Date: Oct 02, 2013 Author: press release Source: Company Data (
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TUCSON, Ariz.--OCT. 2, 2013--Breault Research Organization (BRO), the global provider of virtual prototyping software and optical engineering services, is pleased to announce the release of the APEX 2013 V2R1 Add-In. New features and enhancements in APEX 2013 V2R1 include polychromatic source modeling; photometric analysis capabilities; visual appearance plots; duplication options for optical components, sources, and raysets; enhanced project settings, chart options, and source modeling capabilities; and other software repairs and enhancements.
APEX 2013 V2R1 Release Highlights
Polychromatic Sources in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now has support for polychromatic sources. Multiple wavelengths can be added to Grid, Emitting Disk, Emitting Object and Emitting Data sources. Simply right click on the appropriate node in the Optics Manager and select "Multi-wavelength" to access the new polychromatic source features. Define blackbody, CIE, function-based, and tabular-data-based sources. Define flux, number of wavelengths, wavelength range, and randomize rays across a user-defined range of angles.
Photometric Analysis in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now has photometric analysis capability. New data calculations and plots include: illuminance, luminous intensity (cosine space), luminous intensity (angle space), luminance, isolux, isocandela, and types A, B and C photometry. All photometric plot types produce a multi-valued distribution file, for which users can plot Tristimulus X, Y and Z values, and Chromaticity x and y values.
Visual Appearance in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now has a "Visual Appearance" option to display any photometric analysis in its actual colors. To use this feature, perform any photometric analysis calculation, such as "Illuminance", then select "Visual Appearance" from the Results or Analysis menus. This feature provides a qualitative view of how the output of an optical system might appear to the human eye.
Duplicate Optical Components in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now allows for the duplication of lens and catalog light source optical components in an assembly. Duplication methods include patterns, mirroring and copying. While duplication of light sources does not automatically include related rayset files, rayset files may be copied from one source and simultaneously applied to multiple sources. Simply right click on a source and select "Copy Raysets", then select one or many sources and right click again to use the "Paste Raysets" option.
Enhanced Project Settings in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now has additional project settings to support the visualization and analysis of system performance. Set the total system flux under "Project Settings, Wavelength and Power," and use the new Default Ray Display option to control the total number of displayed rays under "Project Settings, Ray Trace Display." The total displayed rays feature helps to optimize performance and reduces the number of rays displayed without repeating ray traces.
Enhanced Chart Options in APEX 2013 V2R1 - APEX now has several new chart features and customization options. First, users may now create section graphs directly from Picture plots by right clicking in the desired section view and selecting "Create Section Graph". Second, APEX now allows labels on Picture plot power scales to be changed to user-defined values. Third, APEX now displays optional contour lines in Picture plots. Finally, APEX now has an option for showing all rays when using the Path Analysis interface.
Enhanced Source Modeling in APEX 2013 V2R1 - In addition to polychromatic source creation and simplified source duplication, APEX now has several other source creation enhancements. First, additional support for non-orthogonal grid sources has been added. Grid sources with diverging or converging rays that use either Source Perpendicular or Source Coordinates options can have any orientation. Second, the APEX Light Source Wizard now supports adding wavelengths to light source instances by specifying the total number of wavelengths. New wavelengths are evenly distributed between two selected values. Third, APEX now has support for assigning multiple emitting data files (.dis, .ies, and .ldt) files to a single object. Finally, APEX users may now ignore rays from emitting objects without ignoring their geometry during ray traces.
These features and enhancements advance the state-of-the-art in CAD-integrated optical software and make APEX the standard for SolidWorks users seeking an optical software add-in.
Visit BRO's Web site to learn more about APEX Optical Software and other BRO products and services, including training courses and engineering consulting services:
http://www.breault.com
About Breault Research Organization (BRO)
BRO is an optical engineering firm providing optical software products and training courses that help engineers turn creative visions into working prototypes. The company's own engineers work on beyond-state-of-the-art projects for Fortune 500 companies, research institutions, and top government labs. BRO has been recognized by the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technology export achievements, received Wells Fargo Copper Cactus Awards for Best Place to Work and Community Service, was named Arizona's 2010 Small Business Innovator of the Year, and has been commended by United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano for excellence in technology development. BRO is an ISO 9001:2008 registered company steadfastly committed to quality, innovation, and the success of its clients.
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