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TracePro Edition Comparison

Four editions of TracePro are available to most cost effectively accommodate design needs. Please contact an applications engineer for assistance in selecting an edition of TracePro that best meets your specific requirements.

TracePro Editions

Features
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
User-friendly CAD InterfaceYesYesYesYes
Interoperability with commercial CAD and Lens Design SoftwareYesYesYesYes
Material property catalogs of commercially available glass, plastics, metals, GRINs, fluorophores and biological tissueYesYesYesYes
Surface property catalogs of commercially available thin film coatings, anodizing, paintsYesYesYesYes
Library of commercially available lenses and filtersYesYesYesYes
Notes EditorYesYesYesYes
Macro Language (Scheme)  YesYes
Macro Recorder  YesYes
Scheme Editor  YesYes
Iterative Analysis and Optimization with Macro Language  YesYes
Optimization  Add-in Add-in
Solid Modeling
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
CAD File Import/Export
SAT (ACIS) Read/WriteYesYesYesYes
STL ReadYesYesYesYes
TracePro Bridge for SolidWorksAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
STEP Read/WriteAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
IGES Read/WriteAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
CATIA V5 ReadAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
CATIA V5 WriteAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
CATIA V4 Read/WriteAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
Inventor ReadAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
Pro/E ReadAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
Lens Design File Import
CODE V, OSLO, ZEMAX Read YesYesYes
CAD Features    
Solid ModelingYesYesYesYes
Number of Objects3535UnlimitedUnlimited
Boolean OperationsYesYesYesYes
Healing Imported FilesYesYesYesYes
3D Interactive ViewYesYesYesYes
Rendered ObjectsYesYesYesYes
Transparent ObjectsYesYesYesYes
Measurement CapabilitiesYesYesYesYes
Properties
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
Surface Property ModelingYesYesYesYes
Bulk Absorption YesYesYes
Diffraction  YesYes
Bulk Scatter  YesYes
GRIN  YesYes
Thin Film Stacks  YesYes
Polarization  YesYes
Diffraction Gratings  YesYes
Temperature Dependent Properties  YesYes
Direction-Sensitive Surfaces  YesYes
Scatter ModelsSymmetricSymmetricSymmetricSymmetric & Asymmetric
Anisotropic Surface Properties  YesYes
Tabular Scatter Models - Symmetric   Yes
Tabular Scatter Models - Asymmetric   Yes
Repetitive Tile (RepTile™) Surfaces   Yes
3-D Textures for RepTile   Yes
Temperature Distributions   Yes
Birefringence   Yes
Wire Grid Polarizers   Yes
Fluorescence   Yes
Sources
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
Ray GridsYesYesYesYes
Surface SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Primitive SolidsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
User defined shapesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
Blackbody/GraybodyLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
IrradianceLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
Asymmetric SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Source FilesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
Radiant ImagingLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
General file InputLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesUnlimitedUnlimited
Bit Map Source ModuleAdd-in Add-in Add-in Add-in
Raytrace
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
Ray SplittingYesYesYesYes
Exact RaytracingYesYesYesYes
Accelerated RaytracingYesYesYesYes
Facetted RaytracingYesYesYesYes
Voxelization in Object Space - enhance speed vs. memory consumption  YesYes
Gradient Index Substep Tolerance - enhance speed vs. accuracy  YesYes
Simulation ModeYesYesYesYes
Multiple Exit Surfaces (Simulation Mode)YesYesYesYes
Refraction Capabilities YesYesYes
Multiple Wavelengths YesYesYes
Importance Sampling  YesYes
Stratified Importance Sampling  YesYes
Reverse Raytrace  YesYes
Voxelization in Object Space - enhance speed vs. memory consumption  YesYes
Gradient Index Substep Tolerance - enhance speed vs. accuracy  YesYes
Analysis
 TracePro RCTracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
Irradiance MapsYesYesYesYes
Candela Plots (Intensity)YesYesYesYes
Flux ReportsYesYesYesYes
3D Irradiance MapsYesYesYesYes
File OutputYesYesYesYes
Ray SortingYesYesYesYes
Irradiance/Illuminance ViewerYesYesYesYes
Display Selected Rays (Ensquared Flux)YesYesYesYes
CIE (xy), CIE (u'ν'), RGBYesYesYesYes
Luminance / RadianceYesYesYesYes
Polarization Maps  YesYes
Volume Flux  YesYes


TracePro Editions

 TracePro LCTracePro StandardTracePro Expert
Arc LampsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
LightpipesLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Ghost AnalysisLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Narcissus AnalysisLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
LED SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Laser Diode SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
IR ImagingLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
IR Detection SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
LithographyLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Medical ApplicationsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Conventional OpticsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Fiber Optic DesignLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Unusual Optics and Lenslet ArraysLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Beam Splitter and Prism SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Illumination and Display SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File SourcesYesYes
Projection SystemsLimited to 10 Surface & File Sources, No PolarizationYesYes
Life SciencesLimited to 10 Surface & File Sources, No Polarization, No Bulk Scatter, No FluorescenceYesYes
LCD Projection YesYes
Stray Light Analysis YesYes
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