Nelca Roco, a lighting designer in the Philippines is a big fan of DIALux. Bailey highlighted his preferences for the software: “Both have pros and cons, I personally prefer AGi32 for outdoor calcs and Litepro DLX for interior calcs.” Hubbell also offers some Augmented Reality tools for visualization purposes. AGi32 is their go-to for everyday calculations, whereas DIALux is used for more complex 3D interior environment renderings. Chris Bailey of Hubbell Lighting says the company uses both AGi32 and a customized version of DIALux (Litepro DLX). I think they use a lot more DIALux in Europe.” However, many US companies do use DIALux to some extent. It doesn’t really matter, we just wanted it to start with the letter “A” in an effort to show up first.”Īndrea Hartranft confirmed what many have told us, “We dabbled in DIALux, but our go-to is AGi.
David discussed AGi’s success and breadth of utilization: “It can be used for literally any lighting project that you can think of: as simple as an office or restroom as complicated as a pro sports facility that has to meet television requirements.”ĭavid described the strategic origin of the software’s name: “AGi stands for Advanced Graphical Illumination, or it could stand for Advanced Graphical Interface. The output can be as simple as a PDF, or something that merges with CAD. The original version was MS-DOS based and has evolved into the de facto industry standard in the U.S.
In 1984, David Speer and Todd Saemisch began Lighting Analysts Inc with software that today is called AGi32. More on that later.īut how does one decide which software to use? Sometimes the things that look really sexy don’t get the job done. However, unlike the lighting publications, which basically utilize identical advertising revenue models, the four leaders in the software industry have vastly different revenue models. Solution’s Augmented Reality software, titled Light ARchitect. There is a place for AGi32, Visual and DIALux software, as well as newer software such as LightStanza, and Cooper Lighting. In researching this article, it became clear that design software choices operate in a similar way. While there are obvious redundancies, we have distinctive areas of expertise.
The discussion enlightened my view on different types of media and each of their unique applications. If there is no ULD file available, you can still use our RELUX or LDT/IES files for your light calculation.Mark Lien, IES Industry Relations Manager, recently hosted a panel discussion for four industry editors, including myself. Transferring the information into DIALux lighting design software can be done via drag & drop for immediate use.Īdditionally, our products are also presented in LUMsearch, a luminaire search engine from DIALux where you can easily find the right luminaire and send the corresponding ULD file to DIALux. those consisting of several parts or light emissions.Īs a premium partner of DIALux, we are now offering ULD files on the product pages of our website, allowing you to easily import each luminaire into DIALux with comprehensive information for your lighting calculations. Very complex luminaires can be shown, e.g. Compared with conventional photometric formats such as IES or LDT, ULD files include many more features and much more product information so that data quality and calculation results can be substantially improved. ULD is the best data format for importing a luminaire into DIALux.
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