Course details

DIALux is a light planning program for the presentation of projects. After completing this course, you will be able to plan the lighting you will use in a room, scene or building. The software will be able to calculate and visualize the daylight, as well as letting you plan your lighting scenes, plan the colour and intensity of the lights you will use, position on the project the emergency lighting, with the right legal number of luminaires, and many more.

Duration:
12 hours

Content:
;Introduction
What is DIALux
Why DIALux Evo

2. Basics Concepts of Luminaires
Brightness and flux
Lamps
Energy cost
Spectrum and colour
Position and orientation
Accessories

3. Luminaire Configuration File
Popular luminaire file type
Luminaire search
Commercial producer website

4. Introduction to DIALux
GUI
Create a building object
Software general configuration
Unit configuration
Output report configuration

5. 3D Working Area Construction
Importing working plan and configure layer filter
Create building outer bound contour
Create multiple storey
Duplicate storey with same structure
Create rooms and inner bound contour
Position building opening: windows and doors
Identify assessment zones
Creating geometric building elements
Setup building roofs
Create storey ceilings
Placing outer and inner objects
Import complex object from 3D Max Model
Setup object materials and colour
Setup object transparency and reflection parameters

6. Luminaire Arrangement
Import luminaire from configuration files
Luminaire search
Placing luminaire into 3D working area
Lamp configuration: Bulb, Spectrum, Flux, Power, temperature
Lamp maintenance
Luminaire orientation
Energy calculation

7. Luminaire Effect Calculation
How to trigger a calculation
Concepts of light scene and luminaire group
Luminaire group and light scene maintenance
Ray tracer
Add calculation object and calculation plane
Configure calculation parameters for calculation plane
Add visual task areas
Identify room main surface

8. Documentation
How to generate documentation
Setup documentation template
Generate the building summary
Generate the flux distribution report
Generate the chart and table for calculation plane
Generate the luminaire lists
9. Design Project Updated on 26 May, 2022

About St.Hua Private School

St. Hua Private School is established in 1997 by a group of experienced graduates from recognized universities such as National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

We specialize in the provision of professional technical education, such as Interior Design, Civil and Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, Programming and Digital Drawing. Our trainers are well-educated and experienced, with all of them holding at least a Masters degree from either local or overseas universities.

Additionally, most of our courses are subsidized by SkillsFuture credit, an initiative offered by the Singapore Government to upgrade Singapore Citizens’ skills by providing each citizen with $500 in funding to partake any eligible course they wish.

It is our responsibility to ensure that every student masters the relevant knowledge with ease and most importantly, have fun while doing so.

Ultimately, we aim to ensure that students are better equipped with the necessary skill sets to meet the requirements of society, to prepare them for the workforce and to enhance and elevate current workers’ skills so that they can better fit their current job and propel them to further heights in Singapore society.

Finally, St.Hua Private School is recognized and accepted by CPE (Council of Private Education) to practice as a private school from 9th January 2017 to 8th January 2021.

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