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Visualization is extremely important to comprehend changes in luminance
for different materials and surface properties and predict the effect of
various luminaire designs in real-world, light and surface interaction.
With the ability to see results clearly for an entire project, AGi32 becomes a
mock-up substitute that can save time and money by creating a virtual
model of a proposed design. It can reveal characteristics and effects that
would be hard to detect in anything short of the completed installation.
AGi32 is a stand-alone tool, wich offers you possibility of:
comprehensive lighting calculations
ease of modeling
fast, high-quality rendering
Calculations:
AGi32 performs numerical point-by-point calculations of direct or reflected
light incident on any real surface or imaginary plane.
It allows you to select from two calculation techniques when simulating a
lighting application: Direct Calculation Method and Full Radiosity Method.
You cand simply move from one to other and just repeat the calculation.
Direct Calculation Method:
- is a simplified calculation technique to be used when reflected light need
not be considered in the results
- this method lends itself particularly well to exterior lighting applications
such as site lighting, roadway and sports applications
Full Radiosity Method :
- enables all the features found in AGi32 for the accurate computation of
interreflected light
- is required for interior lighting applications where interreflected light and
indirect lighting are important or when rendering is desired
Modeling:
AGi32 is a simple yet powerful model builder capable of constructing many
architectural environments.
It also supports import of 3D DWG/DXF allowing models created in other
software to be utilized or combined with content created in AGi32.
Rendering:
AGi32 can be used to generate fast and accurate color images of the
behavior of light within an environment.
Designers now have the ability to quickly visualize and share different
lighting scenarios before they are specified, purchased and installed.
Agi32 could be an alternative of the other lighting tools.Compared to the
others, it has some benefits.
Some of the major improvements of AGi32 are: • Image preserving interior glass for direct sunlight and electric light:
- will now more accurately predict sun patches in the environments due to improved
treatment of transition surfaces;
- will now more accurately predict the transfer of direct sunlight through secondary glass. • Dynamic Edit capability moves or adds corners or sides for rooms and
objects:
- provides the ability to easily relocate a vertex or move any side of a room or
object to help you recover from errors, or allow existing shapes to be modified when
changes are required in the project.
• Calculation support for Model Lighting Ordinance (MLO) (Illuminance on an
enclosed box).
- requires that a container be constructed around the site at the property line with
extents 10 meters above the location of the highest source. Then, a top must be put
on top of the container to compute incident Illuminance and flux density;
- Obtrusive Light command handles the construction of the calculation grids in a
single command dialog, you just have to select the z-coordinate from the top and the
borrom of the container and then the radio button for the enclosed box, after that you
just have to compile;
- Obtrusive Light Compliance Report tool provides an automated way to judge the
compliance of the project with the MLO guidelines.
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