AGI32 Lighting Software: Technical Documents

Technical Documents

CIE 171:2006 Test Cases to Assess the Accuracy of Lighting Computer Programs: Results for AGi32 Version 1.94

Independently performed by Dau Design & Consulting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, this is an extensive compilation of test results performed per the publication CIE 171:2006, assembled on the recommendations of CIE Committee TC3.33

Abstract
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THE APPLICATION OF PSEUDOCOLOR ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE OBTRUSIVE LIGHT PRODUCED BY OUTDOOR LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS	By José Luiz Pimenta, Sao Paulo, Brazil with assistance from David Speer of LAI for the 26th Session of the CIE in Beijing, China. An illustration of the value of Pseudocolor analysis in the evaluation of obtrusive outdoor lighting.
Accurate Modeling of LED Colors: A Scientific Approach	By Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., LC, FIES in LEDs Magazine, October 2005 ( http://www.ledsmagazine.com) regarding specifying RGB colors for LED luminaires to compensate for poor color rendering by computer monitors.
Supplement to above for direct application to AGi32	Scaling method to correct SRE numbers in AGi32
Radiosity: A Programmer's Prospective	By Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., LC, FIES (1994) is a 500-page undergraduate-level textbook on the mathematics of synthesizing photorealistic images using radiosity methods. It includes C++ source code for a fully-functional radiosity renderer that runs under MS-Windows. Out of print since 1998, the book is now available free (as in beer) .
Thinking Photometrically II	On May 29, 2001, byHeart Consultants CTO Ian Ashdown presented the "Thinking Photometrically II " workshop at Lightfair International in Las Vegas, NV. The objectives of this three-hour workshop were: An in-depth understanding of photometric reports, including IESNA LM-63, CIBSE TM-14, and EULUMDAT file formats. An explanation of the photometric measurement process and its relation to the accuracy and reliability of photometric reports. A non-technical analysis of lighting design software algorithms, with particular emphasis on understanding how they work and how to use them properly to produce photometrically accurate predictions and physically correct renderings. The 46-page handout from this workshop is available here.
Modeling of Daylight for Interior Environments	Presented by Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., LC, FIES at the IESANZ 2004 conference in Broadbeach, Australia

Research Papers

Eigenvector Radiosity	Ashdown, I 2001 : MSc thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Radiative Transfer Networks Revisited	Ashdown, I 2002 : Journal of the illuminating Engineering Society 30(2):38-51 (Summer)
Eigenvector Radiosity - Corrigendum	Ashdown, I 2003