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The following outline represents a high-level overview of the ElumTools workflow. Neither can ElumTools find the lighting fixtures or the ceiling itself, which is needed to derive reflectance.įigure 2: Selected space does not extend to ceiling or light fixtures aboveįor a more in-depth discussion see my Rooms and Spaces article at Best Practice: Set the Upper Limit of the Space to the Level above (assuming it is not an intermediate level such as a mezzanine) and then set the Space’s Limit Offset to 0’-0”. In the example below, the Revit ceiling elements are not able to discern which room they are in. For example, if you want light fixtures or occupancy sensors on the ceiling to report which room they occur, the space needs to extend up and engage them. It is important to be aware of the height of your spaces in the Revit model. Watch for this in a future release! Spaces and Volumes Breaking news on this issue: The folks at ElumTools are working on an option to use the defaults (such as 80/50/20) for any ceiling/wall/floor, thus significantly simplifying the reflectance workflow.
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It is even more challenging if the architect is not in-house or does not see that value in this effort.
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This may be a challenge in terms of visual color desired and effort to determine correct values for a specific reflectance. Using this method, the reflectances can be set in Revit using specific Material settings, even in the linked in architectural model. In the ElumTools Material Mapping dialog we see the reflectance is indeed 0.50 as calculated above. Let’s calculate the ElumTools reflectance for this Revit material.įigure 1: Revit Material's shading setttingįirst, modify RGB numbers for formula: 128/256 = 0.5020 The Shading color for a specific material is set as shown in the image below. Where R, G, and B are expressed as numbers between 0 and 1.0 (when RGB is expressed by numbers between 0 and 255, divide by 255). Check out the Appearance parameters for Carpet (1) versus Tile (4). In addition, there is no consistency between materials as far as parameters go.
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This is because the current Revit API does not allow third-party developers full access to this information! Even if it did, these properties do not necessarily represent the true physical properties of the material, which is essential for accurate lighting calculations (ergo, ElumTools material mapping dialog). In particular, the subsection labeled Surface Reflectance.ĮlumTools uses the Graphics\Shading setting rather than the Appearance setting for a Revit Material. Check out the ‘Materials Mapping’ help topic in ElumTools. Reflectance is derived from the shading color of the Revit Material.
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Revit Materials can, indirectly, be set up to determine reflectance in ElumTools.Elements defining perimeter of room must be set to Room Bounding.FYI: Otherwise, individual elements may be selected without Spaces/Rooms as long as they are not in a linked model.Must at least extend up to ceiling/lighting fixtures.The following steps must be taken in Revit prior to using ElumTools. Luminaire photometry and associated factors.The execution of an accurate calculation of illuminance (fc or lux) on a surface or work plane requires that the following quantities be defined: Similarly, the Luminaire is based on the Revit light fixture family and may be manipulated to a certain degree in ElumTools. The Surface Reflectances start with the Revit material and can be changed or overridden via ElumTools. The Spatial Geometry is based on the Revit model(s). The basic requirements for lighting analysis and design in Revit are highlighted in the box below. Finally, I will briefly mention two other related offerings in the BIM daylighting-design arena. First, we will take a high-level look at this tool’s capabilities and then look more specifically at a few recent developments since this product hit the market in mid-2011 when I started using the beta version. In this article I will present an add-in for Autodesk® Revit® called ElumTools, developed by Lighting Analysts. Back December 19th, 2014 Lighting Design and Analysis in RevitĪs the Building Information Modeling (BIM) “movement” continues to evolve-or mature-it is only natural that we now have more advanced features to discuss in the world of lighting design.