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LightTools Illumination Design Software

LightTools Illumination Design Software

LightTools Illumination Design Software

Product catalog summary
Overview
LightTools is a 3D optical engineering software designed for virtual prototyping, simulation, optimization, and photorealistic rendering of illumination applications. It facilitates rapid design iterations and automatic system optimization, ensuring accurate and cost-effective illumination designs.

Key Capabilities
  • Backlit Displays: Features rapid model creation, embedded phosphor modeling, and geometry optimization for primary optics.
  • LED Design: Includes a library of projector models, light source definitions, and colorimetry analysis for display evaluation.
  • Digital Projectors: Offers visualization tools, reflector construction, and true-color RGB output.
  • Lighting and Luminaires: Provides tools for luminaire visualization, pattern generation, and industry-standard reporting.
  • Light Pipes and Guides: Supports interactive construction, parametric editing, and volume scattering simulations.
  • Solar Collection: Models solar collection systems and provides photorealistic renderings for daylighting enhancements.
  • Stray Light Simulation: Analyzes stray light issues and supports CAD import/export.
  • Vehicle Interior Lighting: Optimizes task lighting and evaluates display visibility and quality.
  • Medical Imaging: Models tissue using standard models and supports volumetric optical effects.
  • Machine Vision: Models illumination and detection optics with polarization effects.
  • Aerospace Systems: Analyzes stray light and supports CAD import for optical mounts.
  • LIDAR and Remote Sensing: Features time of flight measurements and hyperspectral instrument design.
  • AR/MR/VR: Evaluates glare effects and supports image fusion for AR systems.

Modules
  • Core Module: Provides 3D solid modeling and optical ray tracing.
  • Illumination Module: Simulates light traversal in optical systems.
  • Optimization Module: Automatically improves illumination system performance.
  • Advanced Physics Module: Extends modeling capabilities for custom optical parts.
  • SOLIDWORKS Link Module: Links SOLIDWORKS models to LightTools for optimization.
  • Data Exchange Modules: Supports import/export of CAD file formats.
  • Imaging Path Module: Defines imaging paths and performs lens analyses.
  • Advanced Design Module: Provides tools for modeling reflective and refractive optics.

Contact Information
For more information or to request a demo, contact the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group at (626) 795-9101 or visit their website.
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LightTools Illumination Design Software-1

LightTools Illumination Design Software Design, Analyze, Optimize and Deliver Illumination Optics

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-2

LightTools Illumination Design Software Applications LightTools® is a 3D optical engineering and design software product that supports virtual prototyping, simulation, optimization, and photorealistic renderings of illumination applications. Its complete design and analysis capabilities, combined with ease of use, support for rapid design iterations, and automatic system optimization, help to ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and cost-effective illumination designs. Across a broad range of illumination applications, LightTools helps you get high-performance, systems to market faster. View...

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-3

DIGITAL PROJECTORS Key Capabilities • Library of pre-defined LCD, DMD, and LCoS projector models • Light source definition by geometric and measured sources, including updated standard ray file formats • Built-in colorimetry analysis features to evaluate color quality and simulated display appearance • Creation of complex mixing-rod shapes with minimal effort and optimization capabilities that automatically refine the design form • Rapid and high-accuracy spatial luminance calculations Key Capabilities • Visualization of how a luminaire is lit and how it lights a room • Reflector and refractive...

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-4

STRAY LIGHT SIMULATION Key Capabilities • Ray path analysis that visually identifies stray light issues and summarizes energy flux and total power • Receiver data filtering for multiple analyses from a single simulation • Aim areas for efficient analysis of stray light in systems • CAD import and export to leverage existing data VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING Key Capabilities • Interactive construction, parametric editing, and automatic optimization of complex shapes • Multiple appliqués, dot patterns, fine groove structures, or bump structures for light extraction • Volume scattering inside a material...

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-5

MEDICAL IMAGING AND SURGICAL DEVICES MACHINE VISION AND LASER SCANNING COMPONENTS Key Capabilities • Full suite of volumetric optical effects, including scatter, phosphorescence, and absorption • Tissue modeling using industry-standard Henyey-Greenstein and Gegenbauer models • Extensible surface scattering capabilities • Extensive material modeling and a full complement of geometric laser propagation capabilities • Accurate modeling of both illumination and detection optics across the electromagnetic spectrum • Evaluation of illuminator and detection optics from the detector's point of view •...

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-6

Key Capabilities • Time of flight measurements • Detection of low signal reflections • Design feature for hyperspectral instruments AR/MR/VR AND CO-SIMULATION WITH RSOFT PRODUCTS • Integration of sub-micron structures in designs • Exploration of image fusion for AR systems, such as automotive heads-up-displays • Evaluation of glare effects as experienced by the human eye • Contrast reduction analysis for ambient lighting environments LightTools has multiple modules that can be licensed in configurations to meet your specific application needs. The Core Module is a prerequisite for all other modules,...

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LightTools Illumination Design Software-7

Core Module Illumination Module The LightTools Core Module provides graphical 3D solid modeling functionality and interactive optical ray tracing for creating and visualizing optical and opto-mechanical systems, including the capability to specific properties for materials and optical surfaces. Enables designers to simulate and analyze light as it traverses the optical and mechanical components in a model. Includes state-of-the-art Monte Carlo ray tracing for accurate predictions of intensity, luminance, and illuminance throughout the model, as well as powerful illumination analysis capabilities....

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