Coach wrote:markarch wrote:so do we always just use the 4.0 Program for all alts?? The alts I have are: Sajjad, AREForum 1 and 2, and the old 3.1 dwg.
If an alts has different lighting diagrams, it can't hurt to use them, but never use incandescents/accents for area lighting.
Coach, I'm testing in 4.0 and did the CUSTOM ALT and SAJJAD ALT mechanical vignettes yesterday, and noticed a couple of things:
1) Both have lighting requirements (e.g., 70fc @ 3ft above floor for fluorescents) that are impossible to achieve with the NCARB 4.0 lighting diagrams.
2) Both stipulate using ONLY incandescents for area lighting in some rooms (which you say is a big no-no, above).
Should I take this to mean that we shouldn't be using these ALT vignettes at all for 4.0 (or at least picking and choosing program requirements)? Are the CUSTOM and SAJJAD ALTs for 3.1 or earlier? I ask only because it seems like a lot of people are using them for practice, and may be similarly confused. It's also possible I'm missing something. Thanks--