Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.11, 2016.8, 2017.4

• Reversed ray direction for virtual meter calculation points.

• Fixed issue using layout assistant with luminaire families with light source located above the ceiling line.

• Fixed error occurring when scheduling Points in Range using the Create Schedule command.

• Improved JSON serialization library to fix compatibility issue with Revit 2017. 2 (17.0.1117.0) and improve compatibility with other applications and Add-ins.

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.10, 2016.7, 2017.3

• New Calculate Active View command.
• New Calculate Multiple Views command.
• New Create Daylighting Views command.
• Support for Daylight Exterior Surfaces.
• Improved progress indicator for daylight calculations.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.10, 2016.7, 2017.3

• Fixed issue with daylight portals in transformed linked documents.

• Fixed issue with Add Calculation Points dialog preview window occurring with transformed linked documents.

• Fixed issue with Include Surfaces with no Material luminaire setting.

• Improved status prompts during commands involving selection.

• Fixed crashing issue when exporting daylight portals occurring under certain circumstances.

• Fixed memory leak causing Revit to crash after prolonged use.

• Addressed incompatibility with BlueBeam Revu 2016.5 (this is not an ElumTools problem).

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.9, 2016.6, 2017.2

• Improved performance with Collaboration for Revit in A360 environments.
• Fixed issue occurring with multiple linked documents with identical names.
• Fixed issue occurring when renaming linked models during Revit session.
• Fixed issue with mirrored light sources occurring in some cases.
• Fixed memory leak causing Revit to crash after prolonged use.
• Fixed Utilities Commands (applies to Revit 2017 only).

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.8, 2016.5, 2017.1

• New Calculation Points Family (no longer a property of Room or Space).
• Additional Calculation Metrics: Diffuse Luminance, Luminous Exitance, Unified Glare Rating, Daylight Factor.
• New Calculation Volumes: Regions, Areas.
• Calculation Modes (General Use, etc.) and Calculation Metrics (illuminance, Exitance, etc.) are all now view specific.
• New Create Schedule Command automates lighting results schedules.
• Calculate Exterior lighting results using Regions.
• New Utilities button.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.8 (2016.5)

• Fixed "Forbidden in View" errors.
• Fixed issue with invalid photometric file names.
• Fixed issue with culture specific calculation folder path.
• Fixed incorrect calculations with luminaires that have multiple sources.
• Fixed issue that occur when calc points families are manually placed or copied.
• Fixed default color temperature issue in calculation viewer.
• Fixed various geometric issues causing calculations to crash.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.7 (2014.12, 2016.4)

• Fixed error occurring with very long family/type names.
• Fixed error occurring with luminaires in linked models.
• Fixed materials issue in ElumTools luminaire families.
• Fixed issues occurring when luminaires are hidden the ElumTools_LuminiaresView.
• Updated License Manager.

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.6 (2014.11, 2016.3)

• Added new High Bay luminaire family.
• Added offset parameter to surface mounted luminaire families.
• Luminaire family type catalogs now supply both LxW and WxL families for use with different photometric testing orientations.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.6 (2014.11, 2016.3)

• Fixed issue where Layout Assistant would not prompt for calc points.
• Fixed issues with luminaire luminous areas.
• Fixed issue with transparent luminaire housing surfaces affecting calculated results.
• Fixed issue with clipping planes on systems with low precision depth buffers.
• Fixed error occurring when minimizing the calculation viewer while calculating.
• Fixed error occurring when running ElumTools commands on non-graphical views (i.e. schedules).
• Fixed issue with tasks not updating after calculations files folder has changed.
• Fixed issue where updaters were not being registered (i.e. calc points invalidation was not working, introduced in previous release).
• Fixed legacy OpenGL blending bug (causing issues with legacy (virtualized) OpenGL drivers).
• Fixed resizing issue with settings form.
•  Changed: If the material name contains the words "Light Source", the surface type is automatically set to "Opaque", was "Transparent". The Luminaire Luminous option is automatically enabled (same behavior).

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.5 (2014.10, 2016.2)

• Fixed issues upgrading planar face calc points family.
•       Fixed issue opening project when the ElumTools project version is newer than installed version.
•         Fixed issue where view templates were being applied to ElumTools working views.
•         Fixed issue with task dialog being on top of other applications.
•         Fixed issue where luminaires with no surfaces were being excluded from calculation.
•         Fixed issue with luminaires and project phases.
•         Fixed default color temperature of ElumTools luminaire families.
• Added URL and version parameters to ElumTools luminaire families
• Fixed recessed ElumTools luminaire families to work better with linked models.
•         Fixed material appearance properties of ElumTools materials.

• Fixed graphical stitching issues with nearly coplanar surfaces.

• Fixed workset visibility issue with luminaires working view.
• Fixed performance issue when launching calculations
• Fixed performance issue when viewing luminaire instances in Luminaire Manager.
• Fixed performance issue when loading calculation results into Revit project.

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.4 (2016.1, 2014.9)

• Project (RVT File) Level Changes                

  • Improved project initialization and upgrade process.

  • Project data is now stored on the ElumTools_ProjectInfo view instead of Revit Project Information

  • New command – ElumTools Project Information (with version history)

  • New command – Remove ElumTools from Project

• New command – ElumTools Newsreel

• Luminaires, Luminaire Manager, Luminaire Families

  • Support for dynamic (parameterized) light source position/orientation.

  • Support for hidden (non-shared, nested) sources

  • Support for multiple light sources per luminaire

  • ElumTools Luminaire Families                        

  • Support for Color Filters

  • Support for Color Temperature

  • Better luminous area handling

  • Support for more luminous shapes

  • Improve support for prorating light sources.

  • Access to the Photometric Instabase

• Materials

  • Added Specularity and Glossiness properties for raytracing.

  • Added Luminaire Luminous property for better luminous area support.

  • Added name-based rules for ignoring surfaces and luminous area surfaces.

• Calculation Viewer

  • Support for color temperature

  • Support for post-process Raytracing

• Results & Renderings

  • Renderings can now be saved in the Revit project.

  • New command – View Rendering

  • New command – Render Manage

  • Renderings are invalidated along with calc points.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.4 (2016.1, 2014.9)

• Fixed calculation issue occurring when Revit links were rotated.

• Fixed parsing IES files with non-English regional settings.
• Fixed parsing of text input in various dialogs with non-English regional settings.
• Fixed issue with layout assistant and complex luminaire/mask/room profiles.
• Fixed issue with non-photometric light source objects inadvertently appearing in the calculated environment.
• Fixed issue where resetting radiosity settings to defaults did not require recalculation.
• Fixed issue with License Manager dialog after trial license expired.
• Fixed errors occurring with daylight portal creations.
• Fixed OpenGL text issue caused by window DPI settings.

• Fixed issue where daylight transition surfaces were always using the category override.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.3 (release 3)

• Fixed graphics issue when using virtual (and other primitive) graphics drivers.
• Added graphics debugging capability to Settings under Miscellaneous tab.
• Fixed error occurring when Layout Assistant was specified without calculation points.

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.2 (release 2)

• Added contextual Revit help in command tooltips.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.2 (release 2)

• Fixed issue where planar face calculation point grids were orphaned and/or had invalid host faces.
• Fixed issue when opening daylighting parameters dialog after installing weather database.
• Adjusted all dialogs to be more compatible with Windows text size/dpi settings.

Enhancements: ElumTools 2015.1 (release 1)

• This release is identical in functionality to ElumTools 2014.6.

Bug Fixes: ElumTools 2015.1 (release 1)

• This release is identical in functionality to ElumTools 2014.6..

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