Calendar
LightTools Info Day
November 7, 2011
Munich, Germany
Visit OEC website
CODE V Training
December 5-9, 2011
Nice, France
Visit Light Tec website
LightTools Training
December 5-9, 2011
Nice, France
Visit Light Tec website
LightTools Info Day
December 12, 2011
Munich, Germany
Visit OEC website
SPIE Photonics West
January 21-26, 2012
San Francisco, California
Booth 700
SPIE website
Strategies in Light
February 7-9, 2012
Santa Clara, California
Booth 606
SIL website
Introduction to Illumination Design Using LightTools
April 30-May 3, 2012
Pasadena, California
More details
COM Macro Programming in LightTools
May 4, 2012
Pasadena, California
More details
LIGHTFAIR International
May 9-12, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada
Booth 1433
LIGHTFAIR website
For a complete list of LightTools events worldwide: visit our website
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In this issue:
LightTools 7.2 Service Release 1 (SR1) Is Available for Download
We are pleased to announce that LightTools 7.2 SR1 is now available for download from the Synopsys SolvNet web site, https://solvnet.synopsys.com.
- If you have already installed LightTools 7.2, you do not need a new license file to run 7.2 SR1.
- If you have not yet installed LightTools 7.2, you can install 7.2 SR1, but you will need to obtain a new license file from SolvNet.
If you have not already registered on SolvNet, you will need to do so in order to download LightTools 7.2 SR1 and, if needed, obtain your license file. During the registration process, you must enter your company’s Site ID. If you do not know your Site ID, please email ora_support@synopsys.com and we will send it to you. For complete details about how to download LightTools and your license file, please refer to the document Obtaining CODE V and LightTools Software and License Keys.
When you register on SolvNet, be sure to subscribe to LightTools Release Alerts so that you are automatically notified when the latest download becomes available. When you sign up for LightTools Release Alerts, select Include patch notifications so that you are also notified when service releases are available.
Note: If you have licensed LightTools through one of our international distributors, please contact them directly to obtain instructions for downloading LightTools 7.2 SR1.
Issues Resolved in LightTools 7.2 SR1
This service release patch corrects 15 customer-reported bugs, including:
- Fixes a crashing bug that sometimes occurred when generating intensity color plots.
- Fixes a crashing bug that occurred for models containing objects built with a large number of Boolean operations.
- Fixes a crashing bug that occurred when importing library elements with aluminum material into models created prior to version 7.2 with an existing aluminum material definition.
- Implements an improvement to support cross-section values smaller than 1e-14 in Mie scatter models.
- Updates the SolidWorks Link Module to fix data translation incompatibilities between LightTools and SolidWorks 2012.
- Corrects a problem that prevented move commands from working correctly for surfaces with receivers, when the receivers were also selected.
We strongly encourage all LightTools 7.2 users to apply this patch.
Quick Tip – Customizing Color Maps for LumViewer Charts
In LightTools 7.2, the LumViewer has been significantly enhanced with a new look and many additional features to customize illumination simulation results. This gives you greater flexibility to produce charts to meet analysis goals, company or industry standards, or personal preferences.
For example, the Custom Color Map allows you to customize the color scheme in a chart. To access color controls:
- Select the Chart Properties button in the LumViewer toolbar.
- Click the Edit option next to the Custom Color Map option in the Properties Pane.
In the Custom Color Map dialog box, you can change the palette of colors, the number of color levels, the range of data represented by each color, and whether the color map uses percentages or absolute values for the value range.
Chart settings can be saved and restored as templates using the menus File > Save Template or File > Apply Template. The current chart settings can be saved as the defaults for newly created charts by selecting the menu File > Save Chart Defaults.
For complete details about the LumViewer features, see Chapter 6 in the LightTools Illumination Module User’s Guide.
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