Supported Autodesk Products: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012, Autodesk Revit MEP 2012
Compatible / Supported Operating Systems: MS-Windows; XP, Vista, 7
Supported Languages: English

ElumTools™ is the first fully integrated lighting analysis Add-in for Autodesk® Revit®. The concept of ElumTools as a Revit Add-in is based on the ability to leverage content already present in the Revit model allowing the lighting software functionality to be simplified to only those tasks necessary for the accurate modeling of light. The calculation of lighting results requires surface geometry and properties such as reflectance and color, luminaire locations and associated photometry. ElumTools is able to extract the surface geometry from “Rooms” or “Spaces” as defined in Revit, or if necessary, from individual elements selected using Revit commands. The Surface reflectance and color can be interpreted from the Revit materials properties and “mapped” to more suitable values if desired. Luminaire (lighting fixture) families already present in Revit are consumed by ElumTools and photometric file associations can be created if not already present. The final step in preparing the model gives the user the ability to assign calculation points to any surface or workplane of interest. With these steps in place, ElumTools is ready to compute the selected geometry. Revit defined Rooms or Spaces can be computed individually or as a group if they contribute light to one another. The calculation process utilizes the industry standard radiosity method and computed results are presented through a physically accurate, interactive visualization. The point-by-point illuminance results can be enabled directly in the Revit model views of your choice and all statistics are available to Revit scheduling tools for summary and inclusion in the BIM model.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Luminaire Manager – Prepare Revit lighting fixture families for accurate lighting calculations with control over source position and aiming, lumens and related light loss factors.
• Materials Mapping – Map Revit materials to ElumTools materials for accurate reflectance and transmittance properties.
• Calculation Point Placement – Place calculation point grids on Room or Space work planes, or any planar face such as walls or table tops.
• Calculate by Room, Space or Selected Geometry – Rooms or Spaces can be computed individually or in groups if they exchange light. Selected geometry option allows for any geometry to be computed.

• Interactive radiosity visualization – Calculation results are automatically presented in an interactive rendering that can be viewed in RGB or Pseudocolor in terms of luminance or illuminance.
• View results in any Revit view – Point by point results can be shown in any Revit view and visibility controlled by level or individually by Room, Space or Planar Face.
• Schedule Results – All statistics are available to Revit schedule commands.

SUPPORT & TRAINING

Optional Subscription provides 5 telephone incidents and unlimited email support as well as free updates for one year from purchase date. Video learning online.

WHERE TO BUY

www.elumtools.com or Lighting Analysts directly:
info@ elumtools.com, 303-972-8852

PRICE

$549 per single user license or network client. Network use requires one time purchase of Network Service for $750. Subscription $350 per year per seat.