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Category Archives: Tools of the Trade
A final note on the LED Wall Washer Color Problem
Well, it’s been a long time since my last post – sorry. I thought I would start with an update on the project where my company corrected the color output of high power LEDs on linear array boards (used for wall washing applications) using colored ink-jet printed transparency film lenses (see post below). In the end, the customer came around… Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design tools, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, building lighting, led architectural lighting, lighting design, lighting engineering, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state office lighting
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Application Note: Easy Solution to LED Wall Washing Color Problem
Remember our color temperature drifting in our LED wall washing application note? No? Click here to read all about it Well, as you may recall we had 6 high power LEDs on a linear board to be installed either in … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design tools, color filters, colored filters, correcting led binning, correcting led color, designing with light, gelatin filter, gels, home made filters, homemade filters, homemade gels, led architectural lighting, led binning, led color, led color temp, led color temperature, led filters, led gels, led lighting, led wall washer, led wall washing, lighting design, lighting design tools, lighting designers
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DIALux now has an official support board
Mr. Willi Bremecker, the Team Leader for Sales at DIAL – makers of DIALux – has informed me that there is now an official DIALux forum on their website! Hooorayy!!!! 8) While I don’t want to chase traffic away from … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, designing with light, dial, DIALux, dialux board, dialux forum, dialux support, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting software, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting
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FREE Commercial Building Lighting Web Tool
The Department of Energy (DOE) has developed an interactive web tool called Commercial Lighting Solutions (CLS) intended to provide “how to” advice about ways to improve interior lighting efficiency and reduce energy consumption for a potential savings of 30% or … Continue reading
Posted in Tools of the Trade
Tagged building technologies, building technology, commercial lighting design, commercial lighting tools, department of energy, doe, doe tools, doe utilities, energy analysis, energy analysis tools, energy efficient, energy policy tax, energy savings, energy utilities, free, free design software, free lighting tools, free lighting utilities, free program, free software, free web tool, lighting design software, retail lighting, retail lighting design, retial store lighting
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Another New DIALux Plugin
Hess has introduced a large DIALux plugin with over 2200 luminaires and variations! Kewl 8) They have mimicked their website’s navigation in the plugin’s user interface which should make for easy browsing. Click here to shoot off to their website … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, building daylight, daylight consultant, daylight consulting, daylight planner, daylight planning, designing with light, DIALux, dialux blog, dialuxblog.com, free lighting design software, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting design, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting plugin, lighting software, natural building light, Office Lighting, plugins, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design
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Some more Sketchup & Kerkythea Images
Here are some examples of the power of Sketchup Pro and Kerkythea. Here I have some hardware: screws, nuts, wing bolts, etc… that I modeled completely in Sketchup Pro from scratch and rendered in Kerkythea using my own custom-created High … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Tools of the Trade
Tagged 3d architectural rendering, 3d modeling, 3d rendering, 3d rendering software, 3d software, architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design toolsfree software, Architectural Lighting Industry, architectural visualization, artistic lighting, designing with light, free 3d software, free 3d tools, free lighting design tools, free software, free tools, google sketchup, HDRI, HDRI lighting, High Dynamic Range Imaging, interior lighting, kerkythea, kerkythea rendering system, led architectural lighting, light modeling, lighting artist, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting design tools, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting visualization software, Office Lighting, office lighting design, rendering software, sketchup, skethcup, software, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting, visualization software
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ERCO releases new 2008 DIALux plugin
ERCO has released their entire lighting products catalog as a plugin for DIALux available as a download or you may request a DVD. All ULD planning data is included as well as 3D models for the luminaires. If anybody uses … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, building daylight, daylight consultant, daylight consulting, daylight planner, daylight planning, designing with light, DIALux, erco, free lighting design software, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting design, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting plugin, lighting software, luminaires, natural building light, Office Lighting, plugins, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design
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STICKY: DIAL is looking for you to make DIALux better
I really do apologize for the delay in posting to this blog, I have been involved in a blitz of graphic work, photoshoots, and catalog design for my company. 😆 I’m back now and I have a very interesting development … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, designing with light, dial, DIALux, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting software, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting
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STICKY: After the tone DIALux
I’m getting lots of traffic due to my DIALux article and I see a lot of search terms that include “DIALux” in them and there is certainly a lot of clicking on outbound links for DIALux but I haven’t heard … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, designing with light, dial, DIALux, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting software, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting
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STICKY: DIALux Tutorial Anyone?
Still getting lots of traffic about DIALux and a lot of comments. Keep them coming, I and the rest of the DIALux community want to hear from you. Has anybody…..and I mean ANYBODY out there stumbled across a tutorial on … Continue reading
Posted in DIALux, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, designing with light, dial, DIALux, dialux information, dialux manual, dialux tutorial, dialux tutorials, dialux videos, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting software, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting
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