Dialux 314 | SAFE |

Compliance with EN 1838 (emergency lighting) has been overhauled.

DIALux 314 isn’t a bug—it’s a feature of history. It represents the era when lighting design was purely about physics: lux, lumens, and uniformity ratios. While the future is real-time ray tracing (evo 12), the past is precise, reliable, and brutally fast.

Do you still use DIALux 3.14? Let us know in the comments below—and share your best “classic vs. evo” war story.

For power users, Dialux 314 introduced a VBScript interface. You can now automate repetitive tasks such as: dialux 314

To access the script editor, press Ctrl + Shift + F12 inside the Dialux 314 environment. Here is a sample script to change the mounting height of all selected luminaires by 0.5 meters:

For Each luminaire In Project.ActiveScene.SelectedLuminaires
    luminaire.MountingHeight = luminaire.MountingHeight + 0.5
Next
MsgBox "Height updated for " & count & " units."

You might be asking: Should I just stick with DIALux 4.13?

The honest answer is mostly no, but partly yes. Compliance with EN 1838 (emergency lighting) has been

Why you shouldn't use it:

Why you SHOULD use it:

DIALux 4.13: Produced clean, technical PDF reports. These were the industry standard for years. They were black and white, full of charts, and engineers loved them. For power users, Dialux 314 introduced a VBScript

DIALux evo: Produces "prettier" reports with rendered images (pseudocolor and photorealistic visualizations). Clients love them, but they take longer to set up.

If you are still running Dialux 4.12 or (worse) the old Dialux EVO, here is why version 4.13 demands your attention. This release focuses on three pillars: Speed, Interoperability, and Photometric Precision.