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Heliodon2^TM is a tool designed to control energetical and visual aspects of natural lighting in urban and architectural projects.

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8 Sep 2011	Heliodon documentation is available in PDF here.
24 Aug 2011	New version (2.7-03) available. Click this link to download it. Check out all the new features and installation requirements here. The software documentation has been released (accessible via the Help menu or key "?"). It is not yet complete but it contains lots of information on the basic features of Heliodon.
25 Nov 2010	New version (2.7-02) available. Click this link to download it. This new version of Heliodon2 includes several major improvments and changes. Check out all the new features and installation requirements here. A new software documentation will come within the next weeks to describe all these novelties. As for any new version, there may be bugs in this new release. If you find some issues, feel free to report them (use "Report a bug" in the Help menu). If needed, older versions of Heliodon2 are available at the end of the Software section.
04 Sep 2010	The extended abstracts and the presentations of the Workshop organized by the Urban Systems Engineering Department of the Compičgne University of Technology – 25 & 26 May 2010 - are now available on the SEUS: Solar Energy at Urban Scale website.
13 Oct 2009	New version (2.6-01) available (see Software section). As a major improvement, Heliodon2 now includes the solar panel object. It is a rectangular panel that automatically supports a mesh in order to compute the received solar energy. The panel may be rotated around its base (horizontal axis rotation) as well as around a vertical axis. Other improvements: sky factor and view factor maps are computed faster; STL models can be positioned either at a zero elevation, the bottom of the model remains at the height it was constructed, or at Zmin=0, the botton of the model is placed on the ground (Object properties -> right-click menu on elevation).
28 Sep 2009	New section "Howto" added in the Documents page. It will contain tips and examples of the use of Heliodon2. First tip describes how to import a Sketchup model in Heliodon (see here).
23 Mar 2009	New version (2.5-11) available. Added some new features: import STL model as a single model or as several separated domains (STL import), unite domains (STL import), mesh several objects instantly and rename objects (multi-selection), reduced time for meshing simple shapes. 3D movements (rotate/zoom/move) should perform better.
12 Feb 2009	User manual in Spanish and documentation may be downloaded under "Software" & "References" menus.
05 Jan 2009	Heliodon website is now available. Latest version of Heliodon 2 and documentation may be downloaded under "Software" menu. A list of references (publications, courses, ...) and some useful links are also available.