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LucidShape Enewsletter
December 2017
We are pleased to announce the availability of LucidDrive® version 2017.12.
In this issue:
New Features in LucidDrive Version 2017.12
AFS Masking PixelLight
Pixel light is a type of adaptive front-lighting system (AFS) that provides individual light cell illumination on the road with high resolution. The Masking PixelLight feature detects oncoming and overtaking traffic, calculates its bounding boxes and masks user-definable regions of the provided light distributions to prevent glare.
Real-Time Performance Enhancements
To improve the performance for LucidDrive real-time applications:
- Vehicle models for right-hand traffic have undergone an effective streamlining process to reduce their consumption of calculation power.
- The vehicle detection mechanism has been enhanced to achieve a higher performance in detecting other traffic participants for AFS and adaptive driving beam (ADB) system simulations.
Enhanced Memory Management: Automatic Light Distribution Cropping Feature
For some applications, such as Matrix Beam, a large number of individual light distributions is needed. Most of the candela space of these light distributions is empty. This release provides an automatic cropping feature that can crop the candela space with a "lasso" feature to reduce the size of the LID as it is loaded. This can increase the number and speed of light distributions that can be visualized concurrently. This cropping is based on a user-definable intensity value and can be switched off.
For additional information about this product, including new features and bugs fixed in version 2017.12, see the LucidDrive 2017.12 Release Notes on our Customer Support Portal.
Software and License File Instructions
Direct-Sales Customers
Software and license keys for LucidShape and LucidDrive direct-sales customers are available on the Synopsys SolvNet website.
- Product software: You can download the LucidDrive product at http://solvnet.synopsys.com/DownloadCenter.
If you do not already have a SolvNet account, information on how to sign up for one can be found in the Installation Guide for LucidShape Products.
- License key: You will need version 2017.12 license keys for this LucidDrive release. You can download license keys from the SmartKeys page on SolvNet at https://solvnet.synopsys.com/SmartKeys.
- To learn more about navigating SolvNet to obtain software and license keys, view our SolvNet overview video.
Distributor Customers
For customers working with distributors, you will continue to obtain your software and license keys from your local LucidShape software distributor. See the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group Global Contacts page for contact information. If your country is not listed on the Distributors page referenced above, please contact us at lucidshape_support@synopsys.com for instructions.
For More Information
If you have any questions about LucidDrive version 2017.12, please contact lucidshape_support@synopsys.com.
LucidShape Products Support During the Holidays
From December 23, 2017 to January 1, 2018, LucidShape products support will not be available.
We will resume business as usual on January 2, 2018, and will respond to product support and general inquiries. You can contact us via e-mail at: lucidshape_support@synopsys.com.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
In countries where we have international representatives, you can contact the distributors directly. Please see our list of global contacts on our website.
In the meantime, our Customer Support Portal (http://support.opticalres.com) is available at any time. As a current customer, you have access to training materials, release notes, downloads, environment maps, manuals and more.
If you haven’t already registered for Portal access, consider registering for an account today!
*Please note that for current customers signing up for an account, it may take 1-2 business days for us to activate your account. Please note that for December 23, 2017 through January 1, 2018, there will be a delayed response. Your account may not be activated until after January 2, 2018.
If you haven’t already registered for Portal access, consider registering for an account today!
*Please note that for current customers signing up for an account, it may take 1-2 business days for us to activate your account. Please note that for December 23, 2017 through January 1, 2018, there will be a delayed response. Your account may not be activated until after January 2, 2018.