IES syntax coloring, keyword content assist in EulumdatTools 0.14.6.v20160115

A new version of EulumdatTools 0.14.6.v20160115 was published on January 15 at http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/.

Improvements 0.14.6

• Improved IES syntax coloring, now also indicating periods as field separators

• Added a QuickFix for missing item code in standard version and duplicate item code in sandbox version for EULUMDAT files. You can fill in product code from filename or product name.

Improvements 0.14.5

• Code quality improvements

Improvements 0.14.4

• IES file keywords now have content assist, activated on CTRL+SPACE on Windows/Linux and CMD+SPACE on Mac
• IES files now have syntax coloring, with illegal characters immediately showing up in RED!
• Fixed issue with hard coded expiry date

Improvements 0.14.3

• All versions of EulumdatTools are now based on Eclipse 4.5.1 Mars. To upgrade reinstall from the download site listed below. The Mac version now looks like a regular Mac application.
• Make it possible to retain Testlab and Testdate/Issuedate on conversion of IES to EULUMDAT and vice versa. Based on a suggestion/request by Mikulas Parma.
• Allow setting of Test Lab name when there is a full license, to be used in conversions.
• Removed some annoying behavior where latest blog post opened in external browser

Improvements 0.14.2

• Fixed nasty conversion bug where IES to EULUMDAT conversion for IES files with absolute photometry had wrong DFF factors calculated. These can be caught and fixed by the Eulumdat validator, but now they are calculated correctly in the first place. If you have converted IES files to EULUMDAT with absolute photometry in the past and not validated the output, please reconvert your files!
• NOTE: the same bug affected the online IES to EULUMDAT converter at http://ies2eulumdat.appspot.com, so if you have used that, reconvert also!

Improvements 0.14.1

• A regression causing the IES validator to stop working was fixed (IES Validator Feature)

Improvements 0.14.0

• Checking your license will now use the https: protocol instead of http: increasing your privacy
• Open Editors will now return to opened tab between sessions
• A problem where the cursor moved to start of line in the source editors when installed in Eclipse e4 was fixed
• You can read this blog right in EulumdatTools so you will always be up to date on latest developments
• EulumdatTools now contains a structured compare editor to make comparing 2 EULUMDAT files easier (see image) (Sandbox Feature)
• A check for overlapping C-planes, where there are C-planes for both 0° and 360° was added (Sandbox Feature)

Availability

Registered users should update using Help / Check for Updates... and install the needed features following the steps below, new users should install EulumdatTools first. New users can download an apply for 30 day free evaluation license at the installation site

Installation of EulumdatTools

For use in Eclipse you can use the standard Eclipse update site

• http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/.

For stand alone RCP versions of EulumdatTools choose your platform and perform update after installation.:

• Windows 32 bit OR Windows 64 bit
• Mac OSX Cocoa 64 bit
• Linux GTK 32 bit OR Linux GTK 64 bit

Installation of Sandbox Feature

Select menu Help / Install New Software... and choose the Eulumdat Tools Sandbox / Sandbox Feature, press Next and follow through with the installation. Also see here

A new version of EulumdatTools 0.9.9.v20120525 was published on May 25th, 2012

A new version of EulumdatTools 0.9.9.v20120525 was published on May 25th at http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/. We closed two long standing bugs/problems:

• even though the EULUMDAT spec allows for up to 5 lamp types, many manufacturers include more in their files. The message was Array index out of Bounds:5. This limit was removed completely when not using the strict parser.
• Many people testing the online converter convert IES to EULUMDAT and the resulting EULUMDAT back to IES, quite a logical test that we will add to our standard testing! This conversion failed when a label was to long and did not contain any spaces for wrapping to next line with message String index out of range: -1
• Finally the Eulumdat Tools initialization was made more responsive to pressing Cancel.

This improved parser and conversion utility is also available free of charge at ies2eulumdat.appspot.com. Apply for 30 day free evaluation license at the installation site

Installation

For use in Eclipse you can use the standard Eclipse update site

• http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/.

For stand alone RCP versions of EulumdatTools choose your platform and perform update after installation.:

• Windows 32 bit OR Windows 64 bit
• Linux GTK 32 bit OR Linux GTK 64 bit
• Mac OSX Cocoa 32 bit OR Mac OSX Cocoa 64 bit

New online IES to EULUMDAT Converter now also handles Type B photometry

A new version of the free online IES to EULUMDAT Converter was published today at http://ies2eulumdat.appspot.com/.

We added the conversion of Type B photometry IES files to EULUMDAT to the existing conversion of Type C files.

Some background theory

The photometric intensity distribution in EULUMDAT files is similar to that a Type C IES file. The center of beam is straight down (or up) and there are vertical (IES: lateral) planes rotating around this central down axis. In each vertical (IES: lateral) plane there are a number of vertical angles. For more info see AGI32 website.

Trigonometric conversions

To determine the intensity at a pair of the C and γ angles, we need to interpolate at a corresponding pair of B and β angles. The corresponding B and β angles can be found using these formulas:

tan B = cos C * tan γ

sin β = sin C * sin γ

We added some extra logic to handle the determination of the right quadrant.

Interpolation used

Interpolation is done using standard lagrange over 3 planes and then over the 3 resulting points.

More info

See this book for more details.

New online IES to EULUMDAT converter

Thanks to Google Inc. providing the free online App Engine it is now possible to offer free online conversion of IES files to EULUMDAT format. Please check out this new offering at http://ies2eulumdat.appspot.com/.

If you have more extensive conversion needs, you can always use the 30 day free trial of EulumdatTools.

Update 2010 12 06:

The newer version also handles preliminary EULUMDAT to IES conversion.