UGR results for daylight and emergency scenes don't make sense.

Hi, I am using DIALux EVO Version 5.11.0.63836, mf_Patch4 - 0A6A3C4BD8, when I want to print results from simulations, I don’t get why DIALux shows results from UGR calculations surfaces within Emergency, Daylight and daylight factor scenes. It makes no sense.

Due to electric source's luminaires installed on ceilings can produce glare this factor should be evaluated (see EN 12464-1 or CIE 117-1995) but this type of glare differs from daylighting glare as it is state on Note 3 of clause 5.5.3.1 EN 12464-1:2021. “Glare caused by daylight openings differs from glare caused by electric light sources regarding size of the glare sources, complex luminance distributions and user’s acceptance.”, so the same calculation object for evaluating UGR for interior light and exterior light cannot be used.

The same issue happens with emergency lighting where, according with EN 1838:2013, “Disability glare shall be kept low by limiting the luminous intensity of the luminaires within the field of view”. So, it is plain to see UGR evaluations points not necessarily match with those where Disability glare should be evaluate on a escape route.

I know that I can select or deselect indivudual pages from documentation, but I cannot do that when I need to show calculation object for emergency or daylight scenes. Maybe the solution will be and option where user can choose to show or not UGR results.

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