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DIALux evo Lighting Design: Interior, Daylight and Documentation

Professional lighting simulation with the free industry tool: interface and settings, importing DWG plans, building outlines, rooms, floors, doors, windows and roofs, spaces, ceilings, cut-outs and stairs, furniture and materials, luminaire catalogues and selection, automatic arrangement and lux calculation, lighting fundamentals with CRI and manual calculation, daylight, architectural techniques with cove and linear luminaires, raytraced images, documentation and export to AutoCAD, and a complete house project.

4.8EDWartens India · 524+ reviews 12 modules 15h 12m of video English · self-paced

What you will learn

Set up a DIALux evo project from a DWG plan, model a building with rooms, openings, floors and roofs, furnish it with objects and materials, choose luminaires from manufacturer catalogues, arrange them by hand or automatically, run lux, uniformity and daylight calculations against the required levels, apply architectural lighting techniques, and deliver raytraced images, reports and AutoCAD exports.

  • Import plans and model buildings, rooms, openings and roofs in DIALux evo
  • Furnish and assign materials with correct reflectances
  • Select luminaires from catalogues and arrange them to hit lux and uniformity
  • Check results with the lumen method and add daylight
  • Apply cove, linear, accent and task lighting techniques
  • Deliver reports, luminaire lists, images and AutoCAD exports

Course content

12 modules · 84 lessons · 15h 12m

In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last, and a short quiz.

  1. 01DIALux evo: Introduction, Installation and Interface43m
  2. 02Importing Plans and Building Outlines45m
  3. 03Rooms, Floors, Doors, Windows and Roofs1h 45m
  4. 04Spaces, Ceilings, Cut-outs, Stairs and Textures1h 17m
  5. 05Furniture, Objects and Materials1h 35m
  6. 06Luminaire Catalogues and Selection49m
  7. 07Arranging Luminaires and Running the Calculation1h 21m
  8. 08Lighting Fundamentals, Manual Calculation and Daylight50m
  9. 09Architectural Lighting Techniques1h 20m
  10. 10Images, Raytracing, Documentation and Export50m
  11. 11Complete House Project3h 57m
  12. 12Final Assessment2m

Requirements

Who it is for
Beginner. No lighting or CAD experience needed.
Software
DIALux evo (free download from DIAL)
Hardware
None required.

DIALux evo Lighting Design: Interior, Daylight and Documentation at a glance

DIALux evo Lighting Design: Interior, Daylight and Documentation is a free, self-paced online electrical cad course from EDWartens India with 12 modules, 15h 12m of video lessons, written notes, practice tasks and assessments, and an optional verifiable certificate.

Price
₹0, free for good. No trial, no card.
Format
12 self-paced modules, 15h 12m of video, written notes, a quiz per module and a final assessment.
Level
Beginner. Beginner. No lighting or CAD experience needed.
Brand
DIAL
Software
DIALux evo (free download from DIAL)
Hardware
None required.
Certificate
Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹700, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
Video lessons by
Electrical Design Engineering, Khadija Academy (Engr. Ahmed), DIALux made by DIAL, Lighting Design with Artem Voronov, Autodesk Learning Center (independent creators, credited below)
Language
English

A shareable EDWartens certificate

Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and you can buy a certificate for ₹700. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up.

  • Add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click
  • Link it from a CV or portfolio, the URL is permanent
  • Publicly verifiable by code, not a PDF anyone can edit
  • Issued by EDWartens India, the training centre itself

The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.

Stuck? Ask a practising engineer

A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.

  • Questions answered in the context of the module you are on
  • The same engineers who teach the AEP programme
  • Career tools, CV help and public job listings included
  • Your progress and notes stay in your account for good

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Learning paths with this course

  • Building services engineer · 4 coursesThe MEP consultant's toolkit: electrical design for the loads, Revit MEP for the BIM model, DIALux evo for the lighting and a BMS course for how the building is controlled once built.

Common questions

Is DIALux evo really free?

Yes. DIAL is funded by luminaire manufacturers whose catalogues plug into it; download it from dialux.com.

Which standard are the lux levels from?

EN 12464-1 for interiors, as used in the lectures and matching Indian practice under the National Lighting Code.

Do I need AutoCAD?

No. Plans can be DWG or JPG; export to AutoCAD is covered but not required.

Is the course really free?

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

What certificate do I get, and is it a vendor qualification?

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

Who made the video lessons?

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

Credits

Who made the video lessons

The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.