b. Advanced Techniques:Control GroupsAuto-Determinating of necessary luminairesDaylight in Dialux6. Simulation & Analysis

1. Installation of the program, Start of the program, and getting used to the graphicaluser interface of Dialux.1.1. Getting the program:Open any browser (Mozilla, Internet Explorer, etc) and open www.dial.deGo to Sprache to change it to English.Figure 1: Website llowed.Go to the dropdown “Dialux” and “Download”:Figure 2: Website DialuxThisisadraftdocumenChoose Dialux 4.12.0.0. for Download (and Dialux ECO 3.1. as well)Figure 3: Website Dialux – Download MenuFollow all steps of the installation.

1.2. Opening the program:Options for opening the tool: Icon / Desktop Start / Dialux / Dialux 4.12. ( NOT: 4.12. Light) Doubleclicking on any existing dialux ng Dialogue (German):Figure 4: Starting Menu (German)Thisisadraftdocument.NounauthorChoose “Neues Innenprojekt”.; Click on OK in the open dialogueChanging Language to English (if necessary):Datei / Einstellungen / Allgemeine Optionen / Globales Choose English (UnitedKingdom)Figure 5 & 6: Starting Menu; Settings Menu.Note: It is necessary to restart the software, for change of language!

publicationisallowed.Starting Dialogue (English):orFigure 7 & 8: Starting Menu (English); Starting MenuauthorizedreproductionOptions (Fig. 7.):- New Interior Project (we will focus on this) LMC- New Exterior Project (will not be covered in this lecture)- New Street Project (will not be covered in this lecture)- DIALux Wizards (for easy and quick projects, but very reduced in options)- Open Last Project- Open ProjectA default room is created. You can change the coordinates, the length, height and width of the this default room. (Fig. 8)Thisisadraftdocument.Noun1.3. graphical user interface of igure 9: Work Space in Dialux.

2. Tutorial OutlineThe tutorial is the department’s seminar room. Plans and information are provided inTUWEL.3. Generating a basic room / Geometry entryNOTE: The suggested default room in the above shown dialogue (Fig.8) is a cuboid room 5,4m long, 3,6 m wide, 2,8 m high. The measures can be changed via Input on the keyboard.(Finish with ok).thorizedreproductionorpublicationisallowed. Change the dimensions of the room to 9,50 m length, 6,40 m width and 4 m height, andapply with ok. These are the basic outline measurements for the BPI- seminar-room. Afteryou click on Ok the Menu disappears and is changed to the “General”-Slide. If you did amistake or if you want to change the Geometry once again, please RMC on room1 andchoose Edit Room Geometry and the Geometry Slide appears again.auFigure 10: Edit - DialogueFigure 11: 3D-ViewFigure 12: Rotate CommandThisisadraftdocument.Noun To have a 3d-look at this basic room hit the symbol (3D Standard View).NOTE: A 3D view is opened – note that it is a new slide. You can now easily switch betweenplanar view and 3D view (Fig. 11). There are also other views available (side View, FrontView). To pan around in the 3D-view you can hold the MW and move M around.To rotate the view you can use the rotate Symbol (Fig.12.). In this menu bar you can move,rotate, roam and increase/decrease your view, or switch back to “Arrow”.Figure 13: Registration Cards (3D View)

NOTE: To access the different building parts (Walls, Floor, Ceiling),LMC on Room1 and see in the expanded menu “Workplane”, “Floor”,“Ceiling” and a Folder with the Wall Surfaces. (Figure 13) If you click on Ceiling, Floor, or one of the Walls, the building partis marked red in the 3D View.NOTE: What is meant with workplane? (Figure 14) The workplane isa defined invisible plane in your room which means the surface ofthe tables you will work on. In standard offices the height of thetables is between 70 and 85cms.isallowed. Please choose 73 cm for our example.blication3Figure 15: Workplane tionorpuFigure 14: Tree-StructureNOTE: We need to modify the geometry of our Seminar-room (window niches, glass wall): To do so, RMC in the planar view of the room and choose Edit Room Geometry (Fig. 16).Figure 17: Insert PointFigure 16: Edit Room Geometry

567891011121314151617orizedreproductioFigure 18 & 19: Geometrynorpublicationisallowed. In the plan view and in the 3D View the points 1 – 4 are now shown. To enter a new point,RMC and choose Insert Point (Fig. 17.). As you can see, in the list of point geometry, you canchange the x and y-values of your points. Please create the room geometry according to thetable of points on next page– the resulting room / point list should look like this (Fig. 18 –21):Figure 20 & 21: Point List & Glas Wall Because you have now a higher number of walls, you should use the possibility ofrenaming walls – for example the glass part of the inside wall should be renamed Glass Wall(that is the part of the wall with the sliding doors). It is also recommendable to name thefront and back wall.

The window niches do notcover the whole height of theroom – so we need to entersomething to cover the upperand lower part.Choose the slider objects andchoose Extrusion Object(Fig.22)ed. Drag and Drop it in theDrawing Area. Then adapt it via drag anddrop to the Window niche.Then change the geometrysettings (Size H 0.65; PositionZ 3.350). Please do this for allthree window niches. (Fig. ionorpublicationisallowFigure 22: Extrusion Object InsertationFigure 23 – 26: Extrusion Object Positioning

ed. Please model the window sils the same way. Measures can be read out in the plans. TheModel should look like this in the end (Fig 27.):nisallowFigure 27: Model including niches and sils.orpublicatioNOTE: Now you need to add the windows, the door, and a glass plate for representing theglass on To enter the windows, please got to slide objects, choose windows and doors, and dragand drop a window to one of the window niches (Fig 28-. 29.).Figure 28: Adding Windows Then go back to slide “project”, choose the window, go to slide Position/Size and enterthe sil height 0,85m, the height 2,5m and the width 2m (2,1 m for one of the windows –please refer to the plans). Please complete on your own all three windows.NOTE: The windows are set as hierarchical child objects to the walls they are in.

.edwloalisnioaticblpuorFigure 29: Modifying WindowsoductionNOTE: The structure of the windows and their visual parameters will be set later.thorizedreprNOTE: To correctly simulate the glass wall, you have to enter a glass plate.This can be done with slide objects, standard elements, glass plate (Fig. 30).Thisisadraftdocument.Nounau Please drag and drop the glass wall to the part of the room where the glass wall is situated.Figure 30: Glass Wall

To get the glass plate in the right size and position please change the settings in the sliderproject:oductionorpublicationisallowed.The door can be entered like the windows (Fig 31.).reprFigure 31 & 32: Input of Doors & Tree Structureauthorized To finish the Room Geometry – please add the furniture – as shown in the plans (Whiteboard, tables, chairs, drawers).ment.NounMultiplying, Combining & Moving Elements(shown on example of tables)Thisisadraftdocu We want to copy the marked table for a row of tables (3 tables in a row): Mark the tableand RMC, choose “Copy Along a Line” (1), set the copy line as wished (2, in our case youhave to turn it 90 ), set the copy parameters (3, in our case we want to have 2 copy, anddistance between copies should be 1,6 m) and click on copy (4). (Screen Shots on next page)12Figure 33 & 34: Copying along a line

4allowed.3ationisFigure 35 & 36: Copying along a lineent.Nounauthorizedreproductionorpublic To combine elements – select the First Element with LMCclick, then select every further element you want to combinewith SHIFT LMC, then RMC and choose combine.aftdocumFigure 37: Combining elementsThisisadr To move an object controlled, select it, go to the geometry slide in the Project Managerand change the geometry data to your wished values.Figure 38: Controlled Movement

icationisallowed.NOTE: Normally the objects gravity centre (the cross) is the referenced point. You canchange this in the slide origin. This can be useful for exact placement of objects with ctionorpublFigure 39: Controlled Movement

3b. Importing Geometry from CADA. Using a DWG-File as Underlying sketch(using the interior scene / our seminarroom)puFigure 40: Import of DWG/DXF-Filesblicationisallowed. Please open Dialux 4.7 (DO NOT open Dialux Light 4.7) Choose “New Interior Project” Click on “OK” in the Project Manager, to assign the default geometry Choose File / Import / DWG or DXF nor Go Step by Step through the Import-Wizard (Fig 41 – 44)Figure 41: Import of DWG/DXF-FilesNOTE: It is very important to determine the correct Units in the Wizard. Please set them to centimetre (as SEM BPI UNDERLAY.dwg is drawn in centimetre units),see Figure 42.

Figure 42: Adaption of DWG/DXF-FilesFigure 43: Import onorpublicationisallowed.NOTE: You can determine the origin for the drawing. Choose “Global coordinates system” (Figure 43 & 44)Figure 44: FinishNOTE: The CAD-Drawing is now inserted, and looks like this (Figure 45):

.edwloalisnioaticblpuornFigure 45: Set ioNOTE: Now you have to adapt the geometry of this simple room to the Underlay.This can be done with RMC on the drawing and “Edit Room Geometry”.NOTE: You can now snap to the points in the underlying CAD-Drawing. (Figure 45, 46) To get the room in the shape of the drawing, you at first should set the corner points, andthen enter some more points for building the room outlines. (See part 1 of the Tutorial)Figure 46: Adapted GeometryNOTE: You can use the CAD-drawing as a background image inthe 3D view. Usually it is recommended to use the optionRepresent 2D projection of dwg / dxf in 3D view fromthe Property Page.

Figure 47: Layer Selectionpublicationisallowed. Choose View/DWG or DXF properties/Layer onor Check the box Display 2D projection in 3D Window (Scale slide)Figure 48&49: 3D ProjectionThisNOTE: You can display or hide the dwg / dxf background from the View Menu:Figure 50: Hide Settings.