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The latest LucidShape release includes several analysis features for addressing design issues in the early stages of design. New algorithms help ease the design process and speed up computations, saving designers time. In this overview, see how the new features in LucidShape can help streamline your design analysis and bring your product to market faster.
When designing your automotive lighting system and viewing multiple plots in LucidShape, you can interactively explore the corresponding light distribution areas in other plots. When you have special views such as a Driver¡¯s View or a set of UV Data Files, you can identify a point in one set of data and see where it maps to in other related data sets. For example, if there is a trouble spot in a combined UV Data File, you can see where that position is in each of the source UV Data Files. This gives designers insight into which part of a light distribution needs to be changed and how to pinpoint any irregularities.
Clicking on a point in the intensity plot displays the corresponding position in other plots
With the section curve overlay functionality, you can select multiple section curves and display them in one summary graph. This allows easy comparisons and provides an overview of the current state of the development.
A summary graph displays the selected section curves in one plot for easy comparison
You can now add color analysis to existing and new measurements, including many regulation-standard measurements. These measurements are integrated with the measurement data grid, allowing for the validation of regulations for intensity and color in one table. The color analysis supports several color spaces as well as engineering staples such as the Planckian Locus, Helmholtz coordinates, and MacAdam ellipses.
You can validate color coordinates by activating the regulation-specific Chromaticity Boundaries and choosing from the great variety of regulation presets, in this case, FMVSS 108
Performing point, slice, and zone measurements also help in analyzing the color variation of a low beam cutline.
Spectrally simulated low beam light distribution, showing color slice and zone measurements in the cutline region.
The Navigate 3D/4D Data dialog was enhanced to allow the selection of multiple LID frames. For example, you can use the split result sensors for each surface feature on a MacroFocal reflector while using a light mapping simulation. Selecting multiple layers then displays the sum of the layers in a new window. Also, explore the GeoView to see activated facets and LID layers.
a) Designers can select multiple layers in the Navigate UVW Data Dialog, and displace the sum of the layers in a new window
b) GeoView highlights the facets contributing to the current layer selection
A new far Candela sensor type has been added to the volume sensor. You can then use the Visualize volume sensor tool to create a Light Cone to communicate the required optical packaging space to the rest of the development team.
Create a light cone with the new Far Candela feature
With this version of LucidShape, we introduced several new features and enhancements that allow faster and more efficient design:
Using the Automatic Simulation feature to monitor how the light distribution or test points are changing in response to modifying various spread settings
The SmartStart Library Module provides access to a library of materials and media commonly used in the design of automotive lighting systems. The library includes refractive index and absorption data as well as pre-defined volume scatter and BSDF materials. Designers can import measured or simulated surface scatter data into a microfacet material model (reflective or refractive) and apply it to arbitrary surfaces for use in a simulation.
In this release, we added 143 OPRX materials and 34 MATX media. The materials include Tenibac, MoldTech, Exolon, Plaskolite, Covestro, Microrelleus, Luminit and the media are from MOCOM, Trinseo, Rh?m, Sabic.
For more details on the new features mentioned above, watch the , or contact us at optics@synopsys.com for any questions.
If you already use LucidShape, upgrade to version 2023.09 from Synopsys SolvNetPlus or contact your local LucidShape distributor.
To try LucidShape for yourself, contact us for a demo and trial license, and we¡¯ll be happy to assist you.