Indoor Lighting Designing

Indoor Lighting Designing|How to desig an indoor lighting system.

In this section, I will explain the complete procedure for indoor lighting designing. here we are discussing only in a practical way of designing. 

For example, we are going to design office lighting, So we need a civil plan for the office building /room. and also check the construction method of the building like floor material and paints and ceiling materials.

Now you understand what are the civil data require for designing 

1. Civil plan
2. Flooring material
3. Properties of wall material(Paint color)
4. ceiling method and material

These are the basic civil data require for designing.

Assume we have all civil data with our hands. Then whats next?.

Next is a selection of light. so we require more data related to lights. Now you need to know whatever lighting material available in the market and its properties like lux level, watts,  color, etc... It's very hard to learn.
What you think now need to continue?

Is It possible to learn all the properties of lighting material?. Now I will explain one simple method to design lighting. An almost branded lighting fixture manufactures are upload lighting fixtures plugin to their site. this will helps you to design the entire lighting system. Actually, the plugin has a wide variety of tools that can help with all of your lighting designing. No matter what the demands, from individual house lighting to large-scale industrial illumination and everything in got a tool that will meet your needs.

Let see, how to use the plugin into our project. before using the plugin we need to familiar at least one designing software like DIAlux, Relux, and Autodesk 3ds MAX design.

Now you understand what are the software's used for designing. 

1. Lighting Designing Software. 
2. Plugin

I will explain here how to design the lighting project by using DIAlux software.

So, Download and installs DIAlux Software from their site it's free.

Step-1 

Open Dialux, you can find a project information window. this related to General information. you can add here. 

After click next will see another window. 

Step-2

• This our work plane, Here have many sections. Room geometry, reflection factor, work parameter, Lumiair selection, and luminaire mount. Room geometry:- You can add the dimensions [LxWxH] of room in a meter.
•  Reflection factor:- Refer to the Previous Article will get the reflection factor. This software will help us to find the reflection factor. So select the reflection factor here.                                                           

• Luminaire selection:-Here we need the plugin of lighting fixtures or you can download catalogs here. after downloading you can select the lighting fixtures   
• Work plane:- Here feed the work plane height normally apply 0 or 0.1M
• Luminaire mount:- Feed the lighting fixture height here

Step-3

We can go next page 

Here you can type lux level.  General lux level you will get from the Previous Article Apply required lux level and press calculation icon.

 After calculation, you will get the result.

See the result. Cross-check the result. after that, you can save the output file in pdf format. 

I hope you understand the lighting designing procedure by using Dialux Software. If you have any doubts please comment in the comment box.