Model Requirements

Insight Lighting Analysis with Revit requires a model composed of building elements (walls, floors, roofs, windows, curtain walls, etc). A conceptual mass model will not work.

Floors Floor elements are required to produce analysis planes. Therefore, in order for analysis planes to be produced in a model, floors must be present, and visible in the “_Lighting Analysis Model View” 3D view.

Rooms Rooms are not required for all study types, however they can make parsing through results easier and produce detailed schedules. This information can be accessed in the “_Lighting Analysis Room Schedule.”

Additionally, Rooms are required for the 2D floor plan “_Lighting Analysis” views to be created when results are generated.

The following analysis types require rooms to be placed in a model to get summary results and schedules. This is because the calculations are based on room area.

• LEED v4 EQc7 opt1
• Daylight Autonomy (sDA preview)
• Solar Access

All other analysis types do not require Rooms, but can prove helpful when working with results and schedules. When trying to run one of these analysis types without Rooms, you will receive a warning, but can proceed with the workflow.

Linked models When working with linked models, Floors and Rooms must be part of the main model. All other elements can be linked in. The analysis will not run if Floors and Rooms are linked in.