Illuminando at Mac App Store analyse

This is the old release 1 of Illuminando (now low cost) substituted with the new release 2
Please look inside our applications list clicking More Apps by Marcello Brocato for the new Illuminando 2 which has all the features of this one and a lot more..

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Illuminando is a OpenGL native Cocoa OSX CAD specialized to perform lighting calculations using 3D interactive tools that allow to obtain a simple and effective input.

It is the top application, and include all the functionality of Lighting Source Manager, Lighting Bulb Manager, Area Lighting Calc, Room Lighting Calc and Street Lighting Calc.

Various tools are used to create the scene to perform the necessary calculations: Illuminando has a CAD interface that can generate parametric objects (vaults, quadrics, domes, cubes, spheres, cones, etc..) in order to simplify the design procedures, and also can import from DXF 3D files.
Applying the "sources", the scene will be complete for the following calculation.
After calculation the result are presented in a complete RTF report.

Illuminando has some implementeable internal databases containing:
- geographic/territorial information of some cities
- lighting bulb catalogue;
- lighting sources catalogues and linked multi-currency prices files
- electrical wires catalogue and linked multi-currency prices files
- special pieces catalogue and linked multi-currency prices files

The working window projects objects within a three-dimensional space that displays the axial reference system and a plane of virtual modeling. The rationalization and intuitiveness of the available commands allow the acquisition of the graphics tools provided by the Application, minimizing the learning curve. Moreover, UNDO and REDO command allow the possibility of control and security in the work developing.

Powerful LAYER and VIEW management, intelligent PASTING options, RESHAPE, MOVE, ROTATE, MIRROR, SCALE, OFFSET, rectangular and polar ARRAY, EXPLODE, JOIN, DIVIDE, EXTRUDE commands, online HELP for the execution of commands: these are some of the possibilities offered by Illuminando.

The light sources, calculated as volumetric sources, are managed entirely by the Application, which allows you to import, display, edit and format IESNA LM-63 (ASCII text files normally used by manufacturers of lighting fixtures-Americans), EULUMDAT (formed by European standards) and even drawings DXF (the Application converts drawings photometry!) data files; photometric solids are summarized in 36 azimithal C-curves and 180 zenithal gamma-angles, while the color of the lamps is given by the color temperature or real color.

Illuminando can export to RTF a complete list, formatted according to user needs, of the installed products and special items, full of economic computing and electrical power.

Illuminando provides users with powerful tools for design optimization: a window of pre-project for rectangular rooms, L or cutted-corner, with the CIE method, the correct number of sources to achieve a certain value of illuminance on the working surface.

The objects of the scene to calculate, are divided into finite elements which assess the amount of direct illumination due to natural sources (sun and sky) and/or artificial.

The outputs of numerical type can be plotted on the surfaces projected on the plane and shown in iso-value curves:
- Illuminaments horizzontal, vertical X+, Y+, X-, Y-, semi-cylindric and in main-camera direction;
- Luminances;
- Daylight coefficient;
- RGB;
- Contrast factor (C.R.F.);
- Glare indexes (TI, U.G.R. and G.R.).

The displayed curves can be represented in color overlaying the view, print directly, pasted to the clipboard or saved in one of the allowed export formats (DXF, PDF, JPG, PNG).

Illuminando works in metric or imperial units, runs on Apple computers running OSX fully respecting the specific technology and implements OpenGL for rendering.

Optimized for OSX 10.11 (El Capitan).

Extended PDF User Guide included inside.