The new, open, state-of-the-art product data format for luminaires and sensors marks a milestone that will help boost design competence within the industry while constituting a secure investment at the same time.
As the initiator of this vision, RELUX is working with DIAL to compile and maintain this data and geometry format. The two companies are offering all parties concerned who are interested a description of the format with sample files. Readers and editors will support the industry in compiling digital twins of this kind.
Why a uniform data format of this type?
For greater benefit for planners
The various actors in the planning process depend on the right information being recorded for
the respective tasks. The information can be accessed in GLDF. The digital twin ensures better
comparability and facilitates data handling.
For a reduced outlay in the industry
A reduction in the outlay involved in compiling product data, with the simultaneous assurance
that this is a secure investment, since it introduces a data standard that meets the
requirements of a large number of players. Those hungry for data will be able to satisfy their
needs in the digital twin in future.
For improved software
Good software requires correct and up-to-date information. This makes it possible to provide
optimum support for users in their individual tasks.
What does GLDF include?
Who is compiling and maintaining GLDF?
RELUX and DIAL are developing and maintaining the format.
Who owns GLDF?
It is not legally possible to take out a copyright on a data format, but RELUX and DIAL are jointly maintaining this data and geometry format.
Is GLDF free of charge and who is entitled to use it?
The format description, sample files and libraries for reading and writing are available, free of charge, with the source codes, for use by everyone. Reader and editor applications will be provided free of charge for all interested parties.
Past GLDF Events
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1. Manufacturer PIM system
2. Your web page with jpg, dxf, dwg, *rfa, etc.
3. ReluxAnalysis for PIM
4. ReluxAnalysis for webpage
* Batchjob
The desktop application reads measurement data from luminaires (LDT) and sensors (sensNORM-IEC63180)
and generates the following graphs and tables:
- LVK diagrams
- Cone diagrams
- Isolux diagrams
- UGR tables
- Sensor detection fields
ReluxAnalyse+ | ReluxAnalyse | |
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Interface | ||
Batch process, automation | ● | ● |
User Interface Batch Control and Preview | ● | ● |
Command Line (PIM Integration) | ● | ● |
Online Web API (PIM / Online Integration) | ● | ● |
English / German UI, Manual, Support | ● | ● |
Outputs graphs and tables | ||
LDC Polar Graph | ● | ● |
Cone Graph | ● | ● |
Isolux Graph | ● | ● |
Table with illumination values | ● | ● |
UGR Table | ● | ● |
Sensor Planning Data Graph | ● | ● |
Sensor Raw Data Graph and Table | ● | |
Photometric analyse values | ● | ● |
Input files | ||
LDT | ● | ● |
SensXML | ● | ● |
Output files | ||
BMP, JPG, PNG, PPM, XBM | ● | ● |
SVG | ● | ● |
PDF in RGB | ● | ● |
PDF in CMYK | ● |
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1. Manufacturers PIM system
2. Your webpage including ROLF II or *GLDF files for your customers
3. ReluxPIM
4. ReluxNet online catalogue
* to expect 1Quarter of 2022
Relux add-on for your Product Information Management system
Automate the provision and updating of your product data for lighting and sensor planning.
RELUX works with the leading companies for PIM systems, offering integral solutions. Incorporate our solutions in your system and automate the RELUX data workflow for your customers in this way.
Don’t hesitate to contact our sales team if you have any questions. They will be pleased to help you.
Data transfer at the push of a button
The RELUX add-on “ReluxPIM” enables you to generate your product database for ReluxNet directly from the myview PIM system.
With the “ReluxAnalyse” add-on from RELUX, you can make additions to your technical product data in your online media and printed documents directly from the myview PIM system.
RELUX recommends myview. You will find more information here.
Your contact at the MyView company is:
Would you like to offer your customers future-oriented options on their own website, tablet or smartphone? You will find interesting tools for this here.
The solutions offered by RELUX are responsive solutions and designed for all the devices in standard use.
The APIs run on RELUXWeb servers in the background and are called up by your website. A dialog opens up in your customer’s browser that fits on your personal Corporate Design.
You decide which of your products are to be calculated in an assignment on the basis of the structure of the product data on your website.
Once the products to be calculated for an assignment are available, hundreds or thousands of calculations can run in the background to find the most suitable product for an assignment. Online applications like this, coupled with intelligent calculation routines and power from the Internet, are opening up completely new possibilities.
The quality of the calculations corresponds to the familiar RELUX quality standards and is identical to those in ReluxDesktop and other applications.
The computing capacities are scalable. For large companies that have country-specific content, we also recommend running services in parallel, on capacity utilisation grounds. It is best to start small and see how your customers accept the service before scaling the solutions further.
Your customers are sent documentation on the lighting calculations in the form of a PDF file. Images of a final light distribution curve are generated automatically by our programs for documentation purposes. A number of results are also available in file form for further use in the RELUX planning programs. You want to find out whether your investment is being well received? We naturally provide you with the necessary information for this too.
• Set up an account at relux.com
• Contact our sales team and have a test access activated
Don’t hesitate to contact our sales team if you have any questions. They will be pleased to help you.
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1. Manufacturers PIM system
2. Your webpage including ROLF II or *GLDF files for your customers
3. ReluxStreetCalc to expect 01.10.2021
With StreetCalc you can plan your next road project easily and intelligently directly on your website. The most important conditions for road planning are taken into account in the process. Users are prompted to enter project information in simple steps and are guided through the platform in just a few clicks. Options can be added with a simple click or adjusted through a manual input. The results can be downloaded as a datasheet (PDF)
The APIs run on RELUXWeb servers in the background and are called up by your website. A dialog opens up in your customer’s browser that fits on your personal Corporate Design.
Configured for finding a suitable product or variant with the target of an “energy-optimised” solution or “a solution with the greatest possible pole spacing”.All the known variables such as the pole spacing and pole height, etc. are checked by the software. You can fix variables or delimit ranges with Min.–Max. Both dimming and step-by-step switching are supported.
• Browser application
• Flexible database solutions
• Scalable processing power
• Results output as PDF or as a ReluxDesktop project
• Corporate Design customization
• Statistics Cockpit
Example of a user interface for calculating street lighting
Don’t hesitate to contact our sales team if you have any questions. They will be pleased to help you.