AGi32 Overview - Calculations and Rendering
AGi32 is a multi-purpose lighting design tool that will serve you best if its capabilities are clearly understood with respect to the requirements of the various projects in which you will employ it. For example: The data you are likely to present for a Parks and Recreation level softball field will most likely be quite different than that of a commercial interior. Similarly, the approach you use to analyze the two projects in AGi32 will utilize different tools.
The first questions you should answer before starting on any project is what aspects of the environment are important to the lighting analysis and what are you expecting for an end result? The following table should help you setup the problem within the AGi32 software in order to get the proper results.
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Example project |
Desired results |
Relevant commands |
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Calculation Method |
Surfaces |
Calculation points |
Render |
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Sports or area lighting |
Numeric point x point, statistics, schedules, export to DWG |
Direct Only Method: AutoCalc On (optional) |
No Objects required or Objects for shadow only |
Polygon |
No |
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Commercial interior |
Numeric point x point, statistics, schedules, export to DWG |
Full Radiosity Method |
Yes: Room and Objects |
Automatic placement |
Automatic in Full Radiosity mode with surfaces present, just go to Render mode |
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Commercial interior with visualization |
Same as above plus rendering, cannot export rendering to CAD |
Full Radiosity Method |
Yes: Room and Objects |
Automatic placement |
Export BMP, JPG, PNG, Ray-trace (optional) |
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Exterior with visualization |
Same as above |
Full Radiosity Method |
Objects for ground |
Polygon, 2pt, 3pt or automatic placement |
Export BMP,JPG, PNG or Ray-trace (optional) |
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Daylighting |
Same as above |
Full Radiosity Method |
Exterior or Interior model |
Any |
Export BMP,JPG, PNG or Ray-trace |
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Roadway |
Numeric, IES, CIE (or other) luminance computations |
Direct Only Method |
No (automatic for luminance calcs) |
Roadway Luminance |
No |
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Roadway with reflective geometry (objects such as underpass or tunnel) |
Numeric, IES or CIE luminance computations |
Full Radiosity Method |
Room and Object, tag as Roadway contributor and Roadway Pavement surface in Surface Edit |
Roadway Luminance |
Yes |