Your first project, the parts of the workspace and choosing the right module.
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Step by step guides for every part of Lumadex 0.7.0, from your first project to a compliant report. Search every guide, step and control.
Start here
From an empty project to an issued report.
New to Lumadex? Follow these four guides in order.
- 1Create, save and reopen a studyStart with the right module and retain a reproducible project, not just a screenshot.
- 2Navigate the unlimited model spaceSeparate where you can model from where you choose to calculate.
- 3Use live or static calculationsChoose when results are recomputed and recognise stale inputs.
- 4Export a report and retain its design basisGenerate the report type appropriate to the current assessment rather than a generic screenshot.
User manual
Browse by topic.
98 guides in 15 topics. Each opens in the manual at that guide.
Draw, import and organise the site: roads, levels, CAD references and 3D models.
The library, photometric files, poles, aiming and maintenance factors.
Calculations on the real ground, live results and isolux contours with their values.
Category P and V spacing studies, spacing runs and the checks behind them.
Pedestrian crossings, outdoor car parks, bus stops and rail level crossings.
Assessment reports, certificates, drawings and handing the design over.
See the design as it will look after dark and take pictures worth showing.
Sports lighting and light towers, interiors, emergency escape lighting and obtrusive light.
Tunnel zones, luminance, threshold increment, controls and underpass visibility.
Intensity limits around runways in Australia and New Zealand.
The Lumadex module in XeraCAD, AutoCAD and BricsCAD.
Lumadex's assistant: questions, worked calculations and your open project.
Updates, modules, licences, settings and support.
Keyboard shortcuts and model space commands.
New in 0.7.0
Guides for what this release adds.
NewTake pictures in photo modeTurn the model view into a clean stage, frame the design and capture it at website or print resolution.NewBuild a site with Site CreatorBuild a rough 3D site from LiDAR ground and map data for a first calculation before survey is available.NewLay out and aim light towersPlace light towers and headframes, position floodlights, aim them with the optimiser and export the aiming schedule.NewAsk Luma a questionAsk Luma about Lumadex, your open project, a lighting standard or a calculation, from the command bar or this manual.NewRead an assessment reportUnderstand each part of a Lumadex assessment report: the verdict, the criteria, the site plan, the area sheets and the design data.NewPlace certificates and tables in CADUse the Output group of the Lumadex ribbon to place the lighting certificate, results table and luminaire schedule in the drawing.
Resources
Manuals, downloads and release notes.
Lumadex user manualEvery guide for Lumadex 0.7.0, with its screenshots. The same manual opens with F1 in the program.Open the manual Lumadex for XeraCAD manualThe module's own guides: luminaires, areas, live results, Auto Calculate, certificates and every LDX command.Open the module manual DownloadsThe offline user manual (4.3 MB), isolux.js and the system requirements.See downloads Release notesWhat changed in each release of Lumadex and its modules.See the release history
Articles
All articles Notes and guides from the team.
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