
Advance your lighting design with Dialux evo for advanced users through five sections, covering calculation, design, and documentation, with hands-on exercises, downloadable training materials, and a final multistorey assignment.
Prerequisites include basic lighting design, AutoCAD knowledge, and Dialux evo familiarity. Meet hardware and software requirements, install Dialux evo 9.2, and complete a lab room lighting design exercise with assignment.
Explore Dubai inspiration projects spanning retail, office, education, and more, illustrating concept proposals, luminaire data, and early schematic collaboration for building your independent lighting designer portfolio.
Learn how to import and modify additional drawings in Dialux evo and download the evo software. See a six-building LEED-certified lighting design project with indoor and outdoor lighting considerations.
Learn to import and organize floor drawings in dialux evo by separating ground and second floor files, flattening CAD, and color-coding layers to align joints across levels.
Master multi-storey building workflows in Dialux evo by duplicating stories, copying walls, windows, and cutouts, and managing floors from top down.
Insert cut-outs in dialux evo on floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs with rectangular or polygonal shapes, limits such as one point five meters, and inclined-wall options; pools cannot be cut.
Create and customize objects in dialux evo by selecting library items, building from extrusion cubes, applying materials, and using combine, subtract, and intersect operations for reusable designs.
Import 3D models into Dialux evo by downloading from the archive and workshop resources, unzip, import into the software, and adjust scale and materials for chairs and trees.
Learn to convert client 3D models from AutoCAD or SketchUp into compatible 3D files with PCON Planner, isolate desired parts, export clean geometry with textures, and prepare for Dialux evo.
Explore SketchUp for 3d modeling, import from the 3d warehouse, adjust scale and textures, and export or integrate models into Dialux evo workflows.
Learn how to import external textures, create and apply Carrara marble or other materials in dialux evo, adjust gloss, scale, orientation, and manage color codes from design drawings.
Learn to specify luminaires for retail, residential, and landscape projects using brand catalogs, filters, and plug-ins, then export to or import into Dialux evo.
Learn to insert and label calculation surfaces and points in Dialux evo, set horizontal and vertical illumination, place calculation points, adjust spacing, and generate glare and lux reports.
Designating areas in Dialux evo shows how to label rooms, select space types like classroom, and apply standard lux targets (e.g., 300 lux) using the spaces tab and draft standards.
Configure false colors and isolines in Dialux evo to visualize lux levels, edit color legends, and tailor presentations for clients with precise presets and transitions.
Learn to create and label assessment zones in dialux evo for outdoor lighting calculations across spaces like campus entrances, parking areas, and drop-off zones, with height and lux requirements.
Place luminaires in outdoor spaces using automatic arrangements to meet assessment zone and parking-area lighting needs, adjusting spacing, end-to-end measurements, and grid layouts in plan and elevation views.
Create and organize light scenes in Dialux evo by grouping luminaires, labeling scenes, and adjusting dim levels; preview, save views, and export animated sequences with a gif maker.
Create a daylighting calculation for interior spaces using a clear sky in Dubai, and run daylight-only simulations while evaluating daylight penetration and the option to combine with artificial lighting.
Explore energy estimation to calculate lighting design energy consumption, using lighting control and detectors to save energy, estimate annual costs, and compare against Ashry and Leed requirements.
Create and save views, label images, and build lighting layouts for supermarkets and hotels in Dialux evo; use false color, ISO lines, valley charts, and a PowerPoint presentation for results.
Learn to insert text and dimension lines in Dialux evo, adjust text size and arrows, and label areas such as selling area, tables, and entrance for clear documentation.
Learn to configure individual documentation in Dialux evo, building a client-ready pdf with cover pages, luminaires lists, images, layout plans, and calculation surfaces for retail, landscaping, and supermarket projects.
Evaluate Dialux evo lighting designs using results overview and reports to verify lux targets and overall uniformity. Adjust calculation surfaces, verify luminaire labeling, mounting height, and false color charts.
Learn how to prepare and export AutoCAD from evo by labeling luminaires, organizing layers, selecting export options, and integrating a base plan for a professional lighting layout.
Learn to import an IFC file from Revit into Dialux evo, select included elements, label spaces, set lux targets, place luminaires, and run the first lighting calculation.
Learn to delete objects from an IFC file in Dialux evo, replace furniture, and apply materials like marble with a glossy finish via the catalog, using drag-and-drop for sizing.
Explore importing IFC and Revit data into Dialux evo for lighting design calculations, learn to edit materials and select fixtures individually, and subscribe to YouTube tutorials for updates.
This course is the continuation of “Dialux evo for Beginners”. Make sure that you enrol on this one before you proceed on this advanced course.
This is for advanced users who wants to deepen their knowledge in using the Dialux evo software on their lighting design projects.
It has 5 sections composed of different lectures and hands-on training. There will be one initial exercise to test the basic knowledge, and one final assignment to test the advanced knowledge of the student.
There are lots of tips and tricks included in this course and are loaded with experience information about lighting design theory and standards based on the instructors ten years of lighting design experience.
Training materials like PDF, DWG, and Dialux evo files are included and can be easily downloadable in this course.
You will be amazed at how Dialux evo software can create amazing images compare to the regular Dialux and other software, especially with the updated version of Dialux evo.
This course is lifetime access, so you can come back and watch the course any time you want and anytime you are free.
Who this course is for? This course is for Lighting Designers, MEP Consultants, Architect, Interior Designer, Landscape Architect, Lighting Manufacturer, Lighting Salesmen.
The Basic Requirements are (1) Basic knowledge in AutoCAD and Dialux evo, (2) Passion for lighting design, (3) 100% eagerness to learn the Dialux evo software and its hidden techniques.