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  • Acouso-ROOM · Acoustic Ray Analysis

    Review Acoustic Ray materials

    Open Materials Open Setup → Materials. Choose Needs attention, Assigned or All. Use Search or the category filters to find a construction. Acoustic Ray Materials inventory showing assigned and unassigned project constructions.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Review the materials schedule

    Open Materials In the main window, select Project Schedule → Materials. Project Materials schedule listing materials, roles, exposed areas, rooms and surfaces.

  • Technical Reference

    Acoustic materials and source inputs

    …behind a calculation. Both workflows use assigned acoustic materials, but interpret their coefficients according to the calculation method. Statistical analysis uses equivalent absorption area; ray analysis uses the fraction of i…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Tutorials

    Adding & Editing Materials

    …2 workflow. Open the current written guide Adding & Editing Materials For written instructions and current workflow details, see the related guide below.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Material Library

    Import materials from Excel

    …rrent Acouso workbook template to review and import several materials into the local library. You’ll need The material data with its source and units, and a spreadsheet application.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Surface materials

    …project’s Revit construction types to appropriate acoustic materials before running analysis. You’ll need Your project open, with linked-room scope already chosen in Settings.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Project Standards

    Create a standard and configure occupancy targets

    Set default finish materials Choose optional floor, wall and ceiling finishes for an occupancy.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Export analysis reports

    Export exposed materials only Reopen Export Report and tick the rooms you want. Under Include, tick only Exposed materials. Choose a new location and click Generate. Open exposed_materials.csv and check the rooms, roles and are…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Material Library

    Use the Material Catalogue

    Add the intended materials Select the materials you want. Click Add Selected. Use Add All only if you want the whole pack. Wait until the items show Added.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Material Library

    Material Library

    Find, inspect and manage the acoustic materials used by your project and room assignments.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Room Analysis

    Review a room in Room Analysis

    …ck one room’s geometry, predicted reverberation and surface materials before testing a design change. You’ll need A Revit project with placed, enclosed rooms; a standard, occupancies and surface materials set up; and a signed-in a…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Acoustic Ray Analysis

    Acoustic Ray Analysis

    …u do Setup Set model scope, source and listening positions, materials, optional heat-map layers and calculation quality. Results Pick a saved result and listening position, and read its acoustic values. Experience Explore eligible…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Material Library

    Advanced material information

    Review acoustic data Compare materials by the full absorption curve, not NRC alone. Treat missing band values as unknown, not zero. Don’t enter absorption values in the scattering fields.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Analysis settings

    …luded before a new run. After changing this, reopen Surface Materials so the construction list refreshes. Filters in Project Schedule don’t change which rooms are calculated.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Backup and restore

    …wait for the restore to finish. Open the project and check materials, standards, room assignments and saved results. Project exports go through Import, not Restore Backup. Some safety backups cover only one project; the confirma…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Product reference

    Command reference

    …d Import/Export. Room Analysis Inspect or refine one room’s materials and predictions. Acoustic Ray Analysis Source/listening-position setup, saved acoustic results and Experience. Project Standards Reusable standards, occupancy t…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Material Library

    Create and edit a material

    Edit or delete deliberately You can edit or delete local materials. Before deleting or replacing one, read any message about where it’s used — a material can be in use even if it isn’t selected now.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Start here

    Getting started

    …ose a project standard and assign occupancies. Map surface materials and resolve any messages. Check Settings, including linked-room scope and units. Run Acoustic Analysis and wait for it to finish. Open Project Schedule and s…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Collections

    Guides

    Project setup Standards and occupancies Surface materials Analysis settings Run a full-project acoustic analysis Reset room overrides

  • Acouso-ROOM · Room Analysis

    Inspect surfaces and constructions

    …input needs fixing. Correct the project mapping in Surface Materials, or the room assignment here, before relying on results.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Main window

    …on. Acouso-ROOM main window with Project Standards, Surface Materials, Settings and Run Acoustic Analysis.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Product reference

    Material assignments and statuses

    Choose the right editing place Use main-window Surface Materials for shared construction baseline mappings. Use Room Analysis for intentional room-specific finishes, treatment and coverage. Use Material Library to inspect or aut…

  • Technical Reference

    Model and output limitations

    …nty; it does not account for every uncertainty in geometry, materials, sources or the physical model.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Project Schedule and room results

    …rough treatment area to start from, not a product quantity. Materials Whether the room’s material inputs still need attention.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Room Analysis

    Read and compare reverberation

    …d room. You’ll need A room with its occupancy, geometry and materials set up.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Release notes

    Release notes

    …uction types from host and linked models to Acouso acoustic materials. New: Browse expanded standards, catalogues, and acoustic material libraries. New: Import acoustic materials from spreadsheets and resolve missing material re…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Reset room overrides

    …idual rooms, returning them to project assignments. Surface Materials Room-level material changes. Project-wide Surface Materials mappings are not affected. Geometry Overrides Room geometry overrides, returning to model-derived va…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Acoustic Ray Analysis

    Review, run and save Acoustic Ray results

    …tup Open Setup → Review & run. Check the Model, Positions, Materials and Heat map summaries. Add heat-map layers before running if you need a spatial map. Select Open Model, Open Positions, Open Materials or Open Heat map to mak…

  • Technical Reference

    Revit model requirements and BIM preparation

    …ase filter and category scope Acoustic assignments Baseline materials, finishes and treatments in six bands Effective absorption/scattering in eight bands Source and listeners Statistical room results do not require listener posit…

  • Technical Reference

    Room Analysis

    …ces. Assigned constructions establish the baseline acoustic materials. Room-specific finishes and treatments change the exposed acoustic composition. The equations use exposed assigned areas rather than every material layer in the…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Main window

    Run a full-project acoustic analysis

    …Placed, enclosed Revit rooms with occupancies and baseline materials assigned, and a signed-in account with analysis access.

  • Acouso-ROOM · Support

    Support and troubleshooting

    …relevant setup guide. Resolve missing sources, standards or materials rather than repeatedly starting the same incomplete setup.

  • Technical Reference

    Technical Reference

    …nalysis How does a room's overall reverberation change with materials and treatments? Statistical diffuse-field methods using room quantities and absorption 125–4,000 Hz; six octave bands Acoustic Ray Analysis · Open Early Access…

  • Technical Reference

    Validation and evidence

    …ted software version and relevant configuration. Geometry, materials, source and receiver inputs, and the independent reference. The specific metric and frequency bands assessed. Acceptance criteria, observed results, coverage…

  • Acouso-ROOM · Collections

    Video tutorials

    …Activating Your Licence Analysing a Room Adding & Editing Materials Creating Custom Acoustic Standards Running a Full Project Analysis Importing & Exporting Project Data Reflection Ray Analysis