Step by Step

Street Lighting Simulation

with OSRAM LEDs in DIALux

Agenda
Page

Introduction and Install of DIALux

Import IES files of OSRAM LEDs

Quick Street Planning Wizard with DIALux

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Step by Step Design with OSRAM LEDs in DIALux

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What is special about DIALux?

DIALux - a planning software for your project presentation.
Calculation: latest radiosity procedures, fast and always correct.
Results: Results can be printed out or transmitted as a pdf file. Each
view and each rendering can be saved as a .jpg file.
Interactive 3-D visualization: Simply move around the room.
Visualization: Use of textures and furniture for realistic rendering.
Photo realism: with integrated raytracing module.
False colours: False colours provide quantitative analysis of
complex geometries at a glance.
Movies: Walk through the photo realistic visualization of your light
planning and send the film to your customer via email.
Interaction: Import and export: .dwg and .dxf files can be imported
and exported with results after completion of the planning process.
DIALux Light: Easy to use, step-by-step lighting design.

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Free Download DIALux from website

Download the DIALux Setup (version DIALux 4.5.0.1 ) from homepage (www.DIAL.de or
www.dialux.com) on your hard-disk.
Language available
deutsch
english
franais
italiano
espaol

Download file size:
about 250MB

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www.DIAL.de or www.dialux.com

Online Update
If you have already installed old version of DIALux, you could use online update to
newest version.
In DIALux you will find a new menu named Online.
After selecting Online Update DIALux automatically checks for newer versions of the
software and for new online PlugIns.
But it will take some time to finish update.

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The DIALux User Interface

These three work areas enable effective and clearly arranged planning of lighting
installation with DIALux.
CAD-Window

Project manager
with Inspector

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Task Pane

Agenda
Page

Introduction and Install of DIALux

Import IES files of OSRAM LEDs

Quick Street Planning Wizard with DIALux

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Step by Step Design with OSRAM LEDs in DIALux

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.IES or .Idt files

.IES or .Idt file describe the
information of light distribution,
luminous flux, and power.
.IES or .Idt file are very small
( only about 10K) compared to
ray data (about 200M).
OSRAM OS provide both .IES
(or .Idt) file and ray data of our
LED products on website.

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Download .IES file of OSRAM LED from website

http://www.ledlightforyou.com
Tools & Downloads >> Optical Tools

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Import .IES file to DIALux

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Agenda
Page

Introduction and Install of DIALux

Import IES files of OSRAM LEDs

Quick Street Planning Wizard with DIALux

12

Step by Step Design with OSRAM LEDs in DIALux

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Quick Street Planning Wizard

This wizard guides you through the quick planning for streets.

you will find the wizards in

the menu File >> Wizard

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Street profile and illumination class

Street profile
Street name and maintenance factor are likewise inserted on this page.
In the following window you can fix the individual or combined valuation
fields for the street. In order to define photometric requirements for the
street, select an illumination class for every valuation field.
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Luminaire arrangement

In the window Luminaire arrangement you can select a luminaire and place this
in an arrangement. (You need to import the IES file of OSRAM LEDs first,
otherwise you can only select the existing traditional luminaire in DIALux)
You can optimize the arrangement parameters depending on the predefined
photometric requirements.
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Start Calculation

Afterwards a final dialogue will appear automatically. If you activate the checkbox, the generated
street will be calculated immediately.
Click on the Finish button and your street project will be displayed.

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Rotate 3D View

Rotate 3D View; left-click and move the mouse

while holding the mouse button pressed.

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3D light distribution Display

Help Rays for Luminaires / 3D light distribution Display / Show false colors in CAD

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Show false colors in CAD

Display the 3D rendering in a false colour

rendering
Easy to check the illuminance uniformity
Freely scaleable value ranges and definable
colour gradients

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Agenda
Page

Introduction and Install of DIALux

Import IES files of OSRAM LEDs

Quick Street Planning Wizard with DIALux

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Step by Step Design with OSRAM LEDs in DIALux

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Step 1: Collecting road information

Street profile, width, N of lanes, coating
Information list before design:
1. Street location and photos
2. Width of street
3. N of lanes

Decide the road classification and required Eav and Uo

4. Coating material

according to street lighting standards

5. Existing mounting height or pole distance?

Information needed for lighting simulation

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Step 2: Edit street in DIALux

Arrangement of street component according

to the road information.

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Step 3: Decide which LED (color bin and brightness group)

CCT: from 5000K-6500K (LW, LUW)
If need CCT from 4000K-5000K, can be mixed by LUW and LY.
Golden DRAGON
with Oval Lens

No need of secondary
optical design

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Golden DRAGON Plus

Need lens or reflector

Higher brightness

Step 4: Change luminous flux

You can change the luminous flux and power here.

Its related to how many LEDs in one lamp.

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Step 5: luminaire arrangement

Normal methods of
luminaire arrangement
Single row

Lighting Class

Road information

Double row, opposing

Double row, with offset

Uniformity

Luminaire arrangement
will be decided based on
street profile
requirements
Figure

For LUW W5JM, Double

row, opposing was
recommended.

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Single row

Double row,
with offset

Double row,
opposing

W 6m
N 2

W 8m
N 2

W 16m
N 4

0.4~0.5

0.5~0.8

0.5~0.8

Rules
of
thumb

Step 6: Optimize arrangement parameters

Optimize arrangement parameters

(1) Mounting Height: 6m~10m

(2) Overhang: 1m~2m
(3) Boom Angle: 10~15
(4) Boom Length: 1m~3m
(5) Pole Distance

Boom Length
Boom Angle

Mounting Height

These parameter will be optimized

according to street profile to achieve
best performance: Eav and Uo.
Overhang

If a certain Uo was required, the most

economic mounting height and pole
distance could be optimized.
Lower distance, longer pole distance
could save energy and pole cost.

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(5)Pole Distance

Lamp

Step 7: calculation and simulation

Eav(lx)
17

Emin(lx)
8.6

Emax(lx)
24

Uo
0.52

Emin/Emax
0.36

Not so uniform,
need to be improved

Change to double row, offset

2
Double row, opposing

Optimized results

Eav(lx)
19

Emin(lx)
16

Emax(lx)
22

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Uo
0.83

Emin/Emax
0.72

Step 8: Save the selected output as PDF file

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Step 9: output design plan

Luminaire arrangement

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Step 10: output simulation results

Isolines (E)

Table (E)

Eav(lx)
19

Emin(lx)
16

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Emax(lx)
22

Uo
0.83

Emin/Emax
0.72

Main results

Thank you for your attention.