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DIALux
Lighting
Design (Based on version 4.13: New Interior Project)
Tutorial Handbook 1
(Inputing project
informations)
by
Chinedu Okunamiri
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Open DIALux by double clicking on the red DIALux 4.13
icon on your computer desktop. (Assuming, DIALux 4.13 is
already installed on your desktop)
The DIALux 4.13 Light gives a much faster lighting
design and computation job, which will be discussed fully
in a subsequent manual. It is for regular rectangular
shaped rooms without all the paraphernalia of furnishings
and stuffs.
On double clicking the red DIALux 4.13 icon at the top, a page as shown below will be opened. This
is the DIALux design page.
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Click on the icon “New Interior Project”, which of course
this tutorial manual is based on. Clicking this will reveal the
starting interface where the room dimensions can be fed.
Notice that for this interface, the dimensions are in feet’s. This
will be changed into a suitable SI unit to suit our dimensions
which mostly appear in meters.
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In order to commence changing the dimensions, click on “OK” button highlighted in blue at the
bottom left hand corner of the page as shown below. Remember our aim here is to change the
dimensions and load in other necessary data that you would want appear in the finished work of your
project.
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On clicking
the said
“OK”
button, this
page will
appear
where you
will be
required to
type in
details of the
project on
the left hand
corner e.g.
the “Name”
you wish to
assign the
room and the
“Descriptio
n” of the
room.
After that, place your cursor on “Project 1” and right click, a drop down box will appear, scroll down
(or up) the box and choose “Rename”, in order to highlight the “Project 1” so that it can be renamed
by you as appropriate.
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This page is a
page displaying
an example of a
General
Description page,
with all
information’s
written.
After inputting the required information’s, we are now ready to commence changing the
instructions such as the dimensions, contact details and so on.
Note: On first opening your DIALux design wizard, information’s you load will not affect
existing outputs, they will only be visible in new outputs. This is why we had to go through
this stage.
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To change
and input
new
informatio
n’s for
your new
project,
click on
“File” at
the top
left-hand
corner of
the page
and a drop
down box
will
appear.
Scroll
down to
“Settings”
, another
drop down
box appear
then you
click on
“General
options”
to display
this page
as seen
here.
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On the topmost corner of the newly opened dialogue box, choose “Global” to change the
“Language”, the way you “start a new project” and the “SI UNIT”. In this case, we only changed
the dimensions from “feet” to “meters” and the lighting luminance and density to “lx”.
Note, do not click on the highlighted “OK” button yet until you are done making changes to all
information’s you require. Or else you may have to start all over again to get to this page.
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Click on the “Output” at the topmost corner of the page to reveal a set of boxes requiring your
information’s like your company “Logo”, “Footer: Stands for what you want displayed on the footer
of the output of your design project”, “Header: Stands for what you want displayed on the header of
the output of your design project”, “Partner for Contact”, “Order no. or LPO no.”, “Company”,
“Customer No.” and “Telephone contact.” Fill in the information’s as best known to you.
Note, do not click on the highlighted “OK” button yet until you are done making changes to all
information’s you require. Or else you may have to start all over again to get to this page.
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For the sake of this tutorial, I had to quickly design
a company logo for myself, which I will upload for
this projects output.
This page shows the
filled “Output” and your
company “logo” already
uploaded in the required
fields.
Note, do not click on the
highlighted “OK” button
yet until you are done
making changes to all
information’s you
require. Or else you may
have to start all over
again to get to this page.
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Next is the “Contact”,
click on this to reveal
another page where your
needed contacts as the
designer will be required,
so that referrals can
easily access you.
Fill in the required
details on this page, just
as you would want it
appear on the final
output.
The page appearing by
the side is “Contact”
page filled with the
required details. These
details will appear on
the final output.
You may now click on
the highlighted “OK”
button, after going
through the “Energy
Evaluation” page,
“Window” page and the
“Rooflights” page and
making your required
changes to them.
Clicking the highlighted
“OK” button effects the
changes made. Now the
DIALux can be closed,
and a fresh DIALux
project opened to start
your main project. This
will have all the newly
fed details attached to it.
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Thanks for participating in this tutorial. Hope it was worth your while?
Please watch out for the continuing manuals.