Reads any drawing
Drop in DWG, DXF, PDF or IFC. Baya recognizes rooms, ceilings, doors and furniture, and names every space with its use and area.
Upload. Light. Issue.
Baya reads your drawings, places every luminaire, runs the photometrics and issues the full lighting package. You review and sign off.
Riverside Office Building / Level 02 / Lighting designDesignDrawingsModelsRequirementsCatalogReports
Avg illuminance, Open office38.3 fc Target 30–50 fcAvg/min 1.4
Lighting designAI-powered workflow
- Understand drawing
- Interpret requirements
- Select fixtures
- Generate layout
- Run photometric calculations
- Check design criteria
- Generate drawings
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Lighting design, start to finish.
From the architect's drawing to an issued lighting package. Baya does the work; you stay in control of every decision.
Automatic luminaire placement
Baya analyzes every space against its criteria and places each fixture in seconds, aligned to the ceiling grid and clear of beams and services.
Photometric calculations
Illuminance, uniformity and glare on the working plane, calculated room by room with your manufacturers' photometric data.
Bring the conference rooms up to 50 footcandles and switch to recessed downlights.
Done. Added 6 fixtures across both rooms.
Avg 51.2 fc, avg/min 1.4. Schedules and bill of materials updated.Talk to your design
Make changes in plain language. Baya updates the layout, re-runs the calculations and refreshes every document that depends on them.
Everything the lighting package needs.
The work that eats the most hours on every project, automated and kept in sync.
Switching and control zones
Groups fixtures into switching, dimming and DALI zones by room use and daylight.
Circuiting and panel schedules
Circuits every fixture to NEC requirements, balances loads and produces panel schedules.
Emergency lighting
Places emergency and exit fixtures along egress paths and checks minimum illuminance.
Your manufacturers' catalogs
Load IES and LDT files from any manufacturer, so Baya designs with the products you specify.
Compliance reports
Room-by-room reports against IES recommendations and ASHRAE 90.1, IECC and Title 24 power limits.
One-click export
DWG, PDF, IFC and RVT drawings and models, with XLSX schedules and bills of materials.
Baya vs the manual workflow.
Most lighting packages still move between CAD, a separate photometric tool and spreadsheets. Baya removes the hand-offs.
| Task | | Manual workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Luminaire placement | Automatic, in seconds | Placed by hand, room by room |
| Photometric calculations | Run on every layout automatically | Re-modelled in a separate tool |
| Design changes | Layout, calculations and documents update together | Every document updated by hand |
| Schedules and bill of materials | Generated from the design | Counted in spreadsheets |
| Code compliance | Checked room by room, with a report | Checked manually |
| Collaboration | Cloud-based, one shared version | Files emailed back and forth |
| Export | DWG, PDF, IFC and RVT in one click | Redrawn or converted per format |
