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2023.01 

Added

  • Added the option to export room geometry with lighting calculation to glTF format.

  • Added an option for having the target line for luminaires start at I0 instead of IMax

  • Added an option for Position Labeling to use user-defined text instead of an auto-incrementing number 

Improved

  • Converted OptiWin to a 64-bit application. This will avoid the "Out of Memory"-related crashes that were common when working with complex 3D models.

  • Changed selection list for integrated Sensor to not be restricted on selected LMS System for Room. 

Removed

  • Removed the option to export room to VRML file

 

2022.01 

Added

  • New luminaire search by category, similar to web search
    The new categories require updating the database after installing the new version

Improved

  • Added the option to limit search to UL certified luminaires

  • Added the option to search for luminaires with specific Up/Down light distribution

  • Integrated sensors are now spread between different categories, and restricted by the Room LMS System 

2019.05 

Fixed

  • Fixed a possible error when opening DGN files where the "Active viewgroup" attribute had not been set

 

2019.04 

Fixed

  • Fixed emg lighting settings vanishing if a new luminaire type was added to a room after setting emg lighting values

  • 3D model and interface objects no longer get a dithered/stippled look when an object is selected

 

2019.03 

Improved

  • PDF underlay is now using a newer module, which should make it faster

 

2019.02 

Improved

  • Updated underlying .NET version 

Fixed

  • Fixed an error that would cause light beam targeting to snap to the surface the user was currently looking through

  • Fixed missing conversion from m to ft in room report

 

2019.01 

Improved

  • Added support for DWG in CAD 2018 format 

Fixed

  • Fixed numerous visual errors with filled ISOLUX curves

 

2018.03 

Added

  • It is now possible to import all rooms and luminaire placements from a Relux Project to OptiWin.

  • It is now possible to import all rooms and luminaire placements from a Dialux Project to OptiWin. (Import from Dialux Evo is currently not supported.)

  • It is now possible to add a PDF underlay to a DWG drawing 

 Improved

  • Corrected implementation of KNX systems

  • Save column size and sorting for list in Project window, similar to Room window

  • Tables for customers and users are now synchronized between project databases

  • Added a summary column to Room/Product matrix report

  • Added column for W/m2 in product matrix report

  • Added a subnet overview to product matrix report

  • Added new LMS-related layers to CAD Application setup dialog

 

Fixed

  • Navigation arrows in Room window have restored functionality

  • It is now possible to copy text from project fields using Ctrl-C (previously, OptiWin would attempt to copy the active project)

  • Fixed dropdown list for materials sometimes being empty

 

2018.02 

Fixed

  • The setting for ignoring reflection values when calculating emergency lighting is now applied correctly (previously used reflection values regardless of this choice)

 

2018.01 

Added

  • LMS (Light Management System) design has been implemented  

Improved

  • Redesigned user interface to be closer to Windows 10 style

 

2016.04 

Improved

  • Polygonal objects may now be saved for use in other rooms.

  • It is now possible to hide 3D objects in report view for calculation planes.  

Fixed

  • Removed reflection values for walls/ceiling when they are not part of the room.

  • Fixed an error that occurred when closing the Room window with any button except the one on the lower right.

  • Selecting Indoor/Outdoor while creating a room did not affect the created room, this has been corrected.

 

2016.03 

Fixed

  • Data for Emergency lighting is no longer unavailable when using one database for each project.

 

2016.02 

Improved

  • It is now possible to change top/bottom of polygonal objects independently of each other.

 

2016.01 

Added

  • Reports on Calculation area now include an image showing where in the room/model the area is located.

  • It is now possible to set Indoor/Outdoor at Room level. If a Room is set to Outdoor, walls and ceiling are not included in the calculation.

  • Added function for drawing polygonal objects in a room.

  • Added function to create a calculation plane based on the shape of an existing polygonal object.

  • You may now switch between editing position coordinates relative to room or 3D model.  

Improved

  • Luminaire reference numbers in reports are now scaled to room size.

  • Reintroduced buttons for view angles.

  • "Place in ceiling" now keeps rotation about Z axis.

  • Rotation of objects using grip points now rotates about the current object axes.

  • 3D Drawing and Scenarios in Room Report are now rendered as solid instead of wireframe.  

Fixed

  • No longer writes to files in the application folder. This fixes several errors when running on Windows 10.

  • The error that occurred when loading projects with commas in the file or folder name has been fixed.

  • Copied project databases no longer have missing data.

  • Fixed a crash that could occur when calculating rooms that include a 3D model.

 

2015.02 

Added

  • New functionality for searching in multiple databases has been added. Check out Database Search for more information.

  • A new database setup has been implemented. You can now have one database for each project. This mode is using a new database storing all products.
    The project database will be much smaller now as each database doesn't have all the products.

  • You can now select multiple rooms and calculate all of them, directly from the Room (emergency calculation not supported)

  • You can now load the previous used database directly from the project page.

  • A new measurement tool has been added to the CAD editor.

  • You no longer have to manually change all ISOLUX-values to default in a report. A options has been added to reset all values.

  • The location of the model has been added to the Room. You can also now change the directory and name of your model.

  • You can now upgrade a selection of databases at the same time.   

Improved

  • ODA-library has been updated. The new library supports DWG 2013 and the editor should be noticeable faster. 

  • Pictures in report should now be optimized to use more of the sheet and produce larger pictures.

  • Text added to luminaire will now be displayed in the selection list and scenario so it's easier to distinguish each luminaire.

  • Room list supports selection of multiple rows with delete- and copy-functionality. Use shift and control to select multiple rows.

  • You can now select if your calculation should use EN 15193 or NS 3031 in project. Category will filter the list by this selection.

  • Category has been added to the room screen.

  • DGN-registration is no longer required when you use the DGN-functionality.

  • Scenarios will now be generated in surface mode instead of wireframe.

  • You can now select floor from "copy or replace room" when copying a room from CAD.

  • Walls and ceiling is now visible as a calculation plane if you select "read results" and activate calculations for walls and ceiling.

  • You will now receive an update notification after switching databases, if one database per project is not enabled. 

Fixed

  • The list of manufacturer in luminaries will only display names with active luminaries.

  • Changes to Light Source from Maintenance factor should be stored.

  • Anti-Panic should now correctly be displayed as an option in the advanced report.

  • An issue with refreshing a Cad-drawing after export has been fixed. You should no longer get duplicate values on the drawing. 

  • Clear-button should now remove all values in the search fields in luminaire search.

  • Missing translation in luminaire list for project has been added.

  • Link to web page is updated to use "http://glamox.com/gsx "

  • Fixed an issue with activation of optiwin.ini-flags and database upgrade.

 

2015.01 

Added

  • Energy Reports has new features: 

    • You can now copy/paste a cell value into one or multiple selected cells.
      There is also added undo/redo buttons to support this new feature at the bottom of the window.

    •   Search filter has been added. You can now use common search patterns in the column header.

  • Display of OptiWin ID has been added to luminaire selection window.

  • Optiwin has expanded logging functionality. An extra file is now generated when error occurs in Optiwin. 

Improved

  • The CAD-import has been improved. Earlier versions had issues with loading time and program freeze while importing DWG/DGN-files.

  • An extra option has been added to the setup page. In CAD-> CAD Import the user can now turn of automatically zoom extends. This is by default on and should only be turned off if the user needs faster import of files. 

Fixed

  • An issue with CAD-import generating an error has been fixed.

  • Rooms missing luminaries should now display correctly in room list in project reports.(Marked with *)

  • You should no longer get an exception error when entering Isolux without any calculation planes with show curves.

  • Export to CAD has been improved to support larger coordinates and no longer generate an error.

  • An issue where scale in Cad-import would try to set an height lower than the minimum value is fixed.

 

2014.01 

Improved

  • New polar diagram implemented on the report.

  • Height should now be displayed for each calculation plane in the Object list.

  • LLMF- and LSF-textbox is now editable for advanced maintenance factor.

  • Order by floor has been added to the project report. Enabling this feature will not only sort the data by floor, but also group them in the report.

  • Sorting by ascending and descending is added to the project report.

  • You can now only display curves for one calculation plane at a time.

  • A copy to clipboard-button has been added to the OptiWin 3D pro registration for Client Hardware ID.

  • Incompatible/unfinished rooms can no longer be copied or used in a report. Feedback and indicators in Optiwin has been improved to reflect these changes.

  • AutoCAD 2013 (R27) format support.

  • Optiwin will now remember changes to width of the columns in the room list.  

Fixed

  • The Geolocation feature was not working because of deprecated google API. The feature has been updated and should work as intended.

  • Fixed faulty values in occupancy when changing Light on/off in the energy evaluation window.

  • A problem with light curves not being displayed in basic report has been fixed.

  • The feature for Ignoring LUX-values below a certain value was not implemented fully and thus not working. Ignoring LUX-values from emergency light and normal light should now work.

  • Calculations with really long buildings should now display properly in the report.

  • Some CAD-imports would not display the model if the maximum- and minimum-values were really huge. This problem has been fixed by creating a smaller view  if the values are out of proportion.

  • The UGR-table should now display the header information onto the next page if the table continues beyond one page.

  • Fixed an issue where text did not display in the in the report if the word was too long.

  • The number of calculation points will only be calculated if the room has been resized and not overwrite manually added values.

  • Data exchange should now export/import position labeling profile.

  • Client Hardware ID in  OptiWin 3D pro registration would display  only question markers in some rare occasions.

  • Fixed a couple of issues with centering and scaling of DWG-imported files.  

2012.03 

Improved

  • The project luminaire list is now properly translated in all supported languages.

  • Polar diagrams are now presented in the same style as the Glamox web pages. 

Fixed

  • The CAD drawing background will no longer be saved as a generic object along with the room.

  • CAD drawings should now always be visible on the print preview and the actual print.

  • Room and calculation plane images will no longer be partially cut in reports. 

 

2012.02 

Added

  • The luminaire placement window now has a distance measurement tool (ruler). 

Improved

  • Automatically generated position labels are now sorted alphabetically by the luminaire and room names.

  • Some minor adjustments has been made to the interface to improve readability.

  • Standard room reports should no longer add an empty page between each report page. 

Fixed

  • Calculation planes with a large difference in length and width will no longer be cut of in reports.

  • Numbered objects (e.g calculation planes and observers) will now accept custom descriptions again. 

2012.01 

Added

  • A new report "Glare Evaluation according to UGR" is available from the luminaire information and the room report windows.

  • Luminaires for an entire project can now be managed from a new "Luminaire list" button in the project window.

  • Calculation results can now be exported back to CAD as point results instead of ISOLux curves.

  • OptiWin 3D pro can now be set as the default handler for DWG, DXF and DGN files. 

Improved

  • Multi-core processor support for lighting calculations and result retrieval - tests show up to 350% speed increase for large environments.

  • Streaming vectorization and multi-threaded rendering improves performance while reducing memory load for complex drawings.

  • The database upgrade system has been improved resulting in safer structure upgrades and faster application startup time.

  • Some internal changes has been made to the database structure to allow for future luminaire types.

  • Position labeling systems can now be configured to separate different LED emergency light positions/configurations.

  • Several new hotkeys are now recognized throughout the entire application.

  • The brightness of stored visualization results can now be adjusted, this also affects reports.

  • DGN files are now imported as DWG instead of loading directly, which allows for exporting data back to this format.

  • The place room function in the CAD window can now update the current room data in addition to creating a copy.

  • When using the place room function and choosing not to export data back to the CAD file, the room window will become activated.

  • Support for the units feet and foot candle has been updated through the entire application. 

Fixed

  • The economy application (WinECO) is no longer available on 64bit operating systems.

  • The calculation module has been updated to fix an extremely rare calculation bug.

  • Panelled ceilings will now never be considered outside the room for calculation purposes.

  • Fixed a bug where the standard CAD emergency symbols would not always be displayed.

  • Rooms with border zone enabled now shows the entire room in the calculation plane report.

  • The radio buttons in the report configuration window now behaves a bit more consistent.

  • The buttons "New" and "Search" should no longer perform the incorrect operation in the room window.

  • Rewrote the display overlay drawing method as the old one could cause 100% core usage in some cases.

  • Report luminaire lists now group all LED emergency light enabled luminaires properly together.

 

2011.07 

Improved

  • Room/object intersection testing is now much more consistent when detecting potential problems.

  • Objects outside the room boundaries will now be selected properly after the calculation error message has been shown. 

Fixed

  • Luminaire position labels with a panel/circuit configuration consisting of text will now be preserved while updating position labels.

2011.06 

Improved

  • CAD export for DGN files was previously unsupported, but has now been modified to output the data to a separate DWG file instead.
    The DGN extension will be appended to the original file name (for example, "My Drawing.dgn" will get a linked file "My Drawing.dgn.dwg").

  • An object which only touches the outside boundary of a room will no longer be accepted for calculations. This change should help reducing invalid calculation results as a result of changing luminaire types.
    It is however still recommended to use the "Place in ceiling" button after changing luminaire types. 

Fixed

  • Room polygon data from CAD import will now be properly removed when a room is saved or deleted.
    (This fixes a bug where data from a previously deleted room would suddenly be loaded when a new room was created at the same index)

  • Microstation DGN drawings will no longer be overwritten by a small DWG file when exporting to CAD.

  • The scaling factor will now be shown with all decimals in the CAD import dialogue (the bug did however not affect the import routine).

  • The floor height will no longer be saved in meters to the database when using the CAD room copy function (which makes it much more useful in 3D).

 

 

2011.05

 

Improved

§ The model deviation calculations has been substantially improved for DGN files, which means that model complexity can be reduced far more than before.
(Use the quality slider in the CAD window to increase or reduce model complexity - the highest DGN quality setting is comparable to earlier versions).

§ Valid drawing area detection has been improved for DGN files, and the clip rectangle should match the drawing extents better when a drawing is first opened.

 

Fixed

§ Multiple selection properties will now once again work with walls (this bug was introduced in version 2011.04).

 

2011.04

Added

§ Objects inside groups and blocks (sub-entities) can now be selected directly from the editor window (click twice on a grouped object to select it).

§ Sub-selections will now be highlighted in the editor window (e.g sub-entities selected from the object list or the editor window).

§ Calculation planes can now be aligned (snapped) down to the closest floor surface (right click and select "Align to surface" from the context menu).

§ Vertical, Horizontal, Cylindrical, Semi-cylindrical, Camera-oriented and Hemispherical calculation modes has been implemented.

§ An online FAQ page has been created. The page will be kept up-to-date with the latest issues.

 

Improved

§ Calculation point layout logic for Escape Routes has been greatly improved, giving more accurate calculation results.
Please note that this change invalidates the calculation results for existing planes - perform a new calculation to fix this.

§ The room/luminaire grid now sorts the data according to the room level configurations.

§ Valid LED luminaire configurations are now accurately defined in the database, including types and their mounting locations.
To get these configurations you must perform an online database update. See the update page for information on this.

§ Objects with a blank name (e.g calculation planes) will no longer have two trailing apostrophes when listed in the editor window or reports.

 

Fixed

§ Creating a CAD drawing report would invalidate some required objects for regular room reports, resulting in an exception.

§ Scenario reports will now show the correct ISOLux curve results for the affected calculation planes.

§ Luminaire positions for groups and tubes will now be correct for the luminaire positioning report.

§ The rotation value groups in the advanced luminaire properties are now described in a better way (different names).

2011.03

 

Fixed

§ The function "Create new database" will no longer include room support data when performing the initial upgrade.

 

2011.02

 

Improved

§ Text objects can now be rotated from the property sheet in addition to interactive rotation.

§ The improved ISOLux curve drawing algorithm will now be properly enabled by default.

§ Added improved line clipping for ISOLux curve drawing, which should improve filled curves.

§ Label drawing has been improved while in the standard surface rendering mode.

§ The active database path is now shown in the subtitle field in both the room and project windows.

§ Database size limit warning has been lowered to 850Mb (from 950Mb), but will trigger less often.

§ Default maintenance factor is now configurable from the setup screen.

 

Fixed

§ Symbol type text (e.g "internal symbol") in the CAD export window is now properly translated.

§ Changing a CAD attribute type will now immediately lock or unlock the input text field.

§ Emergency luminaires could sometimes get an invalid (0%) emergency percentage.

§ The curve drawing algorithm flag was read as the opposite of the configured value.

§ Intelligent LENI calculation will now use the correct luminaire maintenance factor for standard rooms.

§ Text commands "move to" and "rotate to" should now work again (e.g "rotate to z 45").

§ The "Create new database" function should now lock the application from user input while transferring data.

2011.01

 

Added

§ The new room list menu in the luminaire placement window can be used to quickly switch between rooms in the current project.

§ New luminare types can now be added directly from the luminaire placement window (new menu item in the luminaire menu).

§ Visualized calculation results can now be saved for each room. This option can be configured separately for each room.

§ Databases can now be created from the Setup dialogue. New databases will contain current luminaire data, but no project/room data.

§ Similar rooms can now be copied directly inside the CAD window by using the reimport function.

§ New plane types for emergency calculations (High-risk Area, Panic Area and Escape Route) can now be created.

§ You can now create Lighting Scenarios to calculate only parts of a luminaire circuitry.

 

Improved

§ Multiple luminaires can be added simultaneously from either the search result, favorite list or the recently used luminaire list.

§ The CAD and Web links on the start page now have proper icons.

§ Luminaires now have better visualization when 3D symbols are enabled.

§ The engine used for calculations has been updated, resulting in better stability and a small improvement in both calculation speed and accuracy.

§ Luminaires can now be configured with multiple integrated LED emergency lights.

§ The ISOLux level curve drawing algorithm has been rewritten, and should produce more consistent results.

§ Luminaire LL/CW factors are now calculated for rooms and entire projects.

§ Streamlined the functionality for adding and removing points to object (e.g room shape, calculation plane shape).

§ Keyboard input detection has been improved for the command input system, and should no longer register function keys.

§ Changes to the presentation mode in the CAD window will now be registered even when no drawing has been loaded.

 

Fixed

§ Object groups and advanced luminaire groups are now properly updated (visually) after modifying child objects.

§ Reports will now output regular images (e.g calculation plane results, 3D view) after a calculated scene definition has been shown.

§ The configuration settings done in the CAD drawing save dialogue will now be cleared after the save has been completed.

§ Visual calculation results will now be completely cleared when the room is modified (more consistent behaviour).

§ Emergency luminaires will now be properly updated when a luminaire type which has been used for emergency lighting is changed or removed.

 

Notes

§ The name "Scene Definition" has been changed to "User View" to better reflect its purpose and to separate it from a Scenario.

§ Luminaire 3D models exported using the symbol export will now be separated into different layers, depending on the surface type.

§ When importing 3D model data from a CAD drawing the standard 2D data structures will no longer be imported, which reduces memory load.

 

2010.12

 

Added

§ New advanced luminaire group object type where each luminaire can be configured separately.
Old group types (group, tube) can be upgraded by selecting them and choosing "Convert to advanced luminaire group".

§ Detailed CAD objects like chairs and tables can now be loaded as generic objects, and will be used as part of the calculation.

§ Luminaire position labeling system which can be configured for each project.

§ Completely new interface for creating and loading 3D objects from the luminaire placement window.

 

Improved

§ Grip points will now always be visible even if they are located behind objects.

§ Objects which are located inside a group can still be modified by selecting them from the object list tree structure.

§ Most objects can now be grouped together in multiple levels and saved to the database for use in later projects and rooms.

§ Object property field contents will now be selected when the field receives focus, making it easy to change the data.

§ The cursor axis is now shown all the time if this option has been turned on in the 3D editor setup.

§ Luminaire dimming factors are now considered when calculating the intelligent LENI energy evaluation number.

§ The CAD recovery function should now handle situations with Proxy objects much better.

§ Increased font size and color intensity to improve readability in the energy evaluation grid.

§ The default CAD application settings now include luminaire name, position labeling and sensor (LMS) data.
(Note. to get the new application settings simply delete the old default CAD application named "OptiWin")

§ Added a desktop boundary check to avoid OptiWin being placed outside the visible screen display area (e.g when changing monitors).

§ The time used to save rooms with a large amount of objects has been significantly reduced.

§ The constant illumination factor (FC) is now calculated for each luminaire type in the energy evaluation window.

 

Fixed

§ The CAD file open dialogue will now always be shown when the CAD window is opened from the room dialogue.

§ When switching from calculation visualization to standard view the 3D window could sometimes get displaced,
resulting in artifacts near the top menu bar and grip points which were difficult to use.

§ The line rotation function in the CAD window now calculates a 360° degrees rotation (was previously 180°).

§ The calculation result should no longer be calculated to zero Lux after making changes in the room window.

§ The background model will no longer disappear from the generated room images when creating a report.

§ Luminaires inside box groups will now be updated if changes has been made to the room luminaire list.

§ Luminaires inside box groups will now be deleted when performing a new luminaire placement (AutoPlace).

§ Some errors related to new tables which could occur during database upgrade has been fixed.

§ Calculated scenes should now be shown correctly when running reports from inside the luminaire placement window.

§ Deleting and adding new luminaires in the room window will no longer cause an exception.

§ EMid, EMin and EMax is now displayed for all calculation planes in a room calculation report.

§ The option "Change ISO level" in the room report dialogue has been re-implemented as it were in the old version of OptiWin.

§ The attribute text for external sensors is now scaled properly when exported to a CAD drawing.

 

 

2010.11

 

Fixed

§ The CAD window would sometimes raise an exception when attempting to open certain drawings.

§ The system administrator will no longer get errors when opening the project window in multi-user mode.

 

 

2010.10

 

Added

§ Calculation and calculation result readout is now two separate operations which can be performed manually to improve speed

§ The calculation setup can now be configured to force the usage of detailed luminaire models instead of following the active setting

 

Improved

§ New look and feel with new colors and a much more responsive user interface

§ The luminaire placement window load time has been substantially reduced (regular rooms loads up to 400% faster)

§ Memory usage has been reduced for the entire application (usage should stabilize around 150-200Mb for normal use)

§ Various calculation setup options are now saved for each room instead of globally (e.g turning off the ceiling, walls or floor surfaces)

§ The database will now be optimized whenever the database is upgraded, which should result in improved speed

§ Single wall mounted luminaires will be automatically aligned along the Y axis (e.g against the southern wall) when added to the room

§ The CAD window will no longer try to load broken DWG files as DGN format (resulting in the wrong error message).

§ Using the CAD recovery window should be easier, as the start button now changes text according to the selected operation.

 

Fixed

§ Calculation plane results will now be properly removed from the visual representation of the calculation plane when they are moved

§ Older rooms which has not been upgraded will no longer cause an exception when running an Energy evaluation

§ Memory handling for all CAD library objects has been rewritten and will now work properly with garbage collection

§ The 3D editor option "Increase brightness of room surfaces" will no longer affect calculation results, only visual presentation.

§ Performing a normal calculation no longer invalidates the visual representation of the current emergency calculation.

§ LED luminaires will no longer be placed above the room ceiling when used in recessed lumiaires.

 

 

2010.09

 

Fixed

§ The option "Increase brightness of room surfaces" does no longer affect the calculation results

 

 

2010.08

 

Fixed

§ Ceiling and wall calculation values could sometimes be measured directly on the luminaire surface, resulting in extremely large Lux values

 

 

2010.07

 

Added

§ External daylight sensors can now be assigned a mode of operation

§ Luminaire light sources/tubes can now be exported to CAD (with the correct count for emergency luminaires)

 

Improved

§ Colors are now  preserved much better when performing large color reflection modifications

§ The automatic luminaire placement now inserts an 1x1 luminaire group as a single luminaire instead

§ Adjusted the 3D display area to avoid overlapping in the luminaire placement window

§ Variations in the number of surface divisions are now more noticeable between the different calculation detail levels

§ When splitting an object group the resulting selection will now be highlighted and receive grip points if appropriate

§ Objects which has been inside a group object will now be aligned to the nearest millimeter when split

 

Fixed

§ An exception is no longer thrown when splitting an object group of any kind

§ The room/luminaire matrix report will no longer generate sensor columns containing emergency data

§ Rooms which has had their lower left corner moved/modified will now be exported correctly to CAD

 

 

2010.06

 

Added

§ Room/Luminaire matrix report

 

Improved

§ The user interface has been upgraded to use Infragistics NetAdvantage 2009, and should look much better when running in Vista and Windows 7

§ Large 3D models are now split into logical surfaces before calculation, resulting in shorter load times and better stability for highly detailed models

§ The luminaire gear is no longer shown twice in the luminaire list after adding or modifying a luminaire in the room window

§ Luminaire gear is now also shown for all luminaires in the luminaire positioning window

 

Fixed

§ Calculations run on extremely complex rooms (3D models) should now give calculation results consistent with previous versions of OptiWin

§ Lux labels are now enabled/disabled correctly when using the Calculation Point Status toggle function

§ Some counting mistakes which could occur in the project reports when sensors and LED emergency lights were present

§ The project exchange function could fail if the source and target database had different table column structures (e.g different database versions)

§ The luminaire list for room reports now has the same order as shown in the room window

 

 

2010.05

 

Improved

§ The luminous area representation for circular luminaires has been improved, providing more consistent results for Unified Glare Rating (UGR) calculation

 

 

2010.04

 

Fixed

§ Normal calculation result curve levels (filled curves) was replaced by emergency levels while upgrading old room data

§ The CAD window was unable to parse a blank path (e.g when opened from the main menu)

 

 

2010.03

 

Added

§ DGN format support (Microstation) up to V8

§ AutoCAD 2010 (R24) format support

§ Integrated LED emergency lights for luminaires with equipment support

§ LMS support (Light management system) with sensors and circuits

§ New object types and detailed luminaire models can be used in the calculation

§ Future-proof internal storage format (old rooms will be upgraded when first accessed)

§ Advanced mounting and snapping for luminaires

 

Improved

§ The CAD window has been redesigned with several new features and improvements

§ Calculation results will be fetched on-the-fly if a calculation plane is added or moved

§ Several improvements has been made to the luminaire positioning window

§ General application stability has been improved, especially with 3D windows

§ Greatly improved compatibility with User Access Control (Windows Vista and Windows 7)

 

Fixed

§ Several bugs regarding CAD import/export functions has been fixed

§ Several critical and non-critical bugs in the report system has been fixed

§ Modifications to multi threading which fixes many potential application lockups