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We are pleased to announce the latest release of 草榴社区’ LucidShape? CAA V5 Based software product, which provides the industry’s only complete design and visualization workflow solution for automotive lighting products within the CATIA V5 environment. LucidShape CAA users benefit from seamless communication between multi-domain design teams with access to a large ecosystem of tools available on the CAA platform.
LucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.09 introduces the SmartStart Material Library Module as well as upgrades and feature enhancements to the LucidShape CAA Base, Design, and Light Guide Design Modules.
Save time and lower the cost of product development with access to a library of materials and media commonly used in the design of automotive lighting systems. The LucidShape SmartStart Material Library includes refractive index and absorption data for various media, as well as pre-defined scatter materials. Measured scatter material and media data is available for volume and surface scatter from a variety of vendors, including Evonik, Albis, Dow Chemical, Trinseo, Sabic, Kopp, Covestro, Momentive, RTP, Auer, Idemitsu, Tenibac, VDI 3400, and Mold-Tech.
“Automotive lighting designers can reduce expenses with the LucidShape SmartStart Material Library, which provides ready-made, precise measurements of surfaces and volume scattering materials, rather than incur the cost of having them measured by a third-party service,” said Stuart David, group director of 草榴社区’ Optical 草榴社区 Group.
The LucidShape CAA Base Module enables designers to quickly construct and simulate lighting models. Updates in version 2020.09 further streamline model setup and analysis. Users can:
Compare two designs with the ISO contour plot overlay for two UV Data Views:
The LucidShape CAA Design Module includes geometry creation tools that give designers the freedom to focus on overall design objectives rather than the implementation details of complex optics. This release expands design options with the addition of PS Variable Rotational Lens and Rotational Fresnel Lens features.
The Light Guide Design Module provides designers with the capability to create light guide designs faster, optimize light distributions and uniformity, and achieve better as-built performance. Enhancements in this release make it easier to create filleted prisms for high-efficiency light guides.
LucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.09 is available now. Customers with a current maintenance agreement can download this version from the 草榴社区 website using their account, or obtain the software from their local distributor.
Contact our optical engineering experts at optics@synopsys.com to request a demo of the latest LucidShape CAA V5 Based features, or visit our product page for more information and to see our solutions in action.