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Daylighting Results dialog

Used to view daylighting calculation results in reports that are displayed on the Daylighting Results dialog's reports tabs.

Note: The Daylighting Results dialog opens after a daylighting calculation has completed. Daylighting calculations are defined in the Daylighting Simulation.
SettingDescription
Toolbar Located along the top of each of the dialog tabs, the toolbar provides controls for viewing, navigating, printing and exporting reports.
The controls from left to right are:
  • Navigate back/forward in history - Disabled
  • Stop - Click to stop regeneration of the reports.
  • Refresh - Click to refresh the results being displayed.
  • First page - Click to jump to the first page of the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Previous page - Click to jump to the previous page in the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Next page - Click to jump to the next page in the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Last page - Click to jump to the last page of the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Page setup - Opens the Page Setup dialog.
  • Switch to print preview / interactive view - Click to change the layout of the report. The print preview allows you to view each printed page. It activates the navigation buttons (first, previous, next, last page). The interactive view (default) displays the reports in a single scrollable page.
  • Print report - Prints the report.
  • Export - Used to export the report to the following formats:
    • Acrobat (PDF) file
    • CSV (comma delimited)
    • Excel 97-2003
    • Rich Text Format
    • TIFF file
    • Web Archive
  • Zoom - Selects a zoom factor from the available drop down menu.
  • Close document map - Click to hide/unhide the table of contents (left panel).
Runtime Details tab Used to view basic information about the daylighting calculation such as day and time, and daylighting model being used.
Point Results tab Used to view calculated illumination data for each point in the working plane.
Room Views tab Used to review View Point renderings for each room included in the daylighting calculation.
Contour Views tab Used to review View Point renderings with contours superimposed for each room included in the daylighting calculation.
Daylighting Results: Runtime Details tab
Daylighting Results: Point Results tab
Daylighting Results: Room Views tab
Daylighting Results: Contour Views tab
Parent topic: Calculations