
Elumtools 2025
, EnglishLighting Analysts, Inc.
Lighting Anaylsts, Inc.
General Usage Instructions
Learn ElumTools
1. Validate lighting fixtures families in ElumTools Luminaire Manager:
- Assign photometric sources to your Lighting Fixture families (if not already there).
- Correct source position if necessary.
- Verify Lumens and Watts.
- Add Light Loss Factors.
2. Prepare materials for lighting calculations in ElumTools Materials Manager:
- Check surface reflectances and colors for Walls, Ceilings, Floors, and “Map” if necessary.
- Check surface type for transparent and transmissive surfaces.
3. Add calculation grids for point-by-point illuminance:
- Add calculation points to the workplace or floor using the ElumTools Add Points command.
- Place additional points on other surfaces using the ElumTools Add Points Planar Face command.
4. Calculate Rooms, Spaces, Areas, Regions, and/or Views.
- Use these to determine which portion of the model to consider for analysis.
5. View the results
- Interact with the visualization to understand the lighting effect, try using the Pseudocolor mode to quantify illuminance on every surface.
- Navigate to the appropriate Autodesk® Revit® view you want to see the point-by-point information displayed, then use the ElumTools View Results command to see the values.
- Experiment with Revit’s Analysis Visualization Framework (AVF) for point display by selecting the View Properties, and Default Analysis.
- Schedule Statistics.
- Build a Revit schedule using the built-in command.
Commands
Installation/Uninstallation
Additional Information
ElumTools is installed from the MSI-based installer. It can be uninstalled from the Windows control panel.
Known Issues
Contact
Company Name: Lighting Analysts, Inc.
Company URL: https://revalizesoftware.com/
Support Contact: https://revalizesoftware.com/help-center/
Author/Company Information
Lighting Analysts, Inc.
Support Information
Version History
Version Number | Version Description |
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2025.4.0.2 |
Added New Photometric Format Support TM-32 & TM-33. |