Dialux Evo Mastering Lighting Design Like a Pro

Learn to read architectural drawings, master Dialux Evo, plan and model floors, basements, and rooftops, add materials and furniture, and apply lighting design principles for professional results.

Discover the lighting design tools used in this course, including deluxe and other software, then build an indoor project with materials, lights, calculations, 3D views, IFC imports, and manufacturers catalogs.

Learn to read architectural drawings with the V30+ step-by-step process, interpreting elevations, floor plans, sections, and top views, and use scale, height, and projection to model lighting designs.

Import a cross-section plan in Dialux evo and set the origin and scale. Analyze the plan to identify finished grade, basement and floor heights, and floor-to-ceiling heights for accurate modeling.

Explore floor and finished grade design by importing and scaling elevation plans, defining a foundation plan, and creating polygonal finished floors with demarcation lines and ramps.

Delete reference lines, then create individual floors by duplicating the basement plan, setting correct floor-to-ceiling height, adjusting origin and scale, and adding first and second floor plans.

Construct the balcony by scaling the slab to plan dimensions, then add rails and handlebars, and copy along edges to extend to the second-floor balcony.

Extend the balcony on a 4/2 floor plan and add hip roof elements, using front and left elevations to adjust size, height, and alignment over the garage.

Draw indoor controls by tracing interior walls across the basement and upper floors, labeling each room as you go. Review the 3D and side views to verify layouts.

We have created indoor lighting controls for the basement and second floor, followed internal walls for each room, and renamed rooms to reflect their occupancy across all floors.

Place and size windows and doors on the basement floor plan using a top-down workflow, then add lighting calibration and furniture from the deluxe database to complete the layout.

Learn how to add windows and doors to a floor using cutouts in elevations, place them accurately in front of walls, and verify alignment to finalize the construction stage.

Add doors and windows on the second floor using apertures and proper dimensions, completing the house in a 3d view before moving to materials and lighting design.

Apply textures and materials to the house model using drag-and-drop from the catalog, detailing exterior walls, roof, ramps, roads, grass, garden, and a swimming pool.

Use internal materials in Dialux Evo, identify each floor, and drag and drop materials with the textures offered by the software to form quick, creative combinations, including remote controls.

Explore lighting design basics in Dialux Evo, learn terminology, standards, and file formats, and perform a practical lighting calculation for a multi-area project.

Master internal lighting design using dialux evo by importing fixtures, creating rectangular layouts, and calculating 200 lux targets; adjust with a rectangular cutout to improve uniformity and recalculate.

Design interior lighting across rooms using dialux evo, placing fixtures and creating rectangular lighting arrangements. Import and scale 3D models, apply grid calculations, and verify uniformity.

Master interior lighting design in Dialux Evo by placing downloads and fixtures across rooms, achieving uniform distribution, calculating overall lighting performance across three floors of a house model.

Master external lighting design by placing bollards around the garden and backyard, installing underwater pool lights and decorative fixtures on exterior walls, then run calculations and generate renderings.

Document your lighting design by exporting 3d views, plans, and reports; configure pages, add images, and output AutoCAD and LAPD documents for clients and technical planners.