Daylight Ratio Evaluator

Xinaps Daylight Ratio Evaluator™ automates daylight requirement checking for building rooms via status checks of daylight area ratios within your BIM model.

General Usage Instructions
The Daylight plug-in automates daylight requirements checking according to Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and other local standards, simplified met...
Thu, 5 Jul, 2018 at 10:02 AM
Daylight Tutorial Videos
 
Wed, 4 Jul, 2018 at 4:35 PM
Settings
First time you open the application the application settings will be shown. In the settings menu different parameters can be set from which the daylight ca...
Wed, 4 Dec, 2019 at 2:26 PM
Calculating Daylight Factor
The second tab in the settings are shown if the license for dynamic daylight, for calculating daylight factor is enabled. By default, this settings tab is h...
Wed, 27 Nov, 2019 at 5:35 PM
The Glazing Area Calculation Method
Xinaps unique daylight area calculation method still finds glazing area although the window is not adjacent to a wall, or the wall is not a room separator....
Thu, 26 Sep, 2019 at 10:49 PM
Using Daylight Ratio for Norwegian TEK17 standard
The Norwegian Byggteknisk forskrift § 13-7. Lys states: a.The average daylight factor in the room must be at least 2.0%. Compliance is documented with cal...
Tue, 24 Sep, 2019 at 3:57 PM
Using Daylight Ratio for Swedish Boverket (SS 914201) standard
The Swedish Boverkets byggregler § 6.322 Dagsljus, and SS 914201 states: Rooms or separable parts of rooms where people are present other than occasionally...
Wed, 4 Jul, 2018 at 2:53 PM
Using Daylight Ratio for Danish BR 10% rule for daylight
The Danish Building Regulations $ 379 Daylight states: For relatively simple buildings, it will often suffice to examine a few selected rooms where ther...
Mon, 4 Mar, 2019 at 12:12 PM
Using Daylight Ratio for Finnish standard
According to the Finnish standard "Ympäristöministeriön asetusasuin-, majoitus- ja työtiloista annetun ympäristöministeriön asetuksen 5 §:n muuttamises...
Tue, 24 Sep, 2019 at 5:52 PM
Using Daylight Ratio for NEN 2057
Xinaps Daylight Ratio Evaluator currently supports the Dutch Building Decree Part 3.11 "Daglicht" according to NEN 2057. Artikel 3.75. Daglich...
Mon, 2 Jul, 2018 at 5:38 PM