Room Schedules (Project and Master)

Design Master includes a list of room types with associated definitions useful for calculating indoor foot candle levels. To create a new room type, you may add a new room type to a specific project or you may add a new room type to the master database, which can then be used by all projects.

Press New to begin creating a room and enter the room definition data to your desired specifications. See the below table for a description of the various fields.

Field	Sets
Workspace Height	This is the elevation of the workspace above the floor level.
Foot Candles Desired	How many foot candles the room needs.
Wall Cavity Reflectance	The reflective value of the walls in the room type.
Effective Ceiling Cavity Reflectance	The reflective value of the ceiling in the room type.
Effective Floor Cavity Reflectance	The reflective value of the floor in the room type.
Dirt Depreciation Factor	Factor by which the photometric calculations are reduced due to dirt in the room.
Lighting Power Density	The watts per square foot allowed in the room.
Illuminance Category	Illuminance categories are taken from the IES Handbook.

When you have finished defining a new room type, press Save. The room will now be available to use in your lighting calculations.

To create a new room type in the Master schedule available for use in all projects, go to

The only difference between the Schedule dialog box discussed above and the Master dialog box is the Import from button at the bottom of the dialog box. When the Schedule dialog box is open, this button imports room definitions from the Master Schedule, and when the Master dialog box is open, this button imports room definitions from the Project Schedule. Each is labeled as such depending on which dialog box is open. See Importing from Another Database and Importing from Master Database for the differences in the function of these buttons.