MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Provides automotive headlight analysis based on Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety guidelines
- Includes new feature for designing pillow optics and other
decorative styling elements in automotive lighting fixtures
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability
of version 2017.03 of its LucidShape® software for the
design, simulation and analysis of automotive exterior lighting.
Synopsys LucidShape version 2017.03 includes new capabilities for
testing the safety of headlight designs based on Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) guidelines, as well as a new
feature for designing decorative styling in signal lights and tail
lights.
IIHS Headlight Test
The IIHS, an organization funded by the U.S. insurance industry,
has developed a set of safety standards for headlights based on
criteria such as how well headlights allow drivers to see down
roads on straightaways and in curves, and for how much glare
headlights direct at oncoming traffic. Accordingly, the IIHS test
capability in LucidShape version 2017.03 allows designers to
perform two types of analysis on headlight designs:
- Illuminance-based visibility range tests
- Glare test for oncoming traffic
The LucidShape IIHS test capability presents headlight
performance results using the IIHS rating scale of Good,
Acceptable, Marginal and Poor.
"Headlight designs need to meet both safety and stylistic
requirements," said George Bayz,
vice president and general manager of Synopsys' Optical Solutions
Group. "The new IIHS test in LucidShape software provides a quick,
simple way to evaluate a headlight design versus IIHS standards
prior to manufacture. Designers can then determine how to adjust
their headlight designs to help achieve improved vehicle safety
ratings."
MacroFocal Torus Optic Tool
The LucidShape MacroFocal Torus Optic tool creates pillow optics
and cylinder flutes for decorative styling in automotive lighting
products such as signal lights and tail lights. It works with the
proprietary algorithms in LucidShape software to automatically
calculate and construct optical surfaces based on user-defined
illuminance and intensity patterns. The Torus Optic tool augments
LucidShape software's unique coupling of design functions for
precise light distribution and styling features to achieve a
desired appearance in automotive lighting fixtures.
About Synopsys' LucidShape Products
Synopsys' LucidShape products provide a complete set of design
and analysis tools for automotive lighting. With dedicated
algorithms optimized for automotive applications, LucidShape
software facilitates the design of automotive forward, rear and
signal lighting and reflectors. In addition, the
LucidDrive® tool provides night-driving simulations that
generate realistic lighting scenes in real time, which allow
designers to quickly and accurately evaluate beam patterns of
vehicle headlamps prior to expensive fabrication and testing. Learn
more at http://optics.synopsys.com/lucidshape.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to
Software™ partner for innovative companies developing
the electronic products and software applications we rely on every
day. As the world's 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a
long history of being a global leader in electronic design
automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its
leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether
you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced
semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that
require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has the
solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure
products. Learn more at http://www.synopsys.com/.
Editorial Contacts:
Carole Murchison
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-4632
carolem@synopsys.com
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