MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the latest
release of its LucidShape® CAA V5 Based software product
to provide the industry's only complete design and visualization
workflow solution for automotive lighting design within the CATIA
V5 environment. LucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.06 introduces two new
modules—Design and Visualize—that enable designers to quickly
conceptualize and design automotive lighting products and generate
stunning, physics-based photorealistic images that accurately
depict how headlights, tail lights, and signal lights will look in
real life.
LucidShape CAA V5 Based includes ease-of-use improvements, such
as CATIA Design Tables for efficient simulations of multiple model
configurations, and improved design-for-manufacturing capabilities
for automotive light guides. Designers can achieve first-time-right
designs and faster time to market with CATIA-integrated optical and
mechanical modeling and fully parametric features.
"The Design Table feature in LucidShape CAA V5 Based is a real
game changer," said Stuart Falco,
optical engineer at Grote Industries. "It enables efficient,
in-depth investigations throughout the design process, without the
need for tedious model setup or configuration steps. It is a great
tool for evaluating multiple design options such as material
choices for a component. Design Table also streamlines analysis of
manufacturing and assembly tolerances and their impact on
photometry. You can enter tolerance perturbations into the Design
Table, associate the data with a simulation, and specify the
configurations that should be queued for subsequent
simulation."
The following features are included in LucidShape CAA V5
Based:
- Powerful Design Tools: Geometry creation tools that give
users the freedom to focus on overall design objectives rather than
the implementation details of complex optics have always made
LucidShape unique. These tools are now available to CATIA users in
the new LucidShape CAA Design Module. Tools like MacroFocal design
features help designers rapidly conceptualize and design freeform
reflectors and lenses that meet photometric and aesthetic
requirements for cutting-edge automotive lighting
products.
- Stunning Photorealistic Renderings: Photorealistic
visualization is used in the creative process to evaluate the
aesthetics of a lighting design, and in the engineering process to
evaluate optical feasibility based on uniformity, brightness, and
manufacturability. The new LucidShape CAA Visualize Module
generates stunning, physics-based photorealistic images. Features
like the Environment Light Source and the Human Eye Vision Image
tool augment the realism in a scene and enable designers to
virtually evaluate how the human eye will perceive a headlight,
tail light, or signal light.
- Ease of Use and Design-for-Manufacturability:
Ease-of-use improvements in the LucidShape CAA Base Module include
the CATIA Design Table feature that allows users to construct and
simulate design variations quickly. It also streamlines the
creation of multiple design forms for a product line. In addition,
the Light Guide Design Module provides designers with the
capability to efficiently create light guides with fillets that
conform to manufacturing constraints. Designers can create light
guide designs faster, optimize light distributions and uniformity,
and achieve better as-built performance.
"Automotive exterior lighting systems are key safety, styling,
and branding attributes for automobiles," said Stuart David, group director of Synopsys'
Optical Solutions Group. "Our new LucidShape CAA Design and
Visualization Modules allow CATIA V5 users to design lighting
systems that meet technically stringent safety regulations within
the styling constraints and branding guidelines of any automotive
OEM. These new modules give designers powerful geometry creation
tools and accurate, reliable visual analyses, all seamlessly
integrated within the CATIA V5 workflow environment for
first-time-right designs."
Availability
LucidShape CAA V5 Based v2020.06 is available now. Customers
with a current maintenance agreement can download this version from
the Synopsys website using their SolvNetPlus account, or obtain the
software from their local distributor.
About Synopsys LucidShape Products
Synopsys' LucidShape products provide a complete set of design,
simulation and analysis tools for automotive lighting. With
dedicated algorithms tailored for automotive applications,
LucidShape software facilitates the design of automotive forward,
rear, and signal lighting reflectors and lenses. Learn more at
www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions/lucidshape.html.
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 www.synopsys.com.
Editorial Contact:
Simone
Souza
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-6454
simone@synopsys.com
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