VELUX Daylight Visualizer

Design a brighter world

Become a leader in daylighting design with VELUX Daylight Visualizer and create brighter, healthier buildings for everyone.

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Enlightening building design plans with accurate daylight level calculations

The VELUX Daylight Visualizer accurately calculates daylight levels to make complex analysis accessible at the start of a building project. Our digital 3D simulation tool can bring design visions to life in virtual form for every type of commercial building, working in compliance with EN 17037 regulations, while also empowering your design decisions to transform any building space.

Available by download, this digital tool is compatible with CAD/BIM software. The Daylight Visualizer improves the commercial viability of a building project through the reduction of planning error, enlightening design plans when you have a better understanding of daylight levels.

A daylighting simulation tool for architects and building professionals

Design brighter building environments

Explore and validate daylighting strategies in any space with photorealistic visualisations and false-colour mapping for standard and complex daylighting systems.

Visualize luminance, illuminance and daylight factor levels.
See the daylight factor with and without rooflights.
Simulate complex fenestration systems (CFS) and shading products with BSDF materials.

Streamlining processes to create intuitive workflows

Streamline your workflow with the intuitive VELUX Daylight Visualizer interface. Customise your project view, create 3D models from scratch or import your projects from your preferred BIM/CAD programs.

Generate 3D models with rooflights and facade windows.
Import 3D models from Revit, Archicad, Autocad, SketchUp and more.
Update import models and test design options
Enjoy easy-to-use settings.

Efficiency with automated reports

Generate automated reports to evaluate and document compliance with the European Standard for Daylight in Buildings EN 17037.

Generate automated reports with user-defined daylight measurement zones (work planes).
Evaluate and document compliance with the European Standard for Daylight in Buildings EN 17037.
Validate against CIE 171:2006 test cases to assess the accuracy of lighting computer programs.

Example 1: Hessenwaldschule school project

Luminance and illuminance simulations

With Daylight Visualizer you can perform luminance and illuminance simulations under different CIE sky conditions, and apply false color mapping to visualize the quantity and distribution of daylight in the space.

Luminance rendering under sunny sky with photo realistic image, Hessenwaldschule school project

Luminance rendering under sunny sky with false color mapping, Hessenwaldschule school project - see the case study

Luminance rendering under overcast sky with photo realistic image, Hessenwaldschule school project

Luminance rendering under overcast sky with false color mapping, Hessenwaldschule school project - see the case study

Example 2: Ankenhalle

The Daylight Design Centre prepared a daylight level analysis for Ankenhalle sports hall in Kuchen, Southern Germany. The data was interpreted and presented in a daylight report by VELUX Commercial, and 418 modular skylights were subsequently installed.