LucidShape Enewsletter

August 2016

LucidShape and LucidDrive 2.1 Service Release B Available Now

Service Release Available

The LucidShape® and LucidDrive® 2.1 Service Release B is now available.

LucidShape and LucidDrive 2.1, released in March 2016, featured the following major improvements, among other enhancements:

  • Upgraded LucidShape TreeView functionality
  • Enhanced LucidShape Visualize Module with a simplified user interface
  • Enhanced LucidShape Human Eye Vision Image (HEVI) interface
  • Expanded LucidDrive nighttime driving simulations with new scripts, options and libraries

LucidShape and LucidDrive 2.1 Service Release B
The LucidShape and LucidDrive service releases include improvements to and bug fixes for the following program capabilities:

  • Transmission leakage in high angles of incidence for reflective scattering distributions has been fixed.
  • Bird’s Eye View was updated to produce consistent left and right headlamp handling.
  • Fixed sensor to collect data at all skylight checker angles is now more reliable.
  • Improved usability of LucidDrive configuration handling.
  • Erroneous warnings have been removed when working with LucidDrive configurations.

LucidShape product updates are automatically provided to customers who have enabled this functionality. If you have questions about obtaining product updates, please contact us as indicated in the following sections.

Direct Customers 
For direct-sales customers, please contact us at lucidshapeinfo@synopsys.com if you have questions about obtaining the LucidShape 2.1 software and license key files.

Distributor Customers
For customers working with distributors, please contact your local LucidShape software distributor if you have questions about obtaining the LucidShape 2.1 software and license key files. See the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group Global Contacts page for distributor contact information.

LucidShape 2.1 and LucidDrive 2.1 Release Notes

The LucidShape 2.1 and LucidDrive 2.1 Release Notes are available on our Customer Support Portal. Consult the Release Notes for complete details about new features, as well as information about fixes included in service release B.

For More Information

If you have any questions about this LucidShape 2.1 Service Release B, please contact lucidshape_support@synopsys.com.

Platform Support Changes

Beginning with version 2.2, LucidShape products are no longer supported on the Windows XP platform. In addition, LucidShape products 2.1 are the last versions to support both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. Future versions of the software will support systems with 64-bit Windows only.