VISUALISATION TECHNIQUES

We pride ourselves in having the ability to use a wide range ofvisualisation techniques ranging from theessential need to sketch and draw to quickly convey initial ideas and thoughts through to the use of the latestspecialist professional CAD 3D visualisation techniques.Architectural Lighting in its nature is often very difficult to describe in design terms and often requires precise3D CAD studies and analysis to illustrate lighting effects and explain how architectural lighting and day-lightwill effect and enhance anyspace.Our expertise ranges from the use of 3D modelling usingAutodesk3DS®andLightscape® to the moreimmediate modelling ofSketchup®.We also regularly use bothRelux® andDialux®lighting analysis software to study and analyse and quantifyany lighting solutions. These analytical software programs easily allow a variety of report documents to beproduced, illustrating light levels, energy use per metre, etc.We also on most projects usePhotoshop®to illustrate and visualise often conjunction with 3D software.It is also important to sketch in the traditional manner and we encourage all our designers to sketch and drawon a daily basis. Often it is quicker and more efficient to convey an idea with a quick freehand sketch scannedinto the computer then quickly worked on inPhotoshop®,Painter®orPiranese®to add tone, light andshade than it might be to make a full 3D CAD model.