Enewsletter, June 2018

New features in LucidShape 2018.06 include:

• Ray History Sensor Now Integrated with the Luminance Camera
  The functionality of the Ray History Sensor is now available in the forward Luminance Camera Sensor. This new feature combination allows you to trigger the restoration of rays directly from the UV Data View of the Luminance Camera and to identify the geometric origins and ray history of individual contributions to the luminance image. 
  
  
• Fixed Random Seed Option Added for Simulations
  For Monte Carlo ray tracing simulations, it is now possible to set a fixed random seed, which deactivates the randomization of ray creation and interaction. Because of this, as long as you keep the same simulation parameters, the starting conditions for all rays of a simulation remain the same, including random events along the ray path (e.g., scatter, Fresnel reflection). This causes the statistical noise to be the same between two simulations and allows for changes to the lighting model to have a stronger impact with a smaller number of rays.

Software and License File Instructions

Direct-Sales Customers

Software and license key files for LucidShape direct-sales customers are available on the Synopsys SolvNet website.

• Product software: You can download LucidShape at http://solvnet.synopsys.com/DownloadCenter.
  
  If you do not have a SolvNet account, you can find information on how to sign up for one in the Installation Guide for LucidShape Products.
   

• License key: You will need version 2018.06 license keys for this LucidShape 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

See the LucidShape 2018.06 Release Notes on our Customer Support Portal.

If you have any questions about features in this release, please contact lucidshape_support@synopsys.com.

LucidShape Script Training

19 July 2018

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
37529 Grand River Avenue
Farmington Hills, MI 48335, USA

Agenda:

• Variables, operators, conditional statements, loops, functions
  
• Axis systems, geometry, light sources, sensors
  
• Simulation, LID data manipulation, load and save data
  
• Tolerance study example
  

Attendees are responsible for providing their own laptops for use in the class.