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1. a sa H By selecting with the right mouse button the Position in line duplication request and clicking on Modify the duplication mask will be re opened allowing you to Sa By clicking on the icon or selecting the command from the Create modify the duplication data of the inserted objects menu the selected object will be duplicated according to a grid where the total number of objects on the X and Y axes and their a JN pecs inter distance will have to be set step Cee Tan 7 Ambient dup The parameters of the table represent qe ws a 0000 Ba gt Num total number of objects aaa ra gt Step distance between one object and the other tilt 0 gt Start distance of the line starting point from the Cartesian axes gt Tilt tilt of the luminaires on the X axis 7 Views Results R P En la a fi ali SLOPED RRL RITA PRATT TIA The parameters can also be modified by clicking on the wheel and eae Ye rolling the cursor o q RRR TA oe ce ee ES Once duplication is complete on the Scene TAB the new group e ZA S A will appear in the list which it will then be possible to modify as a A D 0 EEES l RRO LY wanes Rot 0000 onoo 000 group selecting the name in the list or as single objects selecting NE Z ES eo eo the object to be modified directly in the drawing and clicking on EINES D Dimensions 5 000 _ oo00 ann Modify in the Properties TAB E e Z Sr ZE S mem SLISLOAL
2. Ly Mg Py a B libreria televisore 3DS Geometric solids cone cylinder y cube sphere torus L sage E Pp o a amp i x G E 2 S S R S B S e 3 2 eorpeonn Yo YS oN Boo ma S _ plastic_chair obj _ libreria_quadrati obj Thumbs db B soggiorno tavolo vetro zip mer nodifica ensione AP SO oS ps BB G 4 20 04 2008 01 50 230 KB Ma Computer Page 40 94 Furthermore at the same time the properties will be visualized in the right hand Properties TAB where the object can be modified and rescaled The object 3DS or OBJ can also be inserted using the File Import menu This function opens a dialog window which allows you to choose the object from inside the folders present in the computer In this case the object will be inserted at the origin of the absolute X Y and Z axes The extruded object can be edited in the same way as the area perimeter by clicking on the furniture name in the Scene TAB with the right button and selecting Modify Perimeter Inserting an object 3D files management window Once the model has been imported a window divided in two parts will open The first part called 3D Coordinates shows the original dimensions of the design and the final dimensions in m used by the program In this TAB you can set gt the scale of the original
3. The upper part of the table will summarize the information related to the luminance calculation on the carriageways The correspondence or non correspondence with the road classification selected during the planning phase in accordance with norm EN13201 will be shown by these two symbols 1 EX By clicking on the TABs in the lower part on the other hand it will be possible to access the illuminance and luminance values in the various areas Select the area of interest in the list and click on one of the keys on the bottom right to visualize the relative graphs Click on the nstallation Energy Classification TAB to visualize the energy classification of the installation in accordance with the Hera Luce parameters or Spanish norms Cen 13201 2 Carreggiata A 0 47 Ti 6 13 Tot 0 29 R 0 33 L 0 19 Reference Values Lighting Class ME2 20 70 lt 10 00 2 0 50 x 1 x 60 00 y 2 75 m 2 1 Corsia 2 x 60 00 y 6 25 m 2 2 Corsia 3 x 90 00 y 9 75 m 2 3 Corsia x 17 88 y 2 75 m x 17 88 y 6 25 m x 47 88 y 9 75 m 2 1 Corsia 2 2 Corsia 2 3 Corsia Obs2 x 60 00 y 6 25 m 2 1 Corsia 2 2 Corsia 2 3 Corsia SLEEC 0 12 Pseudo colors Iso Curves Values Page 84 94 Select the observer line in the Observer Luminance TAB and then click on one of the keys on the bottom right to visualize the graph of the entire carriageway where an arrow shows the observer position If instead one lane is s
4. zj 0000 m or P a aay 0 000000 0 874861 1 74972 0 321763 0 643526 0 850692 0 853092 4396476 m ef 0 000000 di OxyTech Clearly the more faces the model has the longer editing will be and also the calculation of the model itself By clicking in the area where the model is shown it is possible to perform all zoom pan and rotation operations already described Track CTRL plus left mouse button or pressed mouse wheel Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse you can move the image Zoom in Zoom out SHIFT plus left mouse button or mouse wheel Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse you can enlarge the image Tumble ALT plus left mouse button Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse you can rotate the image The selected faces will be highlighted with blue meshing on the model Page 41 94 Objects and materials editor Object Editor The Object editor window allows you to modify the properties of the Tops editor La Object Editor individual surfaces relative to the furniture or environments To O anns access the Editor the object you want to edit must be selected d Chair05 TEENS AS ya x ANY o fa EET TALIN IO TLATEN A Nur n tac EAT At this point the window can be opened in two ways gt By clicking with the right mouse button on the name of the 208 _ Surface 0 111 208 object in the Scene TAB on the left of the scre
5. P a Je K C X Y pa 2 FR e A v a Se 4 et AE e oe r a A pe a e E E wea a A r a a i erpa c x E le ae i d S v pr 3 A l Y E a TENN DAN ve y dos z l Plane ai L ihe ee Y De STN e X B ai L a i 7 ey aT i br abrir Er e Y a i pi Photometric Solid gt y k i r h E A i K lt gt v r i De gt Page 16 94 3 OxyTech Lighting Design Module L Main screen Program launch opens the main operative area from which it is Everything that concerns the construction of the calculation area is possible to access all the tools necessary for modeling and considered an element the elements even if differing in nature viewing the project The central area dedicated to graphic and geometry maintain the same logical representation representation allows four windows to be opened for viewing the Thus whether they are environments furniture or lighting devices objects from the different angles front side top perspective the tools for handling them properties table transformations The two side windows on the other hand contain all the elements editor etc will always be the same and commands for managing the project Dropdown menu bar Scene parts Operative area TAB and icon bar Module access 2057_Circular_PO 2834_70_Corona K DW As gt gt AN i AOS Object insertion and Project lists TAB Operative design are
6. with functions of program parametric and tree product search updating via Internet management of data sheets of products and accessories in various languages exportable in PDF and RTF format Lisdat is the catalog data management module and foresees manual entry or database import Photoview is the photometry visualization module with view and print functions for photometric tables and graphs in different languages Z S S Webcatalog is the catalog management module via internet ER LITESTAR 4D is supplied in 2 license forms Open freeware free of charge downloadable from WebOxy the OxyTech site and Professional on payment LITESTAR 4D Open is the freeware version free of charge of LITESTAR 4D downloadable from the site which excludes certain functions present in the Professional version such as Advanced roads module Complete Ray Tracing calculation Electricity lines for road installations Structure management example floodlight masts Calculation of vertical cylindrical semi cylindrical illuminances and those in the direction of the TV camera Manual entry of photometric data Y v v v v vw vw Photometric data import from OxyTech goniophotometers types T1 T2 T3 and T4 Page 6 94 3 OxyTech Configuration Minimum computer configuration It is advisable before carrying out program installation to verify that the configuration of your computer is at least of the fol
7. 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 420 O20 Jy Ad YU createElement add a object to scene object list Parameters e The object to be created e sensor add a sensor to the scene e projector add a projector to the scene oxy createFElement sensor oxy createElement projector Layer intructions gt layer manage the layers Parameters e action activated e Create create a new layer e Assign assign the specified the active object to layer e specified the name of the layer oxy layer create ext_walls oxy layer assign ext_walls File instructions b loadProject to load a stored project Parameters e A fully qualified prj project previously stored oOxy logdaPro ece L G XN house_v3 prj saveProject to store a project Parameters e A fully qualified prj file name oxy csaverro ject L C Dod Prt Doc house pr 7 importFile to add external objects to scene objectlist Parameters e Type of file allowed to import e Oxl Litestar s Litepack e Lms Litestar 3D object library e 3ds Autodesk 3D studio file type e Obj Wavefront obj 3D geometry definition file format e A fully qualified file name oxy importFile oxl oxlParh T wallasher oxl Oxy importFile lms objPath cube lms oy importriled 3ds ob Pach Siteplan_e 3ds oxy importFile obj ob Path Torre0x8x6 objJ Page 89 94 A good practice is to move local path infor
8. 70 94 Rendering Ray Tracing This type of rendering generates an image of synthesis where the view set with dynamic rendering is associated with a higher quality image with fixed observer in which all effects of specularity transparency and refraction are included Given the calculation times needed to generate an image with Ray Tracing it is not possible to realize dynamic renderings to create each image a new observer position will have to be defined moving within the room then launching a new visualization with Ray Tracing p To start Ray Trace select the Start Rendering icon positioned gt inthe Calculations icon bar gt inthe Calculations menu Once the rendering window has been started up the image will be composed visualizing the progress in the percentage seen in the line in the lower part of the window The images will be saved automatically in the lmpExp folder of the program The various icons present in the window allow ES Setup of rendering settings according to different parameters TEL Rescaling of the image according to the size of the window Ef Rescaling the image in 1 1 scale aOd Movement inside the image using the Pan and Zoom in Zoom out commands Settings Width Height 480 BackGround Color MN Page 71 94 3 OxyTech ES Click on this icon to open the settings window where you can set e the dimensions of the image width x height e image qua
9. CTRL left mouse button or mouse wheel pressed Zoom in Zoom out SHIFT left mouse button or mouse wheel zoom Tumble ALT left mouse button Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Create Menu For all operations connected with creating a project v v v v vw VW vv v vw Wizard for interiors to create an interior environment floor walls ceiling Advanced project for interiors to open the wizard for creating an interior environment Wizard for Exteriors to create an external environment floor Advanced project for exteriors to open the wizard for creating an exterior environment Wizard for roads to perform a guided calculation in accordance with the norms in force for simple roads one or two carriageways plus sidewalks Advanced projects for roads to perform a guided calculation in accordance with the norms in force for complex roads Wizard for tunnels to carry out a guided calculation in accordance with the simplified tunnels norms in force Advanced project for tunnels to carry out a guided calculation in accordance with the tunnels norms in force including Adrian diagram Extruded furniture to create a solid starting from the outline and extruding it upwards Window to open a window along a wall of the environment Working plane to add a working plane created by the user of rectangular or irregular shape View to create an independent view to visualize inside one of the windows Sensor to
10. Drop function by dragging the file inside the luminaire area For all other possible operations on the luminaires see the Luminaire Editor chapter Roads calculation gt Virtual Row e if this option is active the program will extend the row of luminaires outside the area under examination to take into account the contribution of all the luminaires the number of luminaires added is equal to the number of luminaires poles that can fit into 5 times the height of the installation before the area and 12 after according to the driver s direction if the traffic is one way 12 times both before and after in the case of two way traffic If there are two or more rows of luminaires with different numbers of poles and inter distances the program takes into consideration the row with the maximum total length e f the Virtual Row option is deactivated the program takes into consideration a stretch of road corresponding to the number of poles defined in the N of Poles box without adding other elements either before or after the area under examination Spacing Distance D m this is the inter distance between 2 consecutive luminaires in the same row Arm length L m this this how long the arm of the pole projects over the horizontal plane Tilt Angle RY 7 this is the inclination rotation of the luminaire around its own y axis Arm Rotation RSZ 7 this is the rotation of the arm around the vertical axis
11. E Click on the Results icon situated in the i Results icon bar to visualize the results summary table from which to select the graphs as explained in the Visualization of results chapter T Ecil Cylindrical illuminance T Semi cylindties Muminence Page 75 94 Emergency lighting calculation The automatic luminaire insertion module allows you to add luminaires automatically after selecting the type to be used in the various areas 6 To access click on the Add emergency luminaires PIM Automatically icon situated e inthe Emergency icon bar e inthe Emergency menu The window shows different TABS such as Escape Routes Safety Points General Illumination Internal Exits High Risk Areas External Exits Inside each TAB the height of installation of the luminaires can be selected by typing the corresponding value in the Luminaire Height field To add or modify the luminaires you can gt Click on the Change luminaire key and select a luminaire from the list in Liswin as explained in the Light Editor paragraph gt Importa file using the Drag amp Drop function as explained in the Drag amp Drop chapter In both cases the luminous flux of the lamps and maintenance factor can be modified by typing a new value in the respective fields Y v v v v vw Automatic luminaire insertion only with Emergency Plus license Sree emp Once
12. External Exit AN Insert high risk area PDG Emergency Luminaires Automatically Show Status Project Mode Emergency Emergency Page 72 94 OxyTech Emergency lighting calculation Emergency parameters settings m To access the emergency parameters settings window select the Emergency Settings icon situated e inthe Emergency icon bar e inthe Emergency menu The window allows you to set the main parameters necessary for verifying the values calculated in the project The setting performed according to norm UNI1838 is by default but the user is free to modify the individual data at any time The table is subdivided into three parts gt Parameter definition to set the parameters that will be used as reference values to be compared with those effectively calculated in the project to verify their congruency gt Perimeter belt to set whether or not to exclude a perimeter belt of 0 5 m from the calculation gt Calculation type to set the type of calculation to be performed choosing between direct and direct indirect Clicking on the Ok key will set the values by default clicking on the Cancel key will return to the previously set values Page 73 94 OxyTech Emergency lighting calculation Inserting project elements In order to perform calculation correctly and to verify that the illuminance values obtained correspond to the parameters set it is necess
13. PC at atime To use the program on another PC first you must deregister by selecting Register Deregister Ok and repeat the Registration operation from the other computer e Should the computer be broken leaving you unable to carry out the Deregistration operation please contact OxyTech s Customer Service gt Exit the program and relaunch to activate the new configuration the program is now ready to use Program start The simplest way to launch the program is to double click on the LITESTAR 4D icon directly from the desktop Alternatively you can gt Select the Litecalc program from the window Start All programs Oxytech gt Select Start Run and type d Directory Name LTS EXE finally pressing Enter Page 8 94 OxyTech During installation both the program destination folder and that of the data required for project development will have to be defined Should these folders not be modified the program will use the default folders visualized at the time of installation More precisely definition of the following folders is required e DATA which is an installation folder with write permission for those operative systems e g Windows 7 that do not include the possibility of writing in the PROGRAMS folder e DOCUMENT where data related to the projects and manufacturers catalogs is gathered When Litecalc is opened the Liswin module will also open automatically since it is necessary for the correct functio
14. Rotate There are two ways of rotating an object furniture or luminaire gt By manually editing the final rotation Rot in the properties TAB Transformation Each object is associated to its triplet of intrinsic Cartesian axes x red y green e z blue on which to effect the transformations gt Using the Rotate icon e positioned on the vertical bar on the right of the design area o In the Modifv men The command can also be selected using the keyboard by pressing the W move key In order to activate the command the object must first be selected Once the command has been selected a triplet of Cartesian axes will appear on the object in the form of an arch in the direction of rotation K By clicking on one of the axes blue green red and dragging it the object will be rotated in the direction indicated by the axis itself Page 57 94 Transformations Scale There are two ways of scaling an object furniture or luminaire gt By manually editing the scale factors Scale in the properties TAB gt Using the Scale icon e positioned on the vertical bar on the right of the design area e In the Modifv menu Once the command has been selected a triplet of Cartesian axes will appear on the object with a cube on the ends and three pointers on the planes of pertinence of two axes In this way two operations will be possible gt By clicking on one of the Cartesia
15. activates the view information on the bottom left View Menu To set the environment views gt Perspective to view the design in three dimensional perspective view gt Front to view the design in front view gt Top to view the design in plan view gt Right Left Back Bottom view to view the design in side views Result Menu In this window you can choose the results graphs previously selected in the results summary window Page 27 94 Project lists TAB Situated to the left of the work area it shows all the information regarding the objects inserted in the project Scene L Maes In this window all the elements making up the environment furniture working planes luminaires etc are found with tree structure gt On selection of an object from the list with the left mouse button the model in the design area will be highlighted while in the Properties window to the right of the design area the properties regarding the object itself will appear gt On selection of an object in the list with the right mouse button it is possible both to edit its properties Modify and to change its name Rename If the selected element is the area it will also be possible to modify the height of the working plane Working Plane High Definition and to modify the perimeter of the room Modify perimeter Luminaires This allows the list of the different types of luminaires inserted in the project to be
16. angle of vision In this case the point of observation is calculated by setting two angles where x and y are represented by the horizontal angle Beta and z by the vertical angle Alpha To add a new observer firstly the calculation to be effected must be selected by flagging the appropriate box Secondly click on the relative icon thus opening the setting window x 0 00 v 0 00 z720 H x 0 00 y 0 00 z UD x 0 00 y 0 00 z 0 1 4 x 0 00 y 0 00 z L i AL S G S AV SIG Page 66 94 OxyTech For a more detailed explanation of observer settings for each individual calculation see the chapter List of available calculations On the operative level firstly the observer s eyes position must be set obtaining it graphically from the drawing in relation to the X Y and Z absolute reference coordinates of the design Secondly the observation point must be sent using the Cartesian coordinates for Place and angles for Direction In both cases to define the correct coordinates reference must be made to the absolute Cartesian axes In the first case the calculation planes are all in the direction of the observer in the second the planes in the various points are all oriented in the same way according to the f on the horizontal plane and a angles tilt angle this means that the directions of observation are all parallel to each other infinity observer Calculations List of avail
17. area by clicking with the left mouse button on the 3D element 3D In both cases the name will be highlighted in blue and the object in the drawing will have green contours Selecting a surface in Editor the faces of the object of interest in the design area will be meshed By keeping the Shift or Ctrl key pressed it is possible to select multiple surfaces When an environment is created or an object is inserted Default materials are assigned In the case of 3D objects imported from outside often the colors and materials will already be assigned Example if a tree is inserted the surfaces relative to the leaves are normally assigned in green while those of the trunk in brown OxyTech Objects and materials editor Material Editor In color definition it is important to be careful to flag not the Modulate color field in case a colored texture is assigned to the model 7 DefoutMateral Tipo Mater Generi 7 E Otherwise the color of the texture and the default Se The Edit Material icon allows you to open the 3 material modification window and set the properties color will be mixed Modulating the color is important when a black and which texture is assigned to a surface In this way the surface will take the previously assigned color The following operations can be performed in this window gt Name allows the material to be renamed by typing the new name in the place of the existing o
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19. currently no standard reference tables exist Objects and materials editor Texture Click on Select Texture to open the dialog window in which to select the image to be associated with the material In order to be used by the program the files must be in the following formats gt JPG gt BMP gt TIF The users can realize their own files inserting them in the texture management folder of the program Data LibraryDB Texture where new sub folders can be created Once the material image file has been selected return to the general editor of the object to access the texture mapping editor window by clicking on Edit Projection The program tries to position the texture in the most suitable way The user can however at any time modify the position and dimension of the surface texture of the object by choosing from the following options gt Repeat horizontally and vertically flag the box to repeat the image on the faces of the object so as to cover all the surfaces gt Transpose to transpose the image along the surfaces of the object vertically and horizontally Click on the relative arrows to change the number inside the box which in turn will change the texture position gt Scale to scale the image vertically and horizontally Click on the relative arrows to change the number inside the box which in turn will change the texture position Flag Uniform to rescale the image both
20. from the outline and extruding it upwards Window to open a window along a wall in the environment Working plane Custom to insert a rectangular or irregular virtual working plane View to create an independent view to visualize inside one of the windows Sensor to simulate a light sensor positioned inside an environment Projector to read the results on irregularly shaped surfaces Grid Duplication to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset grid Circular Duplication to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset circular grid Linear Duplication to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset line Add luminaires to groups to add the luminaires in tabular form or with the total flux calculation method Calculation Menu For all operations connected with calculating the lighting engineering values of a project gt gt Start Calculations to launch value calculations illuminances and luminances Start Rendering with Ray Tracing to launch a rendering with Ray Tracing Set North to orient North in the calculation of natural light Results Summary to visualize the results summary table Eh ose Page 23 94 OxyTech Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Calculations icon bar From left to right the commands are v v v v vw Results icon bar From left to right the commands are Start Calculations to launch calculation of the values illuminanc
21. function you can insert a project step by step TO access the window you must select Wizard for interiors and f the wizard for exteriors is selected it will not be setting the area parameters which may be rectangular or L exteriors from the Create menu possible to set the area height and wall and ceiling shaped selecting a luminaire entering the installation type data characteristics rows and columns or the average illuminance value to be attained total flux calculation This procedure can be applied both to interior and to exterior projects tt Or click on the interiors icon in the Create icon bar MEF Or on the exteriors icon Selection of room type rectangular or L shaped Room dimensions Room and working plane height Room reflectance parameters FT AEN TT fl Pseleesarde OPM ET os Page 51 94 3 OxyTech Wizard for interiors exteriors Setting the room parameters After opening the window you must gt select the room area type by clicking on the relative box choosing between e Rectangular dimensionsX Y e L shaped dimensions X X1 Y Y1 gt set the dimensions of the selected room by typing in the values inside the relative boxes on the right of the window if an L shaped room is chosen the fields relating to X1 and Y1 will also be activated gt set the value of the room height only for interiors and that of the working plane Subs
22. gauld Programming Man Lutz Programming Python by gt Mark Pilgrim Dive Into Python 2004 gt David M Beazley Python Essential Reference 4th Edition http diveintopython org toc index htm gt Magnus Lie Hetland Beginning Python From Novice to Professional gt Alex Martelli Python in a Nutshell Second Edition gt Ascher Python Cookbook Martelli gt Ma Pilgrim Dive Into Python 3 2011 http diveintopython3 org gt Alen B Downey Think Python How to Think Like a Computer Scientist 2008 http greenteapress com thinkpython thinkpython html Page 94 94
23. graphs already subdivided in the summary into floor walls or ceiling Ea To create an environment in the first place it is necessary to ka establish the type of area to be modeled pam L S nt Selecting the icon with the left mouse button enables you View Camera Result 1 to draw an interior environment la deL 4 Selecting the icon with the left mouse button enables you to draw an exterior environment without walls and ceiling jp After selecting the icon and moving the mouse into the 1 design area The cursor will appear as a cross pointer on which the X and Y coordinates of the point in which it is situated are highlighted By clicking point by point the single lines of the environment are drawn for curved walls see the following paragraph To facilitate the creation of the perimeter moving the cursor the program will visualize the length of the line in meters Clicking on the point of origin of the area will close the environment Alternatively the environment can be closed with the Enter key In this way the room height definition window will be shown as explained in the following paragraph gt Selecting the room with the right mouse button in the Scene TAB on the left of the screen and choosing Modify will enable you to access the Object Editor where surface characteristics and reflection coefficients can be modified Page 34 94 OxyTech Once the calculation area has been created
24. gt wal E e by removing all the parts that can weigh down the file and that are unnecessary for the comprehension of the drawing cross hatching shading etc Sem ulkeleeslaA Irie l 7 e by positioning the drawing origin directly on gt Once it has been imported a window will open visualizing the a e 5 7 S N original dimensions of the design and the final dimensions in m used by the program gt Athis point it is possible to set e the scale of the original design remember that the e by checking that the drawing scale is in meters The wrong import scale can cause serious errors in the realization of the project since the program 2 74512E 011 2 74512 011 designs must be created in meters to be correctly anm umm calculates the values using the metric scale managed by the program to rescale the design if not PA E Rescaling the drawing in the window will modify in meters uae the final dimensions of the drawing shown in the l TTO E table so as to verify that the set scale is correct e the point of origin for inserting the file Offset E Pl n amass o None to set the design as it is o Bottom left to position the left corner of the design at the origin of the axes o Centered axes X Y to center the design where the axes intersect o Customized set directly by the user Leave the values in the window unchanged and click on the Ok button to import the file without m
25. have green contours Changing a luminaire e f the beginning of the name of the luminaire coincides with the code that is it has not been changed by the user it will be reassigned If the names do not coincide it will be maintained e The position and rotations of the previous luminaire will always be maintained Also in this case it is possible to change a luminaire using the Drag amp Drop function dragging the photometric file into the window When the color filter is selected calculation is performed taking into account the spectrometric nature of light and the relative rendering will take into account the interaction of the color of the light with the color of the objects Luminaire and Color Filter Editor Change lamp In the case of luminaires selected from Liswin in the list situated at the bottom of the window the lamps connected to the luminaire will appear with the relative flux inserted in the Flux box The program allows you to change the lamp associated with the luminaire or to associate a new one in the following way gt Select the lamp shown in the table with a mouse click gt Click on Change lamp accessing the Liswin module in the lamps section gt Select the desired lamp from the list with a mouse click Select Click on the icon to attach the new lamp closing the Liswin window and returning to the Editor window When these operations are completed the lamp wil
26. of surfaces making up the environment 6 the number of luminaires inserted e the number of pieces of furniture and their surfaces e whether or not evaluation is made of the shadows created both by possible recesses in the walls and by the inserted furniture Calculations gt Glare activating luminance calculation it is also possible to activate that of glare types which depending on the kinds of installation are Interiors the program carries out calculation of glare evaluation parameters such as UGR Unified Glare Rating VCP Visual Comfort Probability and CGI in accordance with CIE Recommendations 55 The program allows the insertion of more than one observer using the position insertion window Cartesian coordinates x y z and observation direction window Cartesian coordinates x y z or B angles for deviation and a for tilt Access to the insertion window is gained by clicking on the key Roads the program in this case carries out calculation of the parameters G discomfort glare Lv veiling luminance and Ti threshold increase according to the Recommendation selected automatically positioning the reference observers General Exterior Areas the program in this case carries out calculation of the G parameter according to the CIE Recommendations for sports areas where 19 observers are automatically defined with predefined positions and directions of observation and calculation of the G
27. or close it Close gt By clicking twice on the result the corresponding graph will be shown in the design area The dropdown menu By Type allows you to choose the order of viewing gt Calc for type of calculation performed luminance illuminance etc gt Obs for observer where calculations require the observer s position gt Surf for the selected surface In the lower part of the window the summary data relating to the calculated parameters are visualized List A CefaultMaterial A Floor Mat Ceiling Mat List amp Working Plane i p Filters by Type Surf Calc Obs y Ave 264 76 lux Min 70 07 lux Max 430 04 lux Min Ave 0 26 Min Max 0 16 Ave Max 0 62 Page 29 94 Scene Luminaires Materials Results By modifying the characteristics of a single material automatically all the surfaces that refer to that material will be updated even if they belong to different objects For example if the Default material is connected to a surface of object A and to a surface of object B both present in the project the two surfaces will change their characteristics automatically according to the modifications made on the Default material Once calculation is complete the Results Summary automatically opens To insert the results obtained in the Results TAB just select those of interest with the left mouse button to select more than one surface at a time keep the CTRL button plu
28. reduced reflection factors Tables R C1 C2 R1 with the corresponding q0 factor valid for carriageways Page 77 94 OxyTech norm is chosen certain When a particular parameters such as the number and position of the calculation points will be automatically inserted according to the reference norm thus preventing them from being changed or modified by the user in any way A road with double carriageways is considered by default a two way traffic system should the double carriageway road be one way you must select the option One Way In this case the program considers circulation from left to right In the case of sidewalks and central reservations the program automatically assigns a regular reflection to the surface defining it a pre set reflection factor Roads calculation OxyTech gt Calculation Data here you can define certain calculation elements such as e Number of longitudinal calculation points calculation points in a longitudinal sense parallel to the road axis e Examined Area XC m this refers to the length of the section that will be analyzed if the Auto option is deactivated If the Auto option has been activated the program will consider the section of the road that lies between two successive luminaires The program automatically adds to the column the number of luminaires poles that fit in 5 times the height of the installation before the area and
29. the Print logo selection key opens a dialog window in which to search for the folder containing the logo to be used Once the settings relating to the logo selection and position printout margins and project data have been configured they will be maintained for all the program modules E Print 1 x Uniformity Ratio Page 86 94 3 OxyTech Once the program has been installed the printout logo can be directly linked with the following essential characteristics o Format BMP e Recommended dimensions height max 2cm width max 21cm The logos that are not in scale will be automatically rescaled by the software with the risk of losing their proportions Scripting 3 OxyTech Litecalc 4D is enforced with a Python scripting module version 2 6 5 in order to have an automatic engine to drive some operation Selecting Scripting from Tools menu will open a text window divided in two parts in the upper one there is the text of the script input window in the lower one there is the output window At the bottom of the window some button allow to gt Run Execute the code in the input window gt Load File Open a File window in order to load a Python script usually with a py extension gt Load Run Open a file and execute it gt Clear Input clear the input window gt Clear Output clear the output window The structure of the language is the one described in t
30. the results window in the design area is closed the visualized area appears rendered according to the results obtained with the calculation In this situation it is possible to move around inside the area so as to realize shots that can be saved and then printed To save the images thus created in the design select a the Capture image icon positioned gt inthe Calculations icon bar gt inthe Tools menu In this way the images are automatically saved in the lmpExp folder of the program Another way to access dynamic rendering visualization is to select Results in the View dropdown menu The rendering may be represented in each Camera Perspective Front Top Side but not when inside the results table view Clearly to be able to visualize the rendering the results must first be calculated di OxyTech Click on the Visualization management icon in the Results icon ZS bar or in the Tools Visualization management menu to access the management window of image luminosity and contrast Log Sai 580 227 of Maxc 0 60 The Tone Mapping window includes the following functions e Type this allows you to choose between linear or logarithmic representation e Min Max the minimum and maximum values of the environment e of the Max is the percentage of the maximum value of image saturation e Range Gamma this is the correction of imaae exposure 0 liaht imaae 1 dark imaae Page
31. visualized gt in the lower part of the window the characteristics of the luminaires are highlighted gt the Select key allows selection of all the luminaires of the same type present in the project IB KASKO TONDA 100W 2 1342 B1 SET 1x24W 2G11 FL S A o e 5 gt BK s ni Color Filter T LAMPADE AD INCANDESCENZA Page 28 94 3 OxyTech Another way to rename the selected object is to type the new name directly in the Light Editor window for a more detailed explanation please see the Light Editor paragraph or by means of the Edit Rename menu By using the CTRL key plus the left mouse button a number of objects can be selected simultaneously By selecting a number of objects present in the tree a Group can be created by pressing G or a Parent can be created by pressing P In the second case the reference object will be the first in the list Project lists TAB OxyTech Materials This allows the list of the materials present in the project assigned to the various surfaces of the objects to be visualized gt Selecting a material present in the list with the right mouse button makes it possible to edit its properties Edit Results This allows a list of the various results obtained through calculation to be visualized gt By selecting a result in the list with the right mouse button it is possible to open the relative graph Open
32. with a mouse click on the name the object will be selected also in the design area the surface lines will appear green Ld Selecting the icon of the object libraries in the right hand Library TAB and dragging the selected item of furniture into the drawing wa gt B Table NO80713 3DS A Rack Passport_Today7 N040310 3DS E libreria parete 3DS Click on the dropdown menu image on the right to open the library list from which to choose the objects At this point just select the furniture with the left mouse button and keeping the button pressed drag it into the design area Drag amp Drop When the mouse button is released the object will be inserted in the object list in the Scene TAB and then it can be repositioned duplicated rotated and scaled By dragging the furniture as a 3DS or OBJ file from an external folder Once the file you want to import has been selected with the left mouse button you can drag it into the drawing At this point the management window described in the following paragraph will open There is a third way of adding an object selecting the Gg Extruded Furniture icon e inthe Create icon bar e inthe Create menu In this way the object can be drawn directly in the design area clicking the vertices point by point exactly as happens when creating the environment Creation of an interior exterior environment paragraph and defining the height once the perimeter has been closed
33. 12 times after the area in the case of one way traffic in 12 times both before and after the area in the case of two way traffic Once the data relative to the road characteristics have been completed click on Forward to access the installation data insertion window gt Luminaire Distribution it is possible to choose among the following options which vary according to the type of carriageway chosen e Single Carriageway e 1 rowon the right e 1 rowon the left e 2 facing rows e 2staggered rows e 2 Symmetrical Carriageways e 2 facing rows e 2 staggered rows e 1 central row in each carriageway e 2 facing rows in each carriageway Desc pti Edge Code Lxs15020 EA Photometry Edge Street 15 20Led LXS1S 02D ER EI L Eras H 2 staggered rows in each carriageway 2 Asymmetrical Carriageways 2 facing rows 2 staggered rows 1 central row in each carriageway 1 row in each carriageway 2 facing rows in carr A 1 row in carr B kerbside 2 staggered rows in carr A 1 row in carr B kerbside 1 row in carr A kerbside 2 rows in central reservation 1 staggered row in carr A Kerb 2 rows in central reservation Page 78 94 Roads calculation gt Installation Data here you define the data relative to luminaire installation such as Luminaire Carr Edge Distance LC m the distance between the luminaire upright and the
34. 3 dlare 3DS 24 07 2012 17 Oj M1208 x1890 px050313 jpg ld prj 4 26 01 2015 11 4 o_colori prj 03 12 2014 12 5 o prj 06 08 2013 18 C 0 0bj 14 05 2010 20 5 fi 16 01 2011 00 3 j 20 04 2008 01 5 r obj 10 08 2010 17 1 o_colori_1 prj e On an operative level to perform Drag amp Drop you need To open the origin environment for example as in the figure alongside a folder To select the file and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag it into the design area until the forbidden sign becomes a broken line rectangle As far as import of external objects is concerned it is necessary to verify the accuracy of the 3D models before proceeding to import checking e The orientation and conformity of the perpendiculars adjacent polygons must have perpendiculars in the same direction in out e The topological accuracy e The absence of superimposed faces and vertices e The presence of uv coordinates in the case of texture applications Furthermore it is always advisable e Not to import as a single file blocks of objects that you want to manage separately but to separate them at origin e To maintain the lowest number of polygons possible with respect to the object you want to represent e In the case of conversion from parametric objects nurbs to verify the accuracy of the mesh generated and the number of polygons generated Page 13 94 Introduct
35. 80 2 0 2 5 absolute 1 oxy duplicate oxy move 3 80 2 5 2 5 absolute 1 oxy importFile lms lmsPath Couch04 lms oxy move 3 45 2 16 0 0 absolute 1 oOxy rotate 0 0 90 oxy importFile lms lmsPath Potted plant Ul ime oxy move 3 45 3 7 0 0 absolute 1 oxy scale 1 4 1 4 3 4 absolute 1 loop nine times making each time a calculation and producing a radiosity image see results in LITESTAR 4D Docs ImpExp ciccio 0 1 while ciccio lt 0 9 set the colors of the lights oxy selectByName Light_1 oxy setParameter enLignt SpectrumRGe rgb crecio 0 0 L ciccia oxy selectByName Lighe 2 oxy setParameter tnLight SpectrumRGB rgb 0 0 ciccio 0 0 oxy selectByName Light_3 Oxy setParameces EnLioht SpectrumRGB ab L ciccio 0 0 eccio L Oxy starttale il 2 ciccio ciccio 0 1 oxy render camera Perspective resx 1280 resy 720 di OxyTech Page 93 94 3 OxyTech Scripting Bibliography printed books Bibliography open source material gt Mark Pilgrim Dive Into Python gt Python Documentation gt Alex Martelli Python Cookbook http www python org gt Allen B Downey Think Python How to Think Like a Computer Scientist 2008 gt Alan Gauld Beginner s Tutorial gt Mark Lutz Learning Python Powerful Object Oriented http www freenetpages co uk hp alan
36. A A E A 60 o A A A A 60 eco A A A A a a sheunenaacwensheseet 61 ol A E E A A A keoweeien once 62 EIT TTT HOT eee er ee ee es 63 CASIO rod dd did olaa aii eeatidi 63 Insertion Of A ser e anann anura narra AARLE RALEA AREE AR CEARA R OARA CRE RAROERA CEARA UEEE AA CEERAREAAACEERA LLAR R CEANAL EEAAR CEARA LEEEAR CEARA LEEA RELEE Ennn n anent 64 A r T tiniest 65 o nn A O E AAAS eee een eee nee eee VEI AE A EEE ee VAA EN EES A NAA PAA A T A T 65 Inserting an observer A o E A EAEEren Enere 66 List of available CAICUIATIONS c cccccccececccececececcecececeuuucececueuunenscaeuuaunenscauauneneuseununecacuuneneneuauuununecsuaununenscauunenecsudenuuensuauununecseueuenenscauunenecseuenenenscaeuaenecsccenenecstseuuaenecscauenenscanass 67 EA eo AP E E E ee reer 69 PE E EE 70 Dynamic Rendering sees ee eee 70 Page 4 94 3 OxyTech TEAU AA o A A E A A A A N EEE A A A A A 11 sei Ae A E EE E PE AE E AAE E PESTE REE OPE EC POSI PIO PO E EE T AE rere EE E A 72 STLA I tarta aa ra 72 Besa PP e E OO A A 74 aso lens el ade eee ao AAA A e o e A e PE JP O AEE A E E N ence E E E TE 75 Automatic luminaire insertion only with Emergency Plus license nasa oia eea caet e sane RZ aoz eaa aaa sana Sarai een A Zara Aga eie RRs 76 o He p EE EEE EEEE T ERE A E E EE T A A EAA E ETET 77 o e A a 77 PASO AOS A ei ta 80 Ae ante Ras LIM AMES ost ate 82 Grete ets le VES AAA lt P EO OOO errr A 00 84 AAA A a E OO A 85 Site a ete as Re
37. B Immagine JPEG 13 11 2006 16 31 E logo jpg SKB Immagine JPEG 25 06 2009 13 48 E OLLATAVOLO JPG 34 KE Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 34 E Zero IM_dsg jpg 27KB Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 45 E ZERO_IM jpg 49 KR Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 45 E zero_pargir jpg 24 CB Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 45 E zero_parairdsg ipa 29 CE Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 45 The MDB database is created by downloading the manufacturers Plug ins unmodifiable data by means of the Liswin module or by directly inserting the luminaire technical data into Liswin by means of the Lisdat module which can also be used to link the photometries in OXL format to the sheets Inside the DB folder are found the data relating to each individual manufacturer subdivided into subfolders The data structure consists of the following elements gt A series of non language sensitive documents such as product images gt A group of folders named with the abbreviation of the language FRA for French ING for English ITA for Italian inside which all language sensitive files are saved such as catalog sections instruction modules etc gt A Litepack folder inside which the OXL files are saved Page 9 94 What OXL files are The OXL file is an XML type file files used in many applications for data exchange inside which the following information is found e the general lighting device data e the lamps data including color e the dimensions and if a
38. Drag Drop means that it is possible to click on an object and drag it into another position where it will be released This means for example that if an icon corresponding to a document is dragged from one folder to another this will bring about the transfer of the document To facilitate the use and make data insertion faster LITESTAR 4D includes extensive use of Drag amp Drop This means that the files in the other modules or in other folders can be selected with a click of the left mouse button and dragged keeping the button pressed from the environment in which they are situated into the design area Environment in which they are situated means We Luminaires present in the Webcatalog Luminaires present in the Liswin module Luminaires and objects present in a folder in the computer Luminaires and objects internal to the program such as the luminaire catalog or object catalog stored in the Library TAB positioned on the right of the main screen The formats that can be used with Drag amp Drop in the software are gt For photometric files e OXL proprietary format of Oxytech e EUL standard European format e IES standard American format For objects e 3DS open format of 3D Studio e OBJ open format of Wavefront gt For plans e DXF open format of Autodesk 113 3DS ort_Today7 NO40310 3DS 03 03 2010 15 4 isore 3DS 28 04 2011 07 471 te 3DS 26 01 2008 10
39. IDIDA TR Page 62 94 OxyTech Calculation of natural light Orient North The parameters to be set in the table are Leaving 0 as the value in the orientation box i le North will i Y axis looking at gt Orientation this is the parameter that orth will be oriented upwards Y axis looking a ifi Nari b i the plan view drawing ane on Sy means Gr Ange For positive angle values North will rotate in an anticlockwise direction for negative values it will gt Sunlight Settings this activates the rotate clockwise setting of the day and time at which calculation is desired and allows terrestrial coordinates to be defined Here the Latitude and Longitude positions can be inserted directly or the preset values can be selected from Nation and City gt Turbidity this allows the setting of the clearness of the sky from clear to cloudy The calculation of natural light supplies the parameters necessary for evaluating the contribution of the sun in terms of illuminance inside the areas under examination To have an accurate analysis it is necessary first to define the orientation of North with respect to the environment and especially to set the position of the sun throughout the day To access the Sun amp sky settings window select gt The Orient North icon positioned e n the icon bar in Calculations e Inthe Calculations menu gt Alternatively it is possible to access the c
40. Lighting Design Module LITESTAR 4D v 3 00 User Manual Litecalc Lighting Design Module June 2015 3 OxyTech Index ME as 6 a 7 Minimum computer configuration see ee ee e ee e ee eee eee H jo nn 7 M Re MN nee TaN ke were kre nen werneeen veer ert eee nt ne nen ener ke tReet cele Nene reNcy CRTr eM Mercer ner tee terre meer tren tae 8 aso luto AS A 8 NI rT A Pe AEE P PO PO E A o a o PO Nro ROO PO PO O o P EA PE A 8 Barcel o AAA A o PE II A E O UI ee ee ee ee eee 9 id PP e Un E 10 A gnats dite EE A me he oa E onsets S E ae cer EEE E S E R 11 A d AEREE EEIEIE OAE EA EE EE EN S AEE I A AE A AE E E EOE TEE E E S A IE A E E EEE E AEE 13 ligas Meco ROO e R E E E ees a E R E eee 14 ss A 14 Cartesian references and luminaire aiming stent eee ee eee ee e eee ee 15 E A 15 RAW Cainesian Axes and LOA co 15 leds ae ooo o AP oO5UOO An Pro E EE A I E R E anak ome uct eseetancdsameimnannedendiuannseiansneuaueet 16 TIE TT E e UE O OOO O A EP O E 17 Dropdown menu bar o A 18 18 UE TOO 1 A E eos senpasenden cesnidan begun qantas T 18 a A E EIE EA T E E E N A E EE T o A NE I E E AE E T 19 Saa 9 ES Pr EE tse loud aise o A NE EE E TEE E cone 19 A PP o e 0 y E 19 SIA a A E N 20 a A e o OO TEO Ue nn o E A O O creer ee 20 os A e RU OP Penn nn PP A 21 O AP Pe 5 o 22 STL c TTT 23 A TET eevee cab egg cette setae ee rc cece a ew eaters se ne aes eee cstinecisemenc A E 23 A nn wets ac cece eee eset ace cea ee ete see
41. R parameter relative to the glare of floodlights in general exterior areas with the observer in any position and direction of observation gt TV illuminances in the direction of the camera lux these illuminances are those in the direction of the camera or cameras since it is possible to define more than one When the function is selected a Y appears beside the description the program presents the window with which to define either the camera position coordinates coordinates x y z or the direction of observation B angles of deviation on the horizontal plane and a 9 of tilt with the reference axis for evaluation of the B angle corresponding to the positive X axis of the a angle corresponding to the negative Z axiso in the first case the calculation planes are perpendicular to the camera direction of observation calculation point in the second the planes in the various points are considered all directed in the same way according to the B angles on the horizontal plane and a tilt angle that is to say that the directions of observation are all parallel to each other observer to infinity Defining the calculation height in the left hand window default is 1 5m illuminance calculation can be effected with e The UNI norm e The FIFA norm by clicking inside the box to the side of the reference norm Page 68 94 OxyTech Results visualization The table illustrates the list of graphs avail
42. U ONC LL LOL CLA LU de LMONE Ci 25EZ CL1 2000W431 H de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000432 d LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W433 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000434 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000435 gt de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W436 EiT de LW OE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W437 l iM AVA de LMONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W438 i 1 DID de LW ONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004439 de LM ONE Ci 25EZ CL1 20004440 fe de LM ONE C1 2SEZ CL1 2000441 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004442 de LM ONE C1 25E2Z CL1 20004443 T de LMONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004444 de LM ONE C1 25E2 CL1 20004445 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000446 de U ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000447 H de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004448 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 200044449 E de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004450 E de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000451 de U ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W452 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000453 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000454 de LMONE C1 25EZ CL1 2000W455 H de LM ONE Ci 2SEZ CL1 2000456 de LM ONE C1 25EZ CL1 20004457 gt Siteplan completo GO Pianta incl_0_dxf BD Torre faro 30x8x6 E E Torre faro 30x8x7 t E Torre faro 30x8x8 E Torre faro 30x8x9 gt Torre faro 30x8x10 ES Torre faro 30x8x11 H Torre faro 30x8x12 t Torre faro 30x8x13 E Torre Faro 30x8x14 i Torre faro 30x8x15 Torre faro 30x8x16 L E Torre faro 30x8x17 Torre faro 30x8x18 qa pr_K90_arrival Each window has three dropdown menus which can be activated with a click of the left mouse button gt View this allows activation of the various t
43. a data When a new observer has been inserted the coordinates will appear in the central part of the window According to the type of calculation the modifiable fields will be activated in the observer definition window Calculations Inserting an observer Setting observers allows you to carry out those calculations in which the position and direction of vision occupy a fundamental role such as for example luminance calculation of non Lambertian surfaces or UGR calculation of interior areas Press the icon to add an observer The icon is situated on the right of each type of calculation in which an observer may be added The setup window is made up of three distinct sections gt General which indicates e the observer name modifiable using the Rename key e the type of calculation Luminance Glare etc gt Eyes position which indicates the position of the observer in Cartesian coordinates gt Observation point which indicates the direction of observation that is the point towards which the observer is looking To define the direction one of the two following parameters must be set by flagging the box to the side of the string gt By Place where to insert the x y z Cartesian coordinates of vision More simply we could say they represent the coordinates of the point towards which the observer is looking gt By Direction where to insert a horizontal Beta and a vertical Alpha
44. a properties TAB dimension and position Page 17 94 3 OxyTech Dropdown menu bar and icon bar The main operations can be performed by means of gt Dropdown menu bar a click with the left mouse button on the reference menu File Edit Modify Create Calculations Tools View Icon bar to view which commands are Link Help and after scrolling with the pointer on the items which will be highlighted in blue a click on the command to be carried epresented by the icons on the bar just position out the mouse pointer on them for a few seconds gt Icon bar a click with the left mouse button on the command icon File Menu File Mode Edit Modify Create Calc In the lower part of the menu the recent projects are shown Select one of the lines to open the For all operations linked with opening exporting and saving a project corresponding project gt New to start a new project gt Open to open a project chosen from the archive gt Save to save the current project gt Save as to save the current project with name in a folder of the computer gt Project Properties to insert the data related to the project and the roads energy Z Export GFD 3 certification data amp Export to PNT K wed gt Import to import 3d models such as OBJ or 3DS or to import a DXF file E Printout gt Save as package to export a group of objects in a single file gt Export GDF to export the project in
45. abase To add new favorite luminaires to the list just access the luminaires TAB on the left of the y a a screen select the product and drag it with Drag amp Drop into the library a Aen A Besar To do this it is important AIL gt hat the luminaire library TAB on the right of the screen is selected ee e gt nat the product is inserted in the current project Lad Clicking on the furniture icon opens the library relative to furniture image on the right By clicking on the arrow of the dropdown menu below the icons of the other program modules it is possible to open the different furniture archives present in the database cone cylinder torus O cube sphere Page 31 94 OxyTech To insert the objects in the project just select them with the left mouse button and holding it pressed drag them into the design area Drag amp Drop This operation can be performed in all program modules The Folder icon allows you to carry out Drag amp Drop operations from an external folder where photometric files or 3D models have been saved Flagging the List string allows you to view the list of furniture and luminaires present in the library and not the preview Shortcuts The program allows certain operations to be speeded up using the keyboard Rapid selection keys for modifications These are the operations that allow object transformation By pressing the associated key the commands are activat
46. able calculations The program allows different types of calculation to be performed such as gt Sun and sky settings this allows you to calculate the contribution of natural light for a more detailed explanation see the chapter Calculating natural light llluminance lux on all surfaces Vertical illuminance lux these illuminances are calculated in the 4 directions X X Y and Y parallel to the Cartesian axes on vertical planes situated in the points of the calculation grid at the height of the working plane Light pollution this allows you to verify the percentage of quantity of light in exterior installations that is lost in the sky Cylindrical illuminance lux these illuminances are calculated on the cylinder situated in each of the calculation grid points at the defined height These illuminances do not correspond as may be thought to the average of the 4 vertical illuminances in the 4 directions but are proportional to them for less than a factor of 2 tr Semi cylindrical illuminance lux these illuminances are calculated on the semi cylinder situated in each of the calculation grid points at the defined height by selecting the calculation the height will be automatically visualized in the cylindrical illuminance box 1 5m where it can be modified The semi cylindrical illuminance is dependent on the position of the observer and consequently when it is selected clicking on the key opens the observer s
47. able fields which are white as opposed to those that cannot be edited which are grey may be of two types gt Editable by clicking twice inside the box it is possible to modify the value shown directly Dropdown clicking twice in the box opens a dropdown mani fram vrhinh ta brane amana tha variniie antinne Page 81 94 3 OxyTech In the case of non Diffusive surfaces it becomes necessary to set the observers position x with respect to the origin and y with respect to the right hand verge of the carriageway to allow the calculation of luminance on the road section under examination Please be aware that the program automatically sets the observers position according to the norm that has been chosen In case of diffusive reflection it is not necessary to define the observer since the luminance values are independent from their position all observers see the same luminance values The field width regarding the zone indicates the total width of the zone as the sum of the different elements that make it up This field cannot be edited Roads calculation Advanced Roads Luminaires Selection of the Luminaires key opens the window in which to define the position and type of luminaires to be used in the project In fact with the Advanced roads module it is possible to insert different types of lighting devices in the individual calculations and globally verify the lighting engineering p
48. able for visualization and the parameters of visual comfort calculated Selecting the individual lines with the left mouse button and clicking on the key of the graph you require pseudo colors iso curves values the corresponding graph will be visualized The selected items will be inserted in the Results TAB where they can be deleted using the CANC key In this way the graphs can be opened at any time with a double click of the mouse and visualized in the design area Once the summary has been closed it will always be possible to access it using the Summary icon positioned gt Inthe Results icon bar K Inthe Calculations menu Another way of visualizing the calculation results is represented by the pseudo color diagram With this type of graph the environment can be represented three dimensionally and a color can be associated to each level of illuminance creating a scale of colors Oo It can be accessed using the View Pseudo Colors icon positioned gt in the Results icon bar h in tha Taala mani Ei By means of the Capture image icon in the Calculations icon bar it is possible to save the created image This image will automatically be saved in the ImpExp folder When the Calculation window is closed the results summary table appears automatically Lum x 3 66 y 2 00 2 1 92 Lum x 3 66 y 2 00 z 8 42 Lum x 3 66 y 2 00 2 14 92 Lum x 3 66 y 2 00 2 21 42 Lum x 3 66 y 2 00 2 27 92 1
49. alculations window by selecting Sun amp sky settings When the values have been set in the table click on OK and the compass rose will appear with orientation North inside the design area The sun will also be shown yellow sphere positioned in the set hour At this point it will be possible to calculate with only the contribution of natural light without inserting lighting devices or to complete the project and verify the levels of illuminance with the contribution of both CT wa 3 xe TEATHA VARES SENADA NS oft BS ey f ta ce Page 63 94 Insertion of a sensor 3 OxyTech The sensor simulates a genuine illuminance sensor placed inside an environment and can be associated to a number of lighting devices so as to check the variations in the quantity of light emitted in specific areas To access the Sensor Editor window it is first necessary to insert an sensor in the environment using q The Sensor icon positioned e inthe Create icon bar e inthe Create menu At this point to edit the sensor you must gt Select the sensor in the Scene TAB on the left of the design area and select Edit gt Click on Modify in the Properties TAB on the right of the design area The first window Controlled lights allows a number of lighting devices to be associated to the sensor so as to realize a dynamic control system Association is performed by keeping the sensor properties window ope
50. an object around the axes is considered positive when the observer sees them take place in an anticlockwise direction seen from the positive side of the axis 3 OxyTech Cartesian references and luminaire aiming The photometric solid To facilitate luminaire aiming the program allows the photometric To view the photometric solid just click on the View menu situated solid of the single object to be viewed on the left of each design frame and select Photometric solid The photometric solid is the representation in 3D space of the In the same menu by selecting Aiming the direction is shown in photometric emission of the luminaire For this reason any red asymmetries can be represented The photometric solid on the left shown in the illustration below represents a symmetrical photometry whereas that on the right an assymetrical photometry In both cases the emission is downward The red line represents the direction of emission of the photometry The origin of this line is the photometric barycenter ee a aa a A an a x m TE h K AO s E e ie E 5 N a MSE br i h K s a K a ji pri K 7 p R a i k ae e aa pj E 1 E ad ee i e ee h ee a a i E A e e 1 L EN ES 3 sy a _ K ai 4 n W S Ean N LK K i we A h i V 4 N _ N A ee iy a gt k e Na gt N e i X ee s ir t i a 5 n k a A pas k npm F A C 3 r k A art k h Q gt E
51. arameters on the basis of the norm chosen The below perform the main operations such as gt Add this allows you to insert a new row of luminaires The program then proceeds to insert a new luminaire selecting it from the Liswin module It is however always possible to select a photometry using the Drag amp Drop function dragging the luminaire in the window as explained in the Drag amp Drop chapter K Delete this eliminates the selected element from the table AVENUE 150W SE ST E40 BOWL 230V 50HZ To define the various installation characteristics of a row of luminaires the following fields are editable gt Name this is the name given to the row of luminaires to be defined example Row A or Row 1 gt Position X Y XP YP m these are the absolute X and Y coordinates of the first pole in the row gt Luminaire Height H m this is the height of the luminaire installation and corresponds to the distance between the reference plane at 0 m height and the luminous center of the luminaire gt N Poles this represents the number of poles forecast inside the area under examination 230V 50HZ GW87056 Page 82 94 OxyTech To modify a luminaire that has already been inserted just select the line of reference and click on Change luminaire This accesses the Liswin module where you can choose the new luminaire It is however always possible to modify the luminaire also using the Drag amp
52. ary to define the main characteristics of the environment such as gt Escape routes gt Safety exits both internal and external gt Safety points if present gt High risk areas if present in the following way aa Select this icon to activate the command to highlight the escape routes in the area To mark the escape routes you must click near the safety exit and draw a line clicking again at the end of the escape route Select this icon and click inside the area with the left mouse button to position the internal emergency exits Select this icon and click inside the area with the left mouse button to position the external emergency exits Select this icon and click inside the area with the left mouse button to position the safety points for example the extinguishers as represented with the red symbols in the figure on the right Select this icon and click inside the area with the left mouse button to draw an area in which to verify the values set in the high risk area setting as shown by the orange rectangle in the figure on the far right gt K gt Page 74 94 3 OxyTech To confirm the inserted elements and exit the command just press the Enter key Press the Esc key instead during execution of the commands related to the escape routes and high risk areas to exit the command without confirming The codes of the inserted obje
53. cal Carriageways the program creates two carriageways of equal width a central reservation and two sidewalks at the sides with the dimensions defined in the Carriageway Data section 2 Asymmetrical Carriageways the program creates two carriageways of different widths a central reservation and 2 sidewalks at the sides with the dimensions defined in the Carriageway Data section gt One Way this is a flag that allows you to define whether the grouping of lanes carriageway is traveled in only one direction activated or in 2 opposing directions deactivated Bae BRAA i ma e iis SPEIR B CH edt SIN ca 12 Width CalcPts NEL Sidewalk A SA Em jon 100 m Bo Lighting Class Re qh Factor Aja EID NO AUTO gt Carriageway Data these data are defined here for each road element component sidewalk A sidewalk B carriageway A central reservation carriageway B gt La classificazione stradale The width m The number of transversal calculation points for the calculation of illuminances only modifiable when the Free norm has been selected The number of lanes in each carriageway The number of transversal calculation points corresponding to the single lanes for the calculation of luminances and illuminances for the calculation of longitudinal uniformity they must be an odd number illuminotecnica secondo normativa The
54. cate to duplicate the selected zone or sub zone Delete it allows you to eliminate the selected element from the table Page 80 94 OxyTech Clicking on the Add to zone or Add new zone key opens a dropdown menu from which to choose the type of zone to be inserted from the following Generic Central Reservation Lane Emergency Lane Parking Lane Cycle Path Pedestrian Path Sidewalk Roads calculation The main element of the project list is called zone The zone is identified by the name that appears in the left hand column of the grid Each zone may be made up of a number of features To define the different features of a zone or sub zone the following fields can be edited characterized by the white box gt Description the name we intend to give to each road element Zone Type it represents the main feature of the zone under examination The available zone types are as follows Secondary Carriageable and Cycling Pedestrian Depending on the zone type chosen the calculation to be made will automatically be set If for instance we choose Carriageable the luminance calculation will be made following the corresponding norm Width HC m it refers to the lane sidewalk central reservation width of the y1 m this represents the starting point of the zone sub zone with regard to the Y axis y2 m this represents the ending point of the zone subzone with regard to the Y ax
55. cts will be visualized in the list found in the Scene TAB To cancel the objects just select them with the left mouse button in the Scene TAB or in the area and press the Canc key Emergency lighting calculation Results calculation and visualization Once the elements required to complete the lighting engineering verification have been inserted calculation can be started using cP The Start Calculation icon situated e inthe Calculations icon bar e inthe Calculations menu The setup window shown in the figure on the right cannot be modified except the part related to the calculation grid since the parameters to be calculated have already been set in the Emergency Parameters table To start calculation just click on the Start key Once calculation is complete a number of windows will open in the drawing in which the non congruent parameters will be summarized should the calculation not correspond to the reference parameters Instead the points in the area in which the values do not satisfy the parameters will be highlighted graphically with an X Should the calculated parameters be correct however a window will appear saying lluminance is correct showing a summary of the main values calculated By clicking on the Show Status icon situated e inthe Emergency icon bar e inthe Emergency menu it will be possible at any time to open the summary window of the calculated parameters 3 OxyTech
56. d calculation of the illuminances is set by default In Mode definition two different types of calculations can be set gt Direct component calculation of only direct illumination gt Direct Indirect component complete calculation of reflectances The program automatically configures a results visualization grid Removing the flag from Automatic grid it is however possible to configure a customized grid in longitudinal and transversal directions In this way it is also possible to decide how to position the grid in the space gt Inside in which the first point of the grid is positioned in the center of the surface gt on edge in which the first point of the grid is positioned on the edge of the surface By pressing the Start key calculations start up showing the progress in a percentage in the Calculation Progress bar On conclusion press the Done key to close the window Page 65 94 Transversal Ni A va ALS S T ve my ame gt B 000 TG AT vraa j f x 0 00 y 0 00 2 0 00 m gt x 1 00 y 0 00 z 0 00 m 144 OxyTech To select the calculations you wish to carry out you must flag the box according to the type of calculation desired The keys on the right allow management of the observers in those calculations that require them and ranracant Edit the observers inserted to modify the data safes Add an observer g Edit the observers inserted to modify the k
57. de m WorkingPl ne The working plane is assigned a default Layer on which all operations described in the paragraph relating to the layer can be Z lt performed LLL ZA All operations e g movement and rotation as described for objects can be carried out on the working plane s lt EN S ae A Page 37 94 Modifying the area extruded objects and working planes To access modification select the area or object with the right mouse button in the Scene TAB and select Modify Perimeter When an extruded object is selected the model will be temporarily moved to the origin of the axes to allow the modifications Once the command has been selected gt The vertices will be highlighted with a red dot gt The middle points of each side with be highlighted with a blue square By keeping the left mouse button pressed on a vertex it is possible to move the angle of the area click on the blue square instead to move the whole side in any direction If you click on a vertex or middle point both a red and a blue ghost will be visualized as shown in the images beside gt By selecting and moving with the left mouse button pressed the blue square a new segment will be inserted gt By selecting and moving with the left mouse button pressed the red dot a new vertex will be created gt By selecting and moving with the right mouse button pressed the red dot a new circula
58. design remember that in order for the program to manage the designs correctly they must be in metres to rescale the design if not realized in meters gt the starting point for file insertion Offset e None to position the model as it is e Bottom left to position the left corner of the model at the origin of the axes e Centred X Y axes to center the model at the intersection of the axes e Customized directly set by the user gt The rotation to be applied to the model on the X Y Z axes gt Insertion using the Drop point i e the point where the mouse releases the model inside the design area when imported with Drag amp Drop In the Faces Tab it is possible to check the correct positioning of the faces of the model When they are marked in white it means that the positioning is correct while if they are marked in yellow it means that the versors are positioned in the opposite direction to that of observation In this case you will need to select the incorrect faces either from the list or by directly clicking on the model face and click on the nvert faces key to change the position direction If you do not alter the values in the window click on the Ok key to import the file without variations 874 861 1749 72 321 763 643 526 850 692 853 092 yj 3 863524 m 0 000000 M
59. e Le See K APP o RO E A 86 A A E E O T EETTISET TTT 87 is E H TEE A n A A ko vannduneaoneantisnentenedeanossyunes tana eaawapeuaseiawstnaeanae nest 87 Lo A A O a EY 89 As A A A anetionales ho EEE E E AA AE AEE E A OY 89 A O E E IO E PO O ES A AA ew cmon pas AE gee EEA A EAA E E 89 FN Oia pa a i E E EETA AAE ind E A AE E E EE E AE AE T E E E E A E T E A T OA AAT EE A E T tid bemd 90 eT ET ee A eE A e EAE EE E E EE EE EE EE E E EE TEE 91 Propor PO A E o e R Er SE A AiE 92 ss A aiat aa a a Ei 92 E o A EE O e aE a E E E Aa EEr EE aE re E E Ee a re Eii 92 EE E E eae epee E E E E E E neh A o q A E E E E E S 93 Bibliography as sss sese eee 94 Bibliography open source material eee eee ee 94 Page 5 94 3 OxyTech LITESTAR 4D LITESTAR 4D is a Suite of programs that includes the following modules e Litecalc is the lighting engineering calculation program for interior and exterior environments large areas roads tunnels The Link menu or icon bar present in each of the L with view functions of results tables graphs and photo realistic images of the environment from different viewpoints by Modules allow access to the various programs means of dynamic rendering and ray Tracing When Litecalc is opened the Liswin module opens automatically since the latter is necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the calculation Liswin is the estimate and operative catalog where both commercial and photometric data can be found
60. e detailed explanation see the chapter Object Editor The objects may be inserted as Furniture present in the library Insertion is made by selecting the object and dragging it into the design area Drag amp Drop 3DS or OBJ Objects created by the user present in an external folder Also in this case insertion is made using the Drag amp Drop function For a more detailed explanation see the chapters Drag amp Drop and object insertion There is a third way of inserting objects In this case after selection the icon click inside the operative area of the design the outlines of the plan view object can be drawn subsequently defining the height in the window which opens after pressing the Enter key to close the object By clicking on the extrude icon it is possible to extrude a plan view object Also in this case once the objects have been inserted it is possible to access the Object Editor by selecting the name of the object with the right mouse button and selecting Modify Page 11 94 3 OxyTech The program allows you to create an area by tracing a 2D DXF imported into the design area with the Drag amp Drop function In this case once the DXF file has been inserted you need to click on the icon corresponding to the type of area you wish to create and trace the base DXF for a more detailed explanation see the chapter Insertion of a 2D DXF file The project step by step At this poi
61. e insufficient geometry and one or more luminaires appear to E l D l n l be outside the area the program will automatically Should they be insufficient an error message is shown on the right Insufficient Data If instead the data inserted is incompatible the ana program shows on the right the message Incompatible Data This occurs when for example the number of luminaires defined along X and Y are 2x2 whereas in the box the number of luminaires has been set at 6 In the central part between the two columns is the Flanked column with two boxes in correspondence with the two possible distances between the luminaires X and Y if one of the two boxes is flagged the luminaires will be flanked in a continuous row in the environment Press the Ok key to position the luminaires in the environment so as to be able to carry out calculation Calculations Chapter Page 54 94 Inserting luminaires in groups Total flux method This function allows you to determine the number of luminaires to be inserted in the environment given the average illuminance value to be obtained on the working plane and to position them automatically and regularly by rows and by columns gt Average illuminance this is the illuminance you want to achieve on the working plane inside the area The Norms key allows access to WebOxy where comments on the reference norms can be found from which to establish the illuminance values for the individ
62. e visualized in a new archive which will be E ESA E named according to the Manufacturer text in the photometric file ve lT e ato which can be visualized and modified con Photoview Ha TEE j b To cancel a product from the lists must select it and click on the Properties I f In the case of an eulumdat file the image shown Canc key E Catalog z s R as luminaire identification will have to be the vra hotometric curve If there was only one product in the list at the next program start up 20 lord A ee the name will be eliminated from the list itself a a Liswin to which a photo has also been attached JUDO the first image linked will be shown G gt Lombardo SpA HF74492 Page 48 94 3 OxyTech Linking an OXL file to the 3D model of the luminaire Tools View Link The OXL file as described in the chapter Data structure and updating represents the file in which all the data related n to a luminaire are inserted In this file it is possible to directly connect the OBJ or 3DS model of the luminaire itself 2 Capture image To do this first select the OXL Editor from the Instruments menu Pseudo colors At this point a window with three TABs opens B Tone Mapping gt 3D Coordinates with which to define the coordinates and dimensions of the model Scripting gt Faces with which to correctly position the faces of the 3D model 2 gt OXL Editor with which to lin
63. ed regardless of whether the object to be transformed has been selected W translation E rotation R scale Q selection T aiming F fit of the selected object or the bounding box of the scene Space Bar opens the rapid selection menu Rapid selection keys for managing the operative design area These are the operations that allow better management of the design area e g zoom pan etc To activate them the key associated with the command and the left mouse button must be kept pressed in the design area Track CTRL plus left mouse button or mouse wheel pressed Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse will enable you to move the image Zoom in Zoom out SHIFT plus left mouse button or mouse wheel Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse will enable you to enlarge the image Tumble ALT plus left mouse button Keeping the keys pressed and moving the mouse will enable you to rotate the image Rapid selection keys for area design These are the operations that allow better management of the calculation area realization they are active when an interior or exterior area is being designed To activate them press the key associated with the command Back to go back that is cancel the last point fixed with the mouse Enter completes the step that is it closes the environment and moves on to the next step Esc cancels everything and exits the environment creation tool G keeping the key pressed the mouse pointer w
64. elected the graph relating to a single lane will open OxyTech From the drop down menu File Print you can access the dialog window of project printing Print manager This window allows you to print the whole project and associated images to insert information related to the project to set up a cover to choose the elements of the project to be printed The window contains the following gt Project information here you enter the information relating to the current project gt Cover image here you configure the image to be entered on the first page of the printout e Click on the box to choose the image to be inserted e Alternatively the image can be dragged with Drag amp Drop from the window of origin directly into the box e The Remove image key allows you to remove the image from the preview and cover page gt Printout Language to choose the language in which you wish to print gt Customize printouts allows access to the printout customization window Printer setting allows default printer setting gt Print Preview to visualize the print preview gt Print to print the project Finally on the right of the window there is a list of all the data that can be printed the flag indicates that the information has been selected for print Moreover here the printout language and favorite printer can be chosen To select the items to be printed just flag the relative boxes the window
65. en and ewMaterial 382 E ce io selecting Modify DE gt By clicking on Modify in the Properties TAB on the right of the screen Once the operation is complete the window in the illustration alongside opens showing the list in which the surfaces contained in Yoni ala in the model and the material assigned to each of them can be a _d _ _ seen u ll Say At this point selecting the individual surface from the Surfaces column the material assigned to every single face can be modified If you select the material in the materials column all those surfaces which are associated with that material will be selected so as to be modified all together To assign a material you can t Select Assign a new material to create a new material typing the name of the new material in the window that opens Click on the Ok key to open the material management window Editor where the various parameters can be set ct Select Assign an existing material to assign a material that is already present in the list to the selected surface The name of the selected material at this point appears in the Material Name box and its characteristics can be modified both in the Material Editor window following chapter and in the Materials TAB on the left of the screen Page 42 94 OxyTech The object to be edited can be selected either by clicking on the name in the Scene TAB or directly in the design
66. ences gt Oxl Editor to link a photometric solid to the luminaire 3D Page 24 94 3 OxyTech Selection of Print Settings opens the window shown below where by flagging the box alongside the following can be selected Show codes to visualize the codes set by the user relating to the luminaires using the Rename command Show lds to visualize the codes automatically given by the program 3 OxyTech Dropdown menu bar and icon bar View Menu view Links Help J Single view For all operations connected with the visualization of windows in the work area It allows selection of the number and layout of the windows vertical or horizontal in the area Two Views Top Bottom relative to the design up to a maximum of four 1D Two Views Left Right gt Three Views Split Right Three Views Split Bottom Three views Split Left Three views Split Top HA Four Views Vertical icon bar The same View menu commands are shown on the right of the screen between the design area and properties window so as to always be visible il ii L wm im r Page 25 94 Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Link Menu To access the other program modules gt Liswin to access the catalog module gt Photoview to access the photometry view module gt Lisdat to access the data insertion module gt Energy Calculation to access the energy calculation window of t
67. entification codes of objects Parameters selected in the scene e no parameters required Parameters oxy doPrint e no parameters required oxy getSelection gt output activate the printing procedure Parameters gt selectByName select an object by name e no parameters required Parameters oxy output s e Value or name that identifies the object oxy selectByName Light_2 gt dumplnfo store a file information of Parameters duplicate duplicate an object Active on the current selection The name of the object will increment the counter e g Light_1 will become Light_2 Light_3 and so on e Fully qualified txt file Parameters e Name of the sensor to be dumped oxy ER a e TLrghtConcrol T C 35 CZE ense 1 e name of the object no parameters required oxy duplicate Page 91 94 3 OxyTech Scripting Property instructions Visualization instructions gt setParameter change the parameter of an active luminaire gt pointCamera set the viewpoint of the camera Parameters Parameters e tnLight the properties of the luminaire e Perspective the view type e Value being changed e Coordinates x y z of the eye e SpectrumRGB e Coordinates x y z of the target gt Rgb oxy pointCamera Perspective 376 0 Lally gt The three values for RGB color ae eee e Dimmer gt render start the raytracing procedure gt Real the type of value Pa
68. equently the parameters relating to the characteristics of the area surfaces will need to be set gt by clicking with the left mouse button inside the colored box relating to the floor walls and ceiling In this way the windows dialog window for surface color selection will open After selecting the color press the Accept key and the program will also automatically update the reflectance factor which will still be modifiable at any time gt by typing in the desired coefficient in the Reflectance box relative to the surface to be modified if you do not wish to change the color but only the reflectance coefficient Once data entry is complete click on the key gt Terminate to display the room inside the design area gt Cancel to interrupt the operation x E gt Forwards to move to the luminaire entry window for a more O a An detailed explanation regarding luminaire entry see the Insert K ee luminaires in groups chapter a Page 52 94 Inserting luminaire groups OxyTech A fast way of inserting luminaires is the Add luminaires in groups window Using this window luminaires can be added automatically whether by setting an illuminance value or by typing the installation data interdistance height etc as long as these are regular In the first case the luminaires will be automatically added to the environment and the software will set the installation data interdistance in relation to the numb
69. er of luminaires calculated In the second instead the luminaires will be set out by row and column in the environment according to the parameters set in the table The window can be accessed directly from the Wizard for interiors or exteriors window Alternatively to access the window select Add luminaires in groups from the Create menu Ti Or click on the icon in the Create icon bar Inserting luminaires by row and column THH Luminaire Summary data Lamp summary data changelemp Other Data Flag to delete luminaires present in the project Luminaire insertion with the total flux method Page 53 94 In order to use the window it is first necessary to have created a reference environment for calculation unless you access the entry window using the wizard procedure for a more detailed explanation see the Wizard for interiors exteriors chapter The Delete previous luminaires flag allows you to delete the luminaires previously inserted in the project If you remove the flag the luminaires will not be deleted and will contribute towards the calculation OxyTech Inserting luminaires in groups To carry out the calculation a reference luminaire must be selected K Pressing the Change Luminaire key accesses the Liswin module and the luminaire can be selected as explained in the Light Editor and Change Lamp paragraph gt Ifthe photometry is not present in the L
70. es and luminances Cancel Calculations to cancel previously calculated results Start Rendering with Ray Tracing to launch a rendering with Ray Tracing Set North to orient North in the calculation of natural light Capture image to save an image of the area in BMP format The image will be saved in the ImnF yn falder af the nraaram gt Results Summary to visualize the results summary table gt View Pseudo Colors to visualize rendering in color scale gt Tone Mapping to modify the perception of the image This allows correction of any discrepancies between what is expected and what the monitor or printer are able to represent Tools Menu For all operations connected with the creation opening export and saving of a project gt Measurement to measure the length of a segment in the design area gt Capture image to save an image of the area in BMP format gt Pseudo colors to visualize the rendering in color scale gt Tone Mapping to modify the perception of the image This allows correction of any discrepancies between what is expected and what the monitor or printer are able to represent gt Scripting to automate certain operations by means of the Python language gt Settings to set the default working modes such as dimension step and color of the design grid gt Print Settings to set visualization of luminaire references in the print phase These references will shown in the paragraph 2D plan View with refer
71. ettings window Here you can define alternatively either the position of the observer in this case the illuminances are calculated in the direction of the latter or the direction defined by means of the f angle deviation angle in this case the illuminances in the various points are all parallel to each other according to the direction defined The rotations origin axis for evaluating the angle is the X positive axis Luminance cd me Calculation of the luminance is dependent on the type of reflection defined for the surface whether diffuse reflection or Lambertian luminance for the surface only one reflection factor has been defined or real a table of reduced reflection factors is defined for the surface depending on the angle of observation and the incidence of the luminous ray these tables are used in the design of road lighting installations Definition of the position and direction of observation makes sense in the calculation of the luminances of road surfaces or non Lambertian surfaces In the other cases calculation of the luminance is independent of the observer s position Page 67 94 3 OxyTech Luminance Calculation Calculation of the luminances in road installations in accordance with the norms is always effected with the observer situated at the fixed height of Tom Calculation Times It is difficult to define a precise calculation time since it depends on a series of factors among which e the number
72. ew layer to which a new name will be given e Rename Layer to rename an existing layer e Delete Layer to delete an existing layer e Assign Selected Objects to assign the layer to a selected object gt By clicking with the left mouse button on the symbols of the three columns you can e display or hide the corresponding layer and the objects or luminaires associated to it e block the objects associated to that layer so they can no longer be modified or moved only objects To block a layer instead allows you to avoid involuntary transformations to the objects present in the scene Excluding the objects from calculation instead allows the calculation times to be reduced especially during the preliminary verifications excluding certain pieces of furniture therefore allows you to speed up calculation in this phase e exclude the objects or luminaires assigned to that layer by the calculation e Change the color of the Tags assigned to the luminaires for lighting up Page 30 94 Libraries and properties TAB Library This allows viewing of the list of predefined objects and those of the most frequently used luminaires Lw WD Pv e C Clicking on the luminaires icon opens the library relative to the luminaires image on the TY lem maes 9 By clicking on the arrow of the dropdown menu below the icons of the other program modules it is possible to select the manufacturers present in the dat
73. gular or irregular working Olane eee eee eee ee 37 Modifying the area extruded objects and working sis ass 38 IST eR Kae e E EREE NENNE A e 39 M YR a RT Ral a AAAA EA E AAA E RE EAE 40 Su ies Man emen WINGO AA nn De CO RO E e Pe RO O ET 41 Sa ets E E E I E E S E A A S E A E eee 42 a Pe A E AA T EAT A A AO ETTE OA TTET 42 Maternal AAPP nn A a 43 Page 3 94 3 OxyTech METE iodo acia EET 44 MS PE o PU PO POE PES UC II A 45 Milo A i o ees ee ee ee ee es 46 LATA AT O san eiaenans RE POPE TO In A E II RE PO HT 46 E U E E AP 47 creatina a me favore Md CO a e 48 Linking an OXL file to the 3D model RR Ar i e o A 49 PS A A dnc oe E E EN ed A E ETE AA A EN AE A E A N AT 49 EE E EEE AAA E E EOE AAEE AA O ENERE EEEE A E A A toate E AE E cin crc ew cs nw ce AAE A ANE AOE A E sis vied on cin ste ese EA ANE AOE A E ees aceeeecceee 50 A e IR A O deena eeanw ea sakedue aeees 50 Wizard for interiors exteriorsS rra 51 SMA ME TOA E Te oo oie 52 Inserting luminaire groups eee ee eee ee ee ee ee 53 Aa T me A r a E EE E A N RAE E EEN A A EA 54 A EE E EE 55 Transformations nn 56 PP Pue SS SS 56 SP A rr 57 I A EAEE EA EEA NE EAE EESE Sn 58 II ececpaeacz caravan tccnse pee rie ech caster cb a cto tcnccaceten anh atch enschede ake ok prea goo wien Ga oa ead pina edema emer todd et ema cs nt dd na itn daa dei aaea ane taiaeaeat aaa 59 IDOL BU ee a e ee eee 60 Don a ans ARA o O TE RO 6 PO OS O E O O o RE POSO CO O O
74. he Python Reference Manual for a complete reference see in Bibliography Line structure A Python program is composed by a number of logical lines Logical lines The end of a logical line is represented by the token NEWLINE Statements cannot cross logical line boundaries except where NEWLINE is allowed by the syntax e g between statements in compound statements A logical line is constructed from one or more physical lines by following the explicit or implicit line joining rules Physical lines A physical line ends in whatever the current platform s convention is for terminating lines On Windows it is the ASCII sequence CR LF return followed by linefeed Comments The hash character mark the beginning of a comment that will stop at the end of the line It is not necessary that the comment begin at first position of the line Beginning of the procedure a lt b L O a is the sum f b and Explicit line joining Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using backslash characters as follows when a physical line ends in a backslash that is not part of a string literal or comment it is joined with the following forming a single logical line deleting the backslash and the following end of line character For example if 1900 lt year lt 2100 and 1 lt month lt 12 and 1 lt day lt 31 and 0 lt hour lt 24 and 0 lt minute lt 60 and 0 lt second lt 60 ret
75. he folders that contain the files relating to program configuration Data to visualize the folders that contain the manufacturer data DB and the files saved by the program ImpExp e project 3 OxyTech Menu bar in the design area These are the menus situated on the top left in the window relating to the design views View Menu For all operations connected with viewing the project gt EIT View to fit the view within the window gt Wireframe Flat Smooth Wire Solid to view the design according to various graphic options gt Texture Texture Result to view the design and rendering complete with textures if connected If a graph is visualized in the design area click on the View menu to select the other graphs available for the surface under examination gt Results Pseudo color to view the rendering without texture or color scale once calculation is complete Grid Axes Ruler Toggle draw compass to view the grid axes ruler or compass Working Plane to view the reference working plane Photometric solid to view the photometric solid of the luminaires Surface labels to view the number associated with each surface Back face culling to view the back faces of an object Y v v v v vw Aiming this activates a red line on the luminaires that indicates where gamma 0 is located y Normals to view the normals of the objects surfaces gt Display view information this
76. he installation under design Help Menu For all operations that may be of help in designing the project gt Language to select the program language gt Website to access the OxyTech internet site gt Norms and laws to consult norms extracts on the OxyTech site gt Encyclopedia to access the concepts relative to lighting engineering measurements on the OxyTech site gt Tutorials to download from Internet the automatic demonstration of the main program functions gt Manual to download manuals from the Oxytech site gt Key Commands Help to view the options that can be activated using key commands gt Check license to check license status gt Update via Internet to download the software updates via Internet gt Communicate problem report to communicate a problem or report to Oxy Tech gt Program Path to open the folders relative to the program and the manufacturers data gt About for access to the window indicating the program version and any notes on copyright Update from Internet Communicate problem advice Program path About Page 26 94 3 OxyTech It is also possible to access the individual modules from the icons on the right of the screen in the Libraries TAB Program path na By selecting Program Path you can open three different folders Program to visualize the folders that contain the files relating to program function Configuration Data to visualize t
77. horizontally and vertically gt Rotate to rotate the image along the axes origin Metal_01 bmp Tipo Materiale Lambertian Metal_02 bmp p Reflection Properties Current reflectance 19 ea m 193 Max reflectance j y A Metal_03 bmp ome file Metal_03 bmp a Est Projection IV Repeat Horizontally Y Repeat vertically Scale Page 44 94 3 OxyTech It must be underlined that the texture is applied to the material and not to the object itself This means that if there are a number of objects to which the same material is assigned by modifying the parameters of an object the parameters relative to the other objects will automatically be modified To visualize the textures associated with the object just click on the View With texture menu situated inside the design area OxyTech Insertion of a luminaire The insertion of a luminaire takes place using the Drag amp Drop function directly from the individual program modules f j By selecting the favorite luminaires icon from the right Properties tibar If you select the object from the tree of the left dL hand Library TAB and dragging the luminaire into the O vray hand Scene TAB by clicking on the name with the i ee A mouse the object will also be selected in the dra
78. ic it will be 90 20 and 270 20 e Luminaire Rotation Angle RZ J This allows rotation of the luminaire maintaining unchanged that of the arm The same description applies as for arm rotation Lateral Tilt Angle RX J this inclination allows you to rotate the luminaire around its own intrinsic x axis that is around the axis parallel to the lamp and passing through it gt Change Luminaire button allows access to the Liswin module in order to select the luminaire that will be used in the calculation gt The Other Data key allows access to the Photoview module to visualize the photometric data of the selected luminaire It is however always possible to select a photometry using the Drag amp Drop function dragging the luminaire in the window as explained in the Drag amp Drop chapter For all other operations that can be carried out on the luminaires please see the Luminaires Editor chapter Click on the End key to visualize the stretch of road under examination inside the design area Instead click on the Access Advanced Project key to enable access to the advanced roads editor Page 79 94 3 OxyTech Clicking on the Change Luminaire key gives access to the Liswin module Once the desired luminaire has been selected to import it into the Litecalc window just press on the Select key on the top right Roads calculation Advanced Roads Roads This function allows automatic definition
79. ify the duplication mask will be re opened allowing you to qe By clicking on the icon or selecting the command from the Create modify the duplication data of the inserted objects A menu the selected object will be duplicated according to a grid where the total number of objects on the X and Y axes and their m inter distance will have to be set The parameters in the table represent 5 Ambient dup gt Num x the number of objects on the x axis gt Num y the number of objects on the y axis gt Step x the distance between one object and the next on the x axis gt Step y the distance between one object and the next on the y axis View Views Results eras tray ag IS gt LA eat SOLEIL A eee S OS Bee LT iF x Q D i N 7 l PAD ees i Hh read J Name 1296 150 81 1 dup L T L T Hy Pages eh ae Hi LR Hee L LC ie meee C Hi Type Group Dim 3 00 3 00 0 00 Modify The parameters can also be modified by clicking on the wheel and rolling the cursor 17 L L y ee He 7 Hy So Tan 7 x y pos osi Tas 250 Rot 0 000 0 000 0 000 Scale Dimensions 3 000 3 000 0 000 77 Ly E sie Once duplication is complete on the Scene TAB the new group will appear in the list which it will then be possible to modify as a group selecting the name in the list or as single objects selecting enews the objec
80. ill be possible to drag it into the drawing colored square which represents the lighting layer To manage Also in this case when the mouse key is released the object will be the layers see the Objects and Lightings Layers paragraph inserted in the objects list of the Scene TAB and then can be repositioned duplicated rotated and scaled Page 45 94 Luminaire and Light Filter Editor Light Editor The Light Editor window allows you to modify the luminaire properties To access the Editor you must select the object you intend editing At this point the window can be opened in two ways gt By clicking with the right mouse button on the luminaire name in the Scene TAB on the left of the screen and selecting Modify gt By clicking on modify in the Properties TAB on the right of the screen When the operation is complete the window shown beside will open The program gives the name by default to the luminaire inserted in the project visualized in the Scene TAB This name can however always be modified by clicking in the string on the top left and typing the new name which will then also be shown in the Scene TAB The window contains all the information relative both to commercial data if the product is also present in the Liswin module and photometric data gt The commercial data regards the manufacturer description code and image of the product and are not modifiable e The Change Luminaire key a
81. ill position itself on the grid points snaps whose step can be defined in the TOOLS Settings window O keeping this key pressed the mouse pointer moves orthogonally X if a background DXF is being used keeping this key pressed the pointer will automatically position itself on the snap nearest the dxf Page 32 94 3 OxyTech To select an object just click on the object itself with the left mouse button inside the design area More than one objects can be selected at a time by keeping the CTRL key pressed and selecting with the left mouse button the names of the objects to be selected in the Scene TAB on the left of the screen When the area is edited keeping the L key pressed while inserting a new segment the segment will be created maintaining the wall parallel to itself for a more detailed explanation see the Modify area and extruded objects chapter Operative design zone OxyTech The operative design zone consists of the area where the environment is modeled and the objects necessary for the calculation are inserted It also represents the area where the calculation results are visualized whether graphs or rendering The work environment can be divided into four windows each configurable separately To configure the number and arrangement of the design windows just select the desired format from the Views menu or from the vertical icon bar situated on the right of the operative area Do
82. is Direction this identifies the direction of the traffic Zone Height HC m it is the zone height with respect to the reference plane of Om height the program in actual fact allows calculation of road sections situated at different heights from Om as happens with overpasses and sidewalks Lighting Class it represents the different classes of project references to be verified and respected when carrying out the calculation according to norm EN13201 Color this option offers the possibility of changing the colors of the different surfaces A cycling lane for instance could have red asphalt This option is particularly useful when we wish to create a rendering after the calculation R Table q0 Refl Factor defines the type of reflection of the surface under examination In the case of Diffusive reflection Lambert s Law of regular reflection is applicable it is only necessary to define the reflection factor percentage value between 0 and 100 In the case of non Diffusive reflection it will be necessary to define the Reduced Reflection Factors Table among tables C1 C2 R1 R4 and the reflection factor q0 Surround sets the dimension for the calculation of the sr lateral visibility parameter The Pt Calc Y and Num Punti Calc Long fields are only editable if no reference norm is selected option Free In this case the user will have to decide the number of longitudinal and transversal calculation points The modifi
83. is allows the model edited in the previous TABs to be linked to the actual luminaire photometry Once the OXL file has been imported using Drag amp Drop in this section you can move and rotate the photometry using the Cartesian coordinates on the bottom left In some cases movement is necessary to correctly position the luminous center of the photometry in the central point of the luminaire luminous area A correct model should separate the surfaces of the luminous area from the others In this way by selecting these surfaces from the list on the top left and clicking on Set as emitter it will be possible to color these surfaces white to simulate the illuminated parts Once these operations have been performed click on Save or Save with Name and the OXL file will be overwritten on the previous one or saved with a new name CEQ Model O Surfacel C SE f NN Jat ANNAN aut HT S INN EY Model O Surfacel k Surface 2 Page 50 94 5 PEHEE an NE T GT TT T T OxyTech The selected faces will be highlighted with blue meshing in the model di OxyTech Wizard for interiors exteriors By means of this
84. iswin lists it is however always possible to import a luminaire using the Drag amp Drop function from the other program modules or from an external folder dragging the reference file into the wndow When luminaire selection is complete the type of insertion can be selected by row and column or with the total flux method Add luminaires by rows and columns This function allows you to add the luminaires to the environment regularly by row and column by completing the table gt Luminaire Distance X Y m this is the interdistance between two consecutive luminaires in the same row both along the X and the Y axis gt Height m this is the height at which the luminaires are positioned measured from the floor to the luminous center of the luminaires K Relative Rotation Z 7 this is the rotation of all the luminaires around their own vertical axis passing through the luminous center gt Number of Luminaires X Y this is the number of luminaires along the X and Y axis gt Position of First Luminaire X Y m this is the postion of the first luminaire with respect to the order of the axes K Tantal Niimhar nf l rminairae thie ic tha tatal nimhar nf liminairac tn ha incartan The data must be inserted in the left hand column with the white background fields while in the right hand column the program Should the area under examination have irregular reproduces them calculating and completing the remainder should those inserted b
85. it is advisable to save the project using the File Save menu or the corresponding icon on the File icon bar Remember that the central area of the drawing allows the different Views to be visualized with a maximum of four windows Commands that can be performed using the keyboard Back to go back that is cancel the last point fixed with the mouse Enter completes the step that is it closes the environment and moves on to the next step Esc cancels everything and exits the environment creation tool Space opens the rapid choice menu G snap of 1 2 step on the grid O orthogonal movement F fit of the selected object or of the bounding box of the scene Creation of calculation area Inserting a curved wall During area creation whether interior or exterior it is possible to insert curved walls gt By positioning the pointer on the final point of the curve to be created gt By keeping the left mouse button pressed and moving the pointer in the direction of the curve opening In this way the center coordinates and curve radius will be visualized gt By releasing the right mouse button once the correct dimensions of the curved element have been decided Definition of room parameters Once room creation is complete a window automatically opens in which to type gt Room height in meters gt Working plane height gt Area reflections walls floor ceiling Click on Ok with the lef
86. k the OXL to the 3D model Qed edite 3D Coordinates In this TAB it is possible to set al 0 0853594 0 618411 0 703771 gt The scale of the original design remember that the designs AN SS E 00853595 00853595 0170719 must be created in meters for the program to manage them i correctly to rescale the design if not in meters gt The axes starting point for inserting the file Offset ol U ees METI z JN va 1 S 4 Y 0 0853595 0 0853595 0 170719 e None to position the model as it is CZ da v 1 0 0 519999 0 519999 e Bottom left to position the left corner of the model at the axes starting point e Centred X Y axes to center the model at the axes intersection e Customized set directly by the user gt The rotation to be applied to the model on the X Y Z axes Page 49 94 Linking an OXL file to the 3D model of the luminaire Faces In the Faces Tab it is possible to check the correct positioning of the model faces When they are marked in white it means that the positioning is correct while if they are marked in yellow it means that the versors are positioned in the opposite direction to that of observation In this case you will need to select the incorrect faces either from the list or by directly clicking on the model face and click on the nvert faces key to change the position direction OXL Editor Th
87. l appear in the Editor in place of the previous one If instead you want to change not the lamp but only the luminous flux the desired value can be inserted directly in the Flux field independently of lamp selection In this way the description of the attached lamp will not be modified but only the reference flux for calculation will ne Jim ane 829 im Lamps Manufacturer DULUX L 36W 31 830 DULUX L 36W FSD 2G11 230V 50Hz Page 47 94 OxyTech The flux expressed in lumen represents fundamental data for performing lighting engineering calculation without which verification is impossible The Total flux box shows the flux emitted by the luminaire This means that with traditional sources if two lamps are associated with a luminaire the Total Flux box will show the flux shown in the Flux box multiplied by two In this case when modifying the flux by hand care must be taken to calculate the exact number of lamps connected OxyTech Creating a list of favorite luminaires From the right hand Library TAB select the favorite m 20 luminaires icon to view the list of luminaires most used by the user To be able to add a luminaire to a personal list you first need to e as insert it in the project ee LA eee At this point select it in the Luminaires TAB on the left of the screen hh tO a l to be able to drag it into the list m gt Se v The luminaire will b
88. lity Normal Medium High e background color Clicking the color box will open the Windows colors window where you can set the new color Emergency lighting calculation This function only available with Litestar Pro allows you to carry out calculation of emergency lighting according to norms Project To access the module select the Emergency icon Mode situated E e inthe Modes icon bar e inthe Modes menu Once the Emergency mode is activated a new menu will appear in the menu and icon bars in which all the functions that are useful for designing an emergency lighting project can be found gt gt Emergency Settings to set the calculation parameters Create Escape Routes to draw the escape routes in the environment Create Safety Points to add elements such as extinguishers that require greater illuminances Create Internal Exit to define the safety exits inside the area Create External Exit to define the safety exits outside the area Insert High Risk Area to define smaller areas within the environment where greater illuminance is required Add Emergency Luminaires Automatically to access the automatic luminaire insertion mode available only with the emergency plus license Show Status to visualize the results status window Emergency Edit Modify Create Calculs U Emergency settings Create Escape Route Create Safety Points Create Internal Exit ji J Create
89. lize the dynamic rendering of the project Finally upon conclusion of the project after all results have been viewed and the renderings saved the print module can be accessed using File print where the print logo and company data can be set select with a flag the data to be printed and view the print preview For a more detailed explanation see the Calculations Results View Rendering e Printouts By clicking on the icon the parameters to be calculated can be set with a flag and then calculation can be launched By clicking on the Ray Trace icon static images can be created and these will be saved in the ImpExp folder relative chapters 3 OxyTech As far as calculating luminaire flux is concerned it is important to underline that e The luminaires inserted using the Liswin lists are associated with a lamp In this case therefore the flux used in the calculation will be that of the lamp viewable in the part related to lamps in the luminaires editor e For photometries inserted as IES or EUL instead the program will use as default the flux present in the photometric file It will however be possible at any time to change the flux in the Luminaires Editor either by typing a new flux in the appropriate box or by selecting another lamp among those present in Liswin for a more detailed explanation see the chapter Change lamp Page 12 94 Drag amp Drop di OxyTech The term
90. llows you to open the Liswin module to change the luminaire Once the luminaire list has been visualized and the new luminaire has been selected with a mouse click just Select Click on the icon to insert the luminaire in the place of the previous one The Other data key in the part of the window relating to commercial data accesses the Liswin module while that in the part relative to photometric data accesses the Photoview module where the graphs relative to the photometry can be viewed gt MA H 2003 45 1 hotometry 2003 45 2003 2450W G12 CDM T MH 2003 45 i Wve Hr AES SS Pere Sasa 1 y The photometric data include the polar graph of the photometry and certain other editable data relative to Dimmer this allows you to vary the intensity of light between 0 and 100 Maint Coeff with a value between O and 1 it corresponds to the maintenance coefficient the default value is 0 85 Color Filter allows the color of emitted light to be modified Select it to open the standard color window which will depend on the version of Windows in which to choose the color filter to apply to the lamp Page 46 94 OxyTech The object to be edited can be selected either by clicking on the name in the Scene TAB or directly in the design area by clicking with the left mouse button on the 3D element In both cases the name will be highlighted in blue and the object in the drawing will
91. lowing type minimum configuration Computer PC Pentium of latest generation with Open graphic libraries GL 2 0 or greater RAM Memory 1 Gb Hard Disk With at least 100 Mb free for the program The space for archives depends on the number of products loaded Video Resolution preferable 1024x768 pixel Mouse Windows compatible Operating System Windows7 Windows Vista Windows XP Proaram limits The program has been configured according to the following limits Room environment plan any with polygonal chain also used to approximate curved elements Maximum dimensions X 5 000 m Y 5 000 m Z 5 000 m Maximum number of luminaires Unlimited depending on RAM memory limits Maximum number of luminaire types Unlimited depending on RAM memory limits Page 7 94 To start Program installation and start up In the case of customized programs distributed from companies to the market the activation of the program photometric and catalog files is automatic On the contrary if the software has been downloaded from internet run the program gt When the menu window appears select the language of installation gt Follow the on screen instructions gt When installation is complete enter the program and type in the activation code received from Oxytech in the window that opens at start up To carry out this operation the computer must be connected to internet e The Activation Code can only be used on one
92. luminaire selection is complete clicking on the Ok key will automatically open up the calculation setup window in which calculation can be started as explained in the previous paragraph Page 76 94 3 OxyTech Should the automatic positioning not satisfy project requirements it is always possible to modify the positioning manually directly inside the work area and repeat calculations Roads calculation Guided roads This function allows to automatically define simplified roads according to the configurations set by the selected norm with one or two carriageways with sidewalks central reservations and a sinale tune of liminaire Clicking on the icon opens a window like the one shown on the right hand side in which it is possible to set the following parameters gt Norm this option allows to choose the norm according to which the calculation will be performed It is subdivided in Norm this allows you to choose one among the available norms CIE 30 UNI 10439 CIE 140 CEN 13201 Observer s Age this field expressed in years is active for insertion when the norm so requires norms CIE 140 and CEN 13201 The estimated standard age Is 22 gt Carriageway Type it is possible to choose among the following options Single Carriageway in this case the program creates one carriageway and 2 sidewalks at its sides with the dimensions defined in the Carriageway Data section 2 Symmetri
93. mation to global variables Remind that the backslash sign used to divide the sequence of directories should be doubled objPath c Data libraryDB meshe SX OxlPath ter Os LR e 3 OxyTech Scripting Positioning instructions gt rename rename the selected object gt orient orient an object Active on the current selection Parameters Parameters e A valid name e Values of the goal point in x y z oxy rename Light_4 0NY OT1ISNE 98 16 931l 51l 2 615 57720081 gt move move an object Active on the current selection scale scale an object Active on the current selection Parameters Parameters e Values of translation in x y Z e x y z scale values e Type of translation compulsory e Type of translation compulsory e Absolute e Absolute e Relative e Relative e Space space of transformation compulsory e Space space of transformation compulsory e 0 object e 0 object e 1 local e 1 local e 2 word e 2 word oxy move 6 450 2 0 2 5 absolute 1 oxy scale 0 4 0 4 0 4 absolute 1 gt rotate rotate an object Active on the current selection gt select select an object Parameters Parameters e Values of translation in x y Z e Values that identifies the object oxy move 0 O 180 oxy select 167931 Page 90 94 3 OxyTech Scripting Output instruction gt doPrint activate the printing procedure gt getSelection returns the list of id
94. n and after selecting the luminaires from the list on the left in the Scene TAB or directly in the drawing by pressing the Add key The Remove key deletes the selected luminaires from the list The Curve of response box allows the setting of data relating to the sensitivity of the sensor such as gt Curve Type peculiar to the sensor gt Cone Angle that therefore identifies the area of reception of the sensor gt Accuracy that is the precision with which the sensor reads the illuminance The Measured value box shows the average value read by the sensor in the Value box The position of the Sensor can be moved in the drawing and therefore the value of illuminance in that point can be read by pressing the Recalculate key 5 Sensor Editor Pirn ite PE SY Page 64 94 Since to all effects the sensor is an object its dimensions and position in the environment are controlled with the keys of object Transformation or in the Properties TAB window If the Value box shows the value 1 it indicates a value outside the sensitivity range of the instrument Calculations Calculation Setup After completing insertion of the elements that go towards realizing the lighting engineering verification calculation can be started by means of The icon Start Calculations positioned e inthe Calculations icon bar e inthe Calculations menu When the Calculation Setup window is opene
95. n axes blue green red and dragging it the object will be scaled in the direction indicated by the axis itself gt By clicking on the pointer positioned between two axes and dragging it the object will be scaled in the two directions indicated keeping the third fixed Transformation Page 58 94 3 OxyTech Each object is associated to its triplet of intrinsic Cartesian axes x red y green e z blue on which to effect the transformations The command can also be selected using the keyboard by pressing the W move key In order to activate the command the object must first be selected Transformations Aim To orient an obiect furniture or luminaire it is necessarv to k gt Select the Aim icon positioned e on the vertical bar on the left of the design area in the Modifv menu Once the command has been selected a triplet of Cartesian axes will appear with an arrow on the ends and three pointers on the planes of pertinence of two axes The origin of the axes is positioned on the point of arrival of the aiming Two operations are thus possible gt By clicking on one of the Cartesian axes blue green red and dragging it the object will be oriented in the direction indicated by the axis itself gt By clicking on the pointer positioned between two axes and dragging it the object will be oriented in the two directions indicated keeping the third fi
96. ndow So as to be able to calculate the contribution of natural light in the e Sms reso interior environments there is a tool that allows you to open a window in a perimeter wall To create the opening the procedure below must be followed e Select the relative icon nel TAB o nel menu Crea with the left mouse button and move into the design area gt Select with a mouse click the wall in which to create the A The procedure requires the use of the Enter key to opening In this way a yellow rectangle will appear on the wall pS ea a if necessary Esc to annul the gt Keep the left mouse button pressed inside the rectangle and move the cursor up down or left right to create the dimensions S of the window Ey gt Press Enter to confirm the dimension a e gt At this point to position the window on the wall keep the left e mouse button pressed and move the rectangle wad gt Finally press Enter to confirm the position and open the a window ES Ol 8 4 la LGT E B PES Page 39 94 di OxyTech Insertion of an object The insertion of an object is effected with the Drag amp Drop function in two different ways P c je Library 5 ffl Cerco soggiomo p 7 nenn Catalog sta elettronica gt a Fil cc ee ee GQ lome N _ _ __ _ R Rendering Selecting the object from the Scene TAB tree on the left
97. ne gt Rename allows the material name to be changed gt Default color box click twice to open the standard Windows window that allows selection of a new color to be assigned to the material K Select Texture this allows you to assign a texture image to l l the material and to assign the main dimensions on X and Y 1000 m I Modulate cotar Remove texture eliminates this association Modulate color by flagging the box the transparency of the default color is set so as to avoid mixing the set color with that of the associated texture selectable only if a texture has previously been selected gt Material type allows you to select the type of material to assign to the surfaces choosing between Generic In defining the characteristics the most important data for calculation purposes is that of reflection since it can greatly influence the final results Lambertian and R Table Reflections Properties Section here you can set the parameters that refer to the way in which the light interacts with a material More precisely they describe in what quantity and form it is reflected transmitted and absorbed Page 43 94 especially if a complete calculation is performed with inter reflections As regards the refraction index reference can be made to table data that can be found in various sites among which http en wikipedia org wiki List_of refractive indic es As regards the other indices
98. ngs are based The photometric system of C semiplanes according to which the photometry is referred is integral with the system of intrinsic axes x y and z of the luminaires where the semiplane C 0 corresponds with the plane formed by the axes z and the positive part of y Each rotation around the intrinsic axes brings about the rotation also of the group of C planes The semiplane C 0 is generally perpendicular to the lamp View Camera Results ANY PLAN VIEW Initial default conditions C 270 gt x Initial default conditions L Origin of the Cartesian Axes Page 15 94 OxyTech Transformations movements and rotations of individual objects are achieved using the absolute axes of the object these do not change as a result of the rotations but always remain oriented as the absolute axes of the design If however the object should be rescaled this transformation would be carried out on the x y and z axes related to the object itself Therefore should an item of furniture be rotated on the absolute X axis by 90 and subsequently rescaled on the relative Z axis the new measurement would correspond graphically to the absolute Y axis by virtue of the previously effected rotation The rotations of a luminaire or of
99. ning of the calculation program and for selection of the manufacturers luminaires in the Plug ins lt is advisable never to close the application but to minimize it as an icon in the applications bar Data structure and updating OxyTech LITESTAR 4D is equipped with a single database Oxydata MDB differently from LITESTAR 10 in which there were 2 databases one catalog MDB Access type and one photometric Fotom FDB The LITESTAR 4D database is the evolution of the LITESTAR 10 catalog database in which the functions for managing the photometric files in the new OxyTech OXL format have been integrated The OXL files are obtained by converting the photometric files into international formats e g EUL or IES by means of the Photoview module or using the Lisdat module For a more detailed explanation please refer to the Photoview manual all Users Documenti OxyTechiLITESTAR 40 1 0 WerificalDB LUCITALIA Mome Dimensione Tipo Data ultima modifica IFRA Cartella di file 22 06 2010 11 21 ING Cartella di File 22 06 2010 11 21 ira Cartella di File 22 06 2010 11 21 5 LitePack Cartella di file 22 06 2010 11 21 5 SPA Cartella di File 22 06 2010 11 21 TED Cartella di file 22 06 2010 11 21 E kARMAHTERRA JPG 5 LB Immagine JPEG 15 11 2008 16 31 E KARMAHTERRADSG jpg 45 KB Immagine JPEG 13 11 2008 16 31 E karmalMterra jpg 21 B Immagine JPEG 15 11 2008 16 31 E kARMAIMTERRADSG JPG 52 K
100. nt to insert the luminaires with which to verify calculation one of the following operations is possible e Select the icon and drag the luminaire from the list of favorites Select the Liswin icon and drag into the project a luminaire present in the list to which a photometry is associated FOT flag in the relative column Select the Webcatalog icon and after choosing the manufacturer drag the selected luminaire into the project In this case the luminaire will also be inserted automatically into Liswin Select the external folder icon and drag the photometric file EUL or IES Each luminaire may be rotated moved aimed and duplicated by selecting the relative icons It will be possible at any time to edit a luminaire so as to replace it with another change the flux lamp or color filters by selecting it with the right mouse button inside the Scene TAB on the left of the screen and selecting Modify for a more detailed explanation see the Chapter Luminaires and color filters Editor Finally launch calculations and view the results Once calculations are complete and the window is closed the results summary table automatically appears By selecting the individual items with the left mouse button and clicking on the relative keys the various graphs can be viewed The selected results will be inserted in the Results TAB on the left of the screen Selection of View Results in the design area will instead visua
101. odifying it gt Subsequently you must select the type of environment you want to realize interior or exterior in the way described in the previous chapter gt Finally just trace the perimeter of the background DXF file to produce the environment on which to perform calculation and set the height of the perspective view in the case of an interior once the perimeter has been drawn Page 36 94 By flagging Use drop point the DXF will be inserted in the point at which the mouse has been released in the design area If a 3D DXF is being imported by flagging Use as reference it will be possible to import the file as a 2D object By keeping the X key pressed the pointer will automatically position itself on the nearest snap in the DXF LITESTAR di OxyTech Creating a working plane Creating a rectangular or irregular working plane Selecting the Working plane icon with the left mouse button allows you to create a regular working plane with default size of 1x1m The dimensions can always be altered by editing the fields in the Properties TAB By clicking with the right mouse button on the name of the working plane in the Scene TAB it is possible to rename the element or edit the perimeter LL Selecting the Custom icon instead allows the creation of a working plane with customized shape and size using the same procedures as for area creation lection mo
102. of complex roads with one or two carriageways and pavements central reservations cycling paths etc with different heights and luminaire types W Click on the icon to open an empty window in which to set the installation reference parameters The window can also be accessed by means of the Access Advanced Project key once insertion in Roads Wizard has been completed Using the dropdown menu at the top it is possible at any time to select the reference norm which will automatically set the calculation grid in accordance with the selected norm Next to the drop down menu there is a cell that allows you to set the observers age norms CIE 140 and CEN 13201 The estimated standard age is 23 years old Lastly it is also possible to set the length of the stretch under examination which may be equal to the interdistance between the two poles or even longer by flagging the Auto key The buttons below allow you to perform these main operations gt Insert Copy to insert a new element zone or sub zone above the selected one If a zone is selected a new zone will be inserted If instead a sub zone is selected the new element will be added at the bottom of the reference zone Add at the Bottom to insert a new element zone or sub zone at the bottom of the list If a zone is selected a new zone will be inserted lf instead a sub zone is selected the new element will be added at the bottom of the reference zone Dupli
103. opens by default with all elements selected The data can be viewed in the print preview d General Information El Project Data 4 Area Information E W Project Views 2D Plane View Z Lateral View Y Front View El Y Luminaire Data 2D top view with labels Z Luminaire Measurements Info F Lamp Information 4 Luminaire Table 7 Aiming Summary Table F Summary Page 85 94 The results tables that are visualized and then printed directly depend on the lists present in the Results TAB on the left of the screen We remind you that to visualize the results you must click on the Summary icon and select the tables to be visualized To select a number of results at the same time just keep the CTRL key pressed and click with the mouse on the items of interest The selected results will be inserted in the relative TAB and will be viewable in the design area with a double mouse click Customizing printouts and choosing the logo The Customize printouts key gives access to the window where you can set gt The data relating to the designer and project notes gt Printer margins that is the margins of the printout sheet gt Logo position e Do not print to print no logo e Left to print the logo in the top left e Center to print the logo in the top center e Right to print the logo in the top right gt Print logo selection to choose the print logo Selection of
104. ory Notes 3 OxyTech The Litecalc program is designed for the calculation of lighting engineering parameters for lighting installations with luminaires measured according to the C Gamma system of CIE24 and CIE 27 Recommendations road lights and V H floodlights The program calculates the illuminances and luminances on all the surfaces present in the calculation area taking into consideration the shadows created by them and natural light if configured Calculation can be effected for interior and exterior environments roads and tunnels in accordance with the different norms Basic Concepts Direct and Indirect Luminaires A luminaire is normally measured with the light emission plane perpendicular to the luminous axis Gamma 0 The new data format instead allows the composition of different photometric curves in the same product and each of these can present an emitting surface directed independently of the others To avoid mistakes of aiming therefore before use it is recommendable to verify the type of data available Bounding Box This is the parallelepiped box that encloses the element under examination whether a piece of furniture or a lighting device The environment itself can be visualized as a bounding box Reflections By reflection is meant the ability of the material to re emit the light it receives In this program the reflections are no longer evaluated only according to the Lambert method perfectly diff
105. ottom the commands are gt Y v v YV YV YV YV YV Y VY Y VY Selection mode to select an object Move to move an object on the three Cartesian axes x y z Rotate to rotate an object on the three Cartesian axes x y Z Scale to rescale an object on the three Cartesian axes x y z Aim to orient the object in a direction x y z Reset transform to cancel all transformations performed on the object Undo to cancel one or more operations Redo to refresh the project state after one or more cancellation operations Tumble to rotate the perspective view Track to move the work area inside the window Zoom in Zoom out to zoom in and out inside the window Toggle to deselect the three previous commands Tumble Track Zoom in Zoom out Rescale to fit the work area inside the window Page 21 94 di OxyTech Once the command has been selected Track is obtained by pressing the left mouse button in the design area By moving the mouse the drawing can then be moved in all directions Zoom in Zoom out is obtained by pressing the left mouse button in the design area By moving the mouse upwards the drawing enlarges by moving it downwards it reduces Tumble is obtained by pressing the left mouse button on the design area By moving the mouse the drawing can then be rotated in all directions Alternatively the commands can be performed with the mouse and keyboard Track
106. plicit continuation lines Blank lines A logical line that contains only spaces tabs formfeeds and possibly a comment is ignored i e no NEWLINE token is generated During interactive input of statements handling of a blank line may differ depending on the implementation of the read eval print loop In the standard implementation an entirely blank logical line i e One containing not even whitespace or a comment terminates a multi line statement Indentation Leading whitespace spaces and tabs at the beginning of a logical line is used to compute the indentation level of the line which in turn is used to determine the grouping of statements First tabs are replaced from left to right by one to eight spaces such that the total number of characters up to and including the replacement is a multiple of eight this is intended to be the same rule as used by UNIX The total number of spaces preceding the first non blank character then determines the line s indentation Indentation cannot be split over multiple physical lines using backslashes the whitespace up to the first backslash determines the indentation Page 88 94 Scripting gt Creation instructions OxyTech createAmbient create an Ambient Parameters e sequence of vertices in x y z coordinates e the height of the room if interior e zero if interior not zero if exterior oxy createAmbient 4 0 4 0 0 0 A dd A 0
107. r segment will be created as shown in the figure below During modification the rapid selection keys for drawing the area can be used as explained in the Shortcuts chapter By pressing the L key during insertion of a new segment the segment will be created keeping the wall parallel Finally press the Enter key to accept the modifications whereas pressing Canc the area or object will not be modified Values ene i d 620 This command allows you to modify the area perimeter or an extruded object eliminating adding or moving the vertices Sc Page 38 94 3 OxyTech Editing the perimeter opens the table with the coordinates of the vertices and the height of the object on the right hand side of the screen Click inside the boxes both to edit the vertices and to modify the height After modifying the vertex coordinates press the TAB key to visualize the modifications in the drawing When a vertex is selected click on the Canc key to delete it On the contrary if you press the ns key a new vertex will be inserted Click on the Ok key to accept the modifications or click on Canc to annul the modifications The editable data are Coordinates X and Y e Angle between two segments during modification the previous segment will remain constant and the subsequent segment will be moved e Segment length e Room height 3 OxyTech Insertion of a wi
108. rameters gt The value of dimming from 0 to 1 ONY BetParameter EnLIgnt Spectr rumkGe rgb l Type of viewport 0 45 0 9 0 45 e Resolution x oxy setParameter tnLight dimmer real 0 0 Resolution y oxy render camera Perspective resx 1280 Calculation instructions AR gt startCalc start the calculation procedure Parameters e Type of calculation e 0 do not calculate reflected light e 1 calculate reflected light e Precision of calculation e 0 lower e Te e 2 medium e 3 e 4 grater ORY StartCale U Page 92 94 Scripting Example Commands should be invoked as methods of oxy module as in the following example Variables should be changed according to LITESTAR 4D settings oxlPath c Programmi OxyTech LITESTAR 4D Data libraryDB lights ImsPath c Programmi OxyTech LITESTAR 4D Data libraryDB meshes oxy createimbientt 4 0 4 0 0 0 Ls 4 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 y 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 Js OUr 2 0 Us Ta 40r 42 4 0 Ue J De Sap U Creation of an environment oxy pointCamera Perspective 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 00 2 0 set of a point of view oxy importFile oxl oxlPath 2834_70_Corona OXL import lights in the room oxy rename Light_1 rename light oxy move 3 80 1 50 2 5 absolute 1 move light in the room oxy duplicate duplicate automatically rename so oxy rename is of no use oxy move 3
109. rate the objects linked by the parent command v v v v y vw Modify Menu For all operations connected with modifying the objects environments luminaires furniture etc Selection mode to select an object Move to move an object on the three Cartesian axes x y z Rotate to rotate an object on the three Cartesian axes x y Z Scale to rescale an object on the three Cartesian axes x y z Aim to orient the object in a direction x y z Capture aiming to capture an object and orient it directing its axis to the destination Reset transform to cancel all transformations performed on the object Object Local World these represent the transformation reference system Y v v v v v y vw Modify Create Cal A Selection mode gt Move Rotate 2 Scale Aa Aim L Capture aiming Reset transform e Object 2 Local 22 World Page 20 94 By selecting a number of objects present in the tree you can create a group by pressing the G key or Parent by pressing the P key In the second case the reference object will be the first in the list The modify commands can also be selected with the keyboard W translation E rotation R scale Q selection T aiming Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Vertical icon bar The same commands of the Modify menu are shown on the right of the screen between the design area and the properties wndow From top to b
110. s is the method used when for example it is necessary to perform a calculation in accordance with the norms in force as in the case of tunnels and roads or when simple regular areas are to be calculated In this case the procedure is as follows gt Select the type of calculation to be performed The program will then open a window to be completed gt Enter the parameters required for the calculation Choose the luminaires Carry out calculations In this case the software will automatically set the parameters to be calculated Visualize the results and renderings Configure the print outs To access the various guided projects click on the relative icons Wi To access the roads module To access the interiors module To access the exteriors module To access the exteriors module Page 10 94 OxyTech To carry out calculation it is no longer necessary as in the past to draw a specific environment interior or exterior where furniture and luminaires are to be inserted More precisely it is no longer necessary to have a ceiling and a floor to verify a scene From this version of the program it is sufficient to insert an object furniture working plane or room and a luminaire to be able to launch calculation All the objects belonging to the scene are in fact evaluated in the same way for example in the visualization of Properties and permit the same transformations The project step by
111. s the left mouse button pressed on the individual items and click on the keys of the graphs you wish to view 3 OxyTech Properties This allows the layers and properties of the selected object to be visualized and modified Properties Library E gt The Selection window permits the name of the object to be modified by typing the new a name directly in the box gt The Modify key opens the window relating to the material characteristics of the object gt The Transformation window allows modification of the dimensions position and rotations of the object by typing the value directly in the box Transformation AAA 4 A __ 0 gt AZ ee eee ei ome omo 7 se ooo Tan Tas scale 1000 100 Ta Seen ae Object Layers and Lightings To display or hide a layer is important when there l are many objects in the project The Object Layers and Lightings window allows a number of objects to be associated to a Te T e 7 Hiding the objects is a help in the modeling in that it frees the scene from unnecessary elements These objects can however still be selected and therefore modified from the Scene tree on the left determined layer a new layer to be created or an existing one to be renamed or deleted and aep v luminaire lighting management a gt Dressing with the right mouse button on a layer inside the window opens a window which allows e New Layer to create a n
112. simulate a light sensor positioned inside an environment Projector to read the results on irregularly shaped surfaces In this way the points are projected on a reference surface grid Duplicate with grid to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset grid Duplicate in circle to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset circular grid Duplicate in line to duplicate an object on the basis of a preset line Add luminaires to groups to add the luminaires in tabular form or with the total flux calculation method Wizard for exteriors Wizard for roads Wizard for Tunnels ojection of curved surfaces results on a plane Working Plane Mu View Sensor E Deniactinn nf cured corfarec ranite nn gt lama Page 22 94 OxyTech Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Create icon bar From left to right the commands are v v v v vw y Y v v v v Yv v vV vw vw Wizard for interiors to carry out a guided calculation of regular interior areas Interior to create an interior environment Wizard for exteriors to carry out a guided calculation of regular exterior areas Exterior to create an exterior environment Roads Wizard to perform a guided calculation in accordance with the norms in force for simple roads one or two carriageways plus sidewalks Advanced Roads to perform a guided calculation in accordance with the norms in force for complex roads Extruded furniture to create a solid starting
113. step Free project Once the program has been launched to create a new calculation scene it is essential to y Select this icon if you wish to define an interior environment By clicking with the left mouse button inside the operative area of the design it will be possible to draw the boundaries of the area point by point and using the Enter key to close the room The program will then open a window in which to set the height of the room and working plane automatically extruding the walls and ceiling The reflection coefficients will be attributed in standard mode but can always be modified by the user for a more detailed explanation see the chapter Creation of an interior exterior area e Select this icon if you wish to define an exterior area By then clicking inside the operative area of the design it will be possible to draw the boundaries of the exterior area point by point with the mouse and using the Enter key to close the perimeter In this case the program automatically removes the walls and ceiling of the room attributing standard reflection coefficients for a more detailed explanation see the chapter Creation of an interior exterior area N B Once the area has been created by selecting the area with the right mouse button in the Scene TAB on the left of the screen select Modify to access the Object Editor where the surface characteristics and reflection coefficients can be modified for a mor
114. t gt Delete to delete the selected objects gt Rename to change the name of a selected object gt Group to create a group of one or more objects even of different types lighting devices or furniture In this way the transformation of one or more objects will depend on a virtual element broken line in whose barycenter the origin of the group axes is positioned gt Parent to associate two or more objects in such a way that their transformation depends on the object with which they have been associated and on which the origin of the axes is positioned gt Unparent to separate the objects linked by the parent command Page 19 94 3 OxyTech Rename another way to rename the selected object is to type the new name directly in the properties window on the right of the design area Duplicate the object is duplicated and superimposed on the original To move it just select it with the move command Undo Redo the command is shown as an icon also on the right part of the screen between the design area and the properties window Dropdown menu bar and icon bar 3 OxyTech Edit icon bar From left to right the commands are Duplicate to duplicate the selected object Delete to delete the selected objects Rename to change the name of a selected object Group to collect a number of objects in a group Parent to make the transformation of an object dependent on another object Unparent to sepa
115. t it can therefore happen that in irregular areas some luminaires may appear outside the area in this case the program will proceed to delete them automatically Transformations Move There are two ways of moving an object furniture or luminaire gt By manually editing the new position Pos on the X Y and Z absolutes in the properties TAB mu j gt By means of the Move icon e Positioned on the vertical bar on the right of the design area e In the Modifv meni Once the command has been selected a triplet of Cartesian axes will appear on the object with an arrow on the ends and three pointers on the planes of pertinence of two axes In this way two operations will be possible gt By clicking on one of the Cartesian axes blue green red and dragging it the object will be moved in the direction indicated by the axis itself gt By clicking on the pointer positioned between two axes and dragging it the object will be moved in the two directions indicated while keeping the third fixed Transformation z y z Page 56 94 3 OxyTech Each object is associated to its triplet of intrinsic Cartesian axes x red y green e z blue on which to effect the transformations The command can also be selected using the keyboard by pressing the W move key In order to activate the command the object must first be selected 3 OxyTech Transformations
116. t mouse button to close the window and the previously defined window will appear The height of the room can however always be modified in the Properties TAB on the right of the design area by typing the new dimension in the field relating to Z after selecting the area ee ee EES Working plane height 0 850 m ma Page 35 94 Rap eR 666 69 L EE ET i T OxyTech Working plane height is set by default at 0 85m the standard height of a table Often however especially in exterior calculations the correct height should be moved to 0 10m To define the colors of the environment click twice with the left mouse button in the rectangle relating to the surface color you wish to modify In this way the colors dialog window will open The program automatically proceeds to set the reflection corresponding to the selected color To modify the value just type the desired value in the reflections box OxyTech Creation of the calculation area Insertion of a 2D DXF file It is advisable to simplify the file before importing it 2D DXF file to trace 7 gt To import the DXF file into the design area from an external RC SOS folder Drag amp Drop is used To do this just select the file in the S origin file and drag it into the program design area with the left E ae ae eee eee mouse button AA The simplest way to create a new environment is that of importing a
117. t to be modified directly in the drawing and clicking on ZAR SE LL Modify in the Properties TAB BOLL OOK 7 ses 77 L ALA 4 Page 60 94 OxyTech Object Duplication Position in circle By selecting with the right mouse button the duplication request and clicking on Modify the duplication mask will be re opened allowing you to modify the duplication data of the inserted objects Values Scene be set nom 6 3 Ambient dup La By clicking on the icon or selecting the command from the Create ces menu the selected object will be duplicated according to a grid where the total number of objects and the duplication radius must r UH 1 000 000 The parameters in the table represent gt Num total number of objects gt Align align to center gt Radius duplication radius The parameters can also be modified by clicking on the wheel and rolling the cursor Once duplication is complete on the Scene TAB the new group will appear in the list which it will then be possible to modify as a group selecting the name in the list or as single objects selecting the object to be modified directly in the and clicking on Modify in the Properties TAB AE Pos 0 750 0903 0 000 Rot 0 000 0 000 0 000 Scale 1 000 1 000 1000 Dimensions 0 000 0 000 0 000 asandi res ela 5er Page 61 94 OxyTech Object Duplication
118. the proprietary format of the Politecnico of Milan gt Export to PNT to export the project and use the data in the estimate module gt Printout to print the project gt Exit to exit the program Selection of Project Properties opens a window in which you can insert the general data and the roads energy certification data related to the project File icon bar From left to right the commands are gt New to start a new project Open to open a project chosen from the archive gt gt Save to save the current project in a folder of the computer gt Printout to print the current project Page 18 94 Dropdown menu bar and icon bar Mode Menu To choose the program operation mode gt Free to realize lighting engineering projects for interiors or exteriors Emergency to realize emergency lighting engineering projects in accordance with norms Mode icons bar From left to right the commands are gt Free to realize lighting engineering projects for interiors or exteriors gt Emergency to realize emergency lighting engineering projects in accordance with norms Edit Menu For the general management functions of the project gt Undo to cancel one or more operations for example to return a luminaire to its original position after moving it etc gt Redo to refresh the project state after 1 or more cancellation operations gt Duplicate to duplicate the selected objec
119. ual areas Pressing the Apply key the program shows at the bottom the theoretical number of luminaires required for calculation and the relative positioning by rows and columns If the calculated number of luminaires should not be divisible in a regular way by rows and columns the program will automatically add or delete luminaires to make the configuration regular By flagging Delete Previous Luminaires the luminaires present in the area will be automatically deleted Once data insertion is complete press the Ok key to position the luminaires in the area so as to be able to perform calculation Calculations Chapter Simplified calculation is carried out according to the algorithm described in CIE 52 Recommendations Total Flux and therefore takes no shadows or furniture into consideration and is only valid in the following conditions gt in parallelepiped rooms gt in the case of not highly concentrating luminaires gt When the area surfaces particularly the floor do not have a reflectance value greater than 75 Applying this method outside the foreseen limits although possible may result in serious errors in the calculation of results It is therefore advisable to use this calculation in the initial project phases given its high speed but it cannot be considered the only verification Page 55 94 3 OxyTech The luminaire number calculation is performed in the parallelepiped bounding box that contains i
120. urn 1 Looks like a valid date A line ending in a backslash cannot carry a comment A backslash does not continue a comment A backslash does not continue a token except for string literals i e tokens other than string literals cannot be split across physical lines using a backslash A backslash is illegal elsewhere on a line outside a string literal Page 87 94 Commands should be invoked as methods of oxy module In Python window are available all the modules included in the standard language hence if you want to add math capabilities to your script just type import math print mach pi This will print the value of II Or if you want to print the current version of Python type Be ES v sys version 3 For a complete list of modules available please see http docs python org library Scripting OxyTech Implicit line joining Expressions in parentheses square brackets or curly braces can be split over more than one physical line without using backslashes For example month_names Januari April Juli Oktober These are the Februari Mei Augustus November Dutch names Maart Juni September December for the months of the year Implicitly continued lines can carry comments The indentation of the continuation lines is not important Blank continuation lines are allowed There is no NEWLINE token between im
121. use reflections but also by means of the real functions of material behavior BRDF reflection absorption transmission or using the R and C reduced reflection factor tables e g road surfaces Page 14 94 Calculation is based on the new innovative method of Photon Mapping which replaces the old method of Radiosity and is described in the University of California site where it was developed For further information please consult the site http graphics ucsd edu henrik In the figures alongside two luminaires are shown The red line represents gamma 0 The origin of this line represents the photometric barycenter Cartesian references and luminaire aiming Cartesian axes and design grid Objects are always associated with a triplet of Cartesian axes X Y Z identified with the colors X red Y green and Z blue which is found in the center of the design area The area is characterized by a grid in which the space between one intersection and the other is established as 1 m and at the center of which the absolute origin of the Cartesian axes is fixed The snap step of the grid is fixed at 0 5 m by default but may be modified accessing the Settings window from the Tools menu Relative Cartesian Axes and Luminaires Each luminaire is associated to its triplet of intrinsic Cartesian axes x y and Z relative to the absolute triplet X Y and Z on which movements rotations or aimi
122. vailable 3D file of the luminaire The technical data catalog and photometries of the individual manufacturers present as Plug ins are updated by means of the Liswin module with the command ae Parametric product search via internet If the products you intend using are not present in the Plug ins but you wish anyway to prepare a catalog of your own the Lisdat module should be used to manually insert the data and link the photometries The project step by step Free project where each parameter is freely determined by the designer In this case the designer is free to follow the project procedure that he deems most suitable gt Create a calculation scene that could be represented by any object such as e An environment interior exterior drawn in plan or in 3D view e An environment traced from a 2D DXF imported as background e Aworking plane or a number of working planes e An object furniture inserted from the list e A complete 3D model imported from outside gt Enter and define the characteristics of the objects materials reflectances etc Insert luminaires Perform calculations setting the parameters to be verified Visualize the results and renderings v v v vw Configure the print outs The program allows essentially two project settings as described below Guided project where the main parameters are guided by the software and entered in the window Thi
123. verge on which the pole stands Pole Setback SK the distance of the pole from the carriageway Arm L m the projection length of the pole bracket on the horizontal plane Mounting Height H m the height at which the luminaires are positioned taken as the height of the luminous center from the road surface at height 0 m Spacing Distance D m the interdistance between two consecutive poles luminaires positioned on the same side Tilting Angle RY T this is the inclination according to which the luminaire is rotated around the intrinsic y axis of the luminaire itself and parallelly to the road axis Inclination is at 0 with the luminaire horizontal and the luminous axis vertical and rotation is positive when the luminaire rotates anticlockwise with respect to the observer who has the pole supporting the luminaire on his left Arm Rotation Angle ARZ J This allows rotation of the arm while maintaining unchanged that of the luminaire Rotation is carried out with respect to the 0 reference taken on the positive x axis By default the arm is rotated by o 90 that is to say in transversal direction to the road ARZ additional rotation depends also on the traffic direction if an additional rotation for example 20 is applied to a configuration of 2 opposite rows in a single traffic direction there will be a rotation of 90 20 for the right hand row and of 270 20 for the left hand row in the case of two way traff
124. wing recor aooaa EE Saps ronda ooren o design area the lines of the surfaces will appear Click on the dropdown menu image on the right to open the listof 44 Qe al o favorite manufacturers from which to choose the luminaires a Z a a y Furthermore at the same time the properties will o o Tae ms A AL be visualized in the right hand Properties TAB At this point just select the luminaire with the left mouse button and ae sil where the object can be modified and rescaled keeping the button pressed drag it into the design area S L When the mouse button is released the object will be inserted in AA eer ae the object list in the Scene TAB on the left of the screen and then A A ac O Sl can be repositioned duplicated rotated and scaled n i a By dragging the photometric file OXL from the Liswin module The luminaire must be selected by clicking on ine photo of the photometry relative to the chosen luminaire LL By dragging the photometric file OXL and catalog data from the Webcatalog module E By dragging the photometric file OXL EUL or IES from the Photoview module S se A Ll Nome ole o a paa gt E Z J L l2 Y Y By dragging the photometric file EUL or IES from an TAL alll Ta external folder i IA Di HT Once the file you want to import has been selected with the left Once the luminaires have been inserted they will be tagged with a mouse button it w
125. x 0 10 y 2 46 z 1 50 m gt x 0 10 y 3 01 z 0 00 m 100 00 0 00 0 00 2 x 0 00 y 0 00 z 0 00 m gt x 1 00 y 0 00 z 0 00 m 100 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 3686 46 22 0 87 0 80 1799 23 74 0 87 0 76 Step 3500 Page 69 94 OxyTech To select a number of lines at the same time press CTRL and the left mouse button When the graphs relative to the individual surfaces are opened in the design area the uniformity ratios and reference values minimum medium maximum are also shown When a surface graph is visualized in the window by entering the Views menu in the window the pseudo color graph of the plan can be visualized The Pseudo Color Editor window allows setting of the reference parameters for image representation e By typing the illuminance values in the boxes a customized scale can be configured o Click on the color to choose the reference color Alternatively in Recalculate Values a default scale can be configured selected from the dropdown menu Colors to set an image in color or black and white Curve to view the data in a linear or logarithmic scale The Rescale window allows you to visualize and modify the maximum and minimum illuminance value the scale refers to as well as the step Rendering Dynamic Rendering Dynamic rendering also called Real Time Rendering allows you to walk in the environment but does not permit visualization of the Ray Tracing effects When
126. xed Another way of orienting is to select the Capture Aiming command from the Modify menu This command allows you to capture an object and orient it aiming its axis towards a destination It allows for example a luminaire to be aimed towards an object To carry out the operation you must gt Click with the mouse on the object to be aimed so as to capture it gt Click on the destination surface to orient it When you click on the destination surface a triplet of values appears near the mouse indicating the position of the final point gt Dress Enter to confirm the position Page 59 94 i ff Bitty TINS esse alo o Hale s se 2 glep LG TA OxyTech Each object is associated to its triplet of intrinsic Cartesian axes x red y green e z blue on which to effect the transformations The command can be selected also using the keyboard by pressing the T aim key In order to activate the command the object must first be selected OxyTech Object Duplication There are several ways of duplicating an object luminaire furniture or working plane in the drawing Duplicate ce By clicking on the icon or selecting the command from the Edit menu the selected object will be copied on top of itself and it will be possible to move it using the Move command wa By selecting with the right mouse button the Grid position duplication request and clicking on Mod
127. ypes of visualization of the object both as regards the model view and the results view Camera this allows configuration of a three dimensional view Perspective or 2D Front side and top views Results this permits visualization of the calculated results Pos 0 000 0 000 0 000 Roti 0 000 0 000 Scala 1 000 Ba e ST TE MESS DE EH DOoJE gt e 8 253 oricial 3 elean g Page 33 94 To create an independent window you must select Create in the menu and the command Camera Enter the camera menu from the selected window and select the name of the camera just created At this point you can work from window to window for example it is possible to select a floodlight in one window and aim it with Pick Orient in another The View menu inside the design area allows you to set visualization of the reference grid for the design Select the Tools Settings menu to access the grid setup window In this way the dimension step and reference grid color of the design can be set Creation of calculation area Creation of an interior exterior environment By environment we mean an external area of work where only the ground surface is represented or an internal area where the floor walls and ceiling are represented in which to carry out calculation v Creating an environment for interiors or exteriors allows us to view the results
128. z while keeping luminaire rotation unchanged taking as O reference the positive X axis as explained in the roads guidelines Luminaire Rotation RZ this is the rotation of the luminaire around the vertical axis z while keeping arm rotation unchanged taking as O reference the positive X axis as explained in the roads guidelines gt Lateral Tilt Angle RX J this is the inclination rotation of the luminaire around its own x axis Also in this case to modify the data you must click twice inside the editable boxes white Clicking finally on the End key causes the stretch of road under examination to be visualized in the design area Click instead on the Return to Wizard key to move to the guided module Once insertion is complete to reedit the area you must select the element with the right mouse button in the Scene TAB and press Modity Page 83 94 OxyTech Roads calculation di OxyTech When the insertion operations are completed and you have returned to the main program screen calculations can be launched by clicking on the relative icon in the Calculations TAB or select Start Calculations in the Calculations menu The program will automatically set the correct calculation parameters according to the previously selected norm To launch calculations just click on the Start key When calculations are complete click on the Close key to automatically access the results table

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