objects
simulux recognises 4 different object types
: light guides, reflectors, measuring planes, light sources- survey object list containing information about all currently used files in the project
- individual or groups of objects can be hidden to improve display
- not shown objects can be grouped into a hidden set
- objects can be copied and pasted into the same or into different projects
- objects can be displayed with different colors and transparency
- all objects and all simulation results are displayed in the central viewer
- all faces of one cad data file are assigned with the same optical properties
- modifications of the cad data can quickly read in through reload geometry
- arbitrarily many light guides, reflectors, light sources and measuring planes in one simulation file possible
- thus complex assemblies (e.g. whole car radio fronts) can be analysed as a whole
light guides
fresnell reflection and transmission- alternative constant reflection and transmission
- inside and outside refraction index
- absorption in percent per distance
- alternative absorption through a volume depending function with coefficients
- diffuse volume properties selectable
- computation of diffuse volume material like 8Ndf20, 8Ndf21, 8Ndf22, 8Ndf23 supported
- diffuse surface properties selectable (see description below)
reflectors
reflection degree in percent selectable- diffuse surface properties selectable (see description below)
- reflectors can be defined as contrast surfaces
- contrast surfaces allow the simulation of incoming light for different materials
- simulation of the surface illumination thus possible
light sources
- six different light source types selectable
- in detail: point, sphere, pseudo-laser, arbitrary 3D surfaces, point databases, RAY files
- except for the 3D surfaces the position and the direction of the emitted light can be specified
number of rays to be computed can be specified, no upper limit- the number of computed rays is displayed next to each source
- after the simulation the luminous flux can be changed (unit mlm - milli-lumen)
- thus individual light sources can be switched on/off in the result display
- light propagation starting from a 3D object surface can be isotropic or according to lambert
- RAY file light sources contain realistic light source data sets - either measured or simulated
- light source manufacturers like OSRAM or NICHIA supply the RAY files
- other light source measurements can be ordered at partners of infotec
- RAY file formats of SimuLux, OSRAM and TracePro supported
measuring planes
- measuring planes gather the information on light ray intersection points
- measuring planes can selectively be 2D or 3D objects
- measuring planes can cross the light path without interferences
- incoming light characteristics can be defined after a light simulation
diffuse surfaces
diffuse surfaces can be set for reflectors and light guides- two diffuse surface models available: 2-TERM and 5-TERM
- visualization of the chosen scattering fuction through a polar diagram or a logarithmic representation
- possible testing of the function behavior through an interactively adjustable incoming light ray
- the diffuse surface parameters can be copied from one object to another
- the 2-TERM function allow a arbitrary combination of a lambert term with a gauss peak
- the shape of both the lambert term and the gauss peak can be modified
- the direction of the two terms can be set individually: incoming, reflecting and parallel to the surface normal
- the 5-TERM function allows a complex combination of five mathematical terms
- this function is optimized for a curve-fit with real surface measurement data
- materials like POCAN thus supported
