LAMBDA RESEARCH CORPORATION
SPECTROPOL is a distributor of the renowned company Lambda Research Corporation, which has been providing advanced opto-mechanical design environments for over 30 years. Lambda Research is one of the key players in the optical industry, supporting both university programs, research initiatives, and industrial applications.
Their award-winning software helps designers create innovative solutions, from LED lighting to space telescopes. An intuitive interface and world-class technical support set them apart in the market.
TracePro is software for designing, analyzing, and optimizing optical systems.
In what areas is TracePro used?
Light measurement (Illumination)
Imaging Optics
Non-imaging Optics
It includes techniques and devices used to measure light intensity, distribution and quality in various conditions. Light measurement is key in the design of lighting systems to ensure optimal lighting conditions for various applications.
Refers to optical systems that are designed to create images. Telescopes, microscopes, and cameras are examples of devices that use imaging optics. These systems focus light to produce a clear image of an object.
It includes optical techniques and systems that are not designed to produce images but are used for other purposes, such as concentrating, dispersing, or directing light. Examples include Fresnel lenses and reflectors used in lighting systems or photovoltaics.
Fields of application
- Lighting Systems
- Displays
- Projection Systems
- Streamline Analysis
- Narcissus Analysis
- Fiber Design
- Tubular Fibers
- Laser Diode Systems
- LED Systems
- Arc Lamps
- Infrared (IR) Imaging
- Infrared (IR) Detection Systems
- Lithography
- Life Sciences
- Medicine
- Ghosting
- Conventional Optics
- Unusual Optics and Lens Arrays
- Beam Splitter and Prism Systems
- LCD Projections
Working modes
Analysis mode
Analysis mode is used to trace a moderate number of rays (hundreds to thousands) with complete freedom to interactively analyze the results on any surface.
Simulation mode
Simulation mode is used to trace multiple rays (millions, billions, or trillions) to accurately simulate the system.
3 types of licenses and their functionalities
We offer three different editions of TracePro, tailored to different needs and budgets. Each edition provides functionalities that can meet both basic and advanced user requirements, allowing you to optimally match the software to a specific project. This allows you to choose the edition that best suits your budget and technical specifications, while ensuring the highest quality and efficiency of work.
TracePro LC
TracePro Standard
TracePro Expert
The LC version is ideal for many lighting and fiber optic applications, but its functionality has some limitations.
The Standard version is ideal for most optical and lighting design and analysis tasks.
The Expert version provides essential features for advanced lighting design and life science applications.
| FEATURES | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| User-friendly CAD Interface | TAK | TAK | TAK |
| Interoperability with commercial CAD and Lens Design Software | |||
| Material property catalogs of commercially available glass, plastics, metals, GRINs, fluorophores and biological tissue | |||
| Surface property catalogs of commercially available thin film coatings, anodizing, paints | |||
| Library of commercially available lenses and filters | |||
| Notes Editor | |||
| Source Property Generator | |||
| Surface Property Generator | |||
| DMD Texture Generator | |||
| IES/LDT Import and Analysis | |||
| Solar Emulator | |||
| Full-featured Macro Language (Scheme) | NIE | ||
| Macro Recorder | |||
| Scheme Editor | |||
| Interactive Optimizer | |||
| Texture Optimizer II (Real Geometry) | NIE | ||
| Fluorescence Property Generator | |||
| Geometry Modeler | TAK | NIE | |
| SOLID MODELING | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| CAD File Import/Export | |||
| SAT (ACIS) | READ / WRITE | ||
| STEP | |||
| IGES | |||
| Creo – Pro/E | READ | ||
| Inventor | |||
| SOLIDWORKS | |||
| SolidEdge | |||
| CATIA 4, CATIA 5, | |||
| NX | |||
| AutoCAD files | |||
| Lens Design File Import | |||
| CODE V | READ | ||
| OSLO | |||
| ZEMAX | |||
| CAD Features | |||
| Solid Modeling | TAK | ||
| Boolean Operations | |||
| Healing Imported Files | |||
| 3D Interactive View | |||
| Rendered Objects | |||
| Transparent Objects | |||
| Measurement Capabilities | |||
| Photorealistic Rendering | |||
| PROPERTIES | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Surface Property | TAK | TAK | TAK |
| Bulk Absorption | |||
| Diffraction | NIE | ||
| Bulk Scatter | |||
| GRIN | |||
| Thin Film Stacks | |||
| Polarization | |||
| Diffraction Gratings | |||
| Temperature-Dependent Properties | |||
| Direction-Sensitive Surfaces | |||
| Scatter Models – Symmetric | TAK | ||
| Scatter Models – Asymmetric | NIE | ||
| Anisotropic Surface Properties | |||
| Tabular Scatter Models – Symmetric | |||
| Tabular Scatter Models – Asymmetric | |||
| BSDF Property | |||
| Repetitive Tile (RepTile) Surfaces | NIE | ||
| 3D Textures for RepTile | |||
| Temperature Distributions | |||
| Birefringence | |||
| Wire Grid Polarizers | |||
| Fluorescence | |||
| RAYTRACE | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Ray Splitting | TAK | ||
| Analysis Mode | |||
| Simulation Mode | |||
| Multiple Exit Surfaces (Simulation Mode) | |||
| Refraction | |||
| Wavelengths | |||
| Voxelization of Object Space – enhance speed vs. memory consumption | |||
| Importance Sampling | NIE | TAK | |
| Stratified Importance Sampling | |||
| Reverse Raytrace | |||
| TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert | |
| Irradiance Maps | TAK | ||
| Candela Plots (Intensity) | |||
| Flux Reports | |||
| 3D Irradiance Maps | |||
| File Output | |||
| Ray Sorting | |||
| Path Sort Table | |||
| Analysis Toolkit (Spectral, Road Luminance, Beam Illuminance, RCG, LCS, and DHI Analysis, & more) | |||
| Lighting Toolkit (Specifications: ECE, SAE, FMVSS, StVZO, ABYC, User Defined) | |||
| Irradiance/Illuminance Viewer | |||
| Display Selected Rays (Ensquared Flux) | |||
| Display Selected Paths (Ray Display, Irradiance Map) | |||
| CIE (xy), CIE (u’ν’), RGB | |||
| Luminance/Radiance | |||
| Polarization Maps | NIE | TAK | |
| Volume Flux | |||
Dostępne dla wszystkich trzech wersji:
- Ray Grids – Siatki promieni
- Surface Sources – Źródła powierzchniowe
- Image Sources – Źródła obrazów
- Primitive Solids – Proste bryły
- User Defined Shapes – Kształty zdefiniowane przez użytkownika
- Blackbody/Graybody – Ciało doskonale czarne / ciało szare
- Irradiance – Napromieniowanie
- Asymmetric Sources – Źródła asymetryczne
- Source Files – Pliki źródłowe
- Bit Map Source Module – Moduł źródłowy mapy bitowej
