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Welcome to the knowledge hub where every tip reveals something new. From hidden features and powerful shortcuts to advanced modeling tricks, our “Did You Know?” series is your go-to for mastering TracePro and working smarter.
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Did you know TracePro features a powerful ray sorting capability?
Did you know TracePro features a powerful ray sorting capability? Many times, after a raytrace is...
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Did you know TracePro now features a Sequence Editor?
The Sequence Editor brings sequential ray tracing capabilities to TracePro. Sequential raytracing...
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Did You Know? All-Mouse Mode in TracePro
Did you know TracePro features an All-mouse display mode. All-mouse mode allows TracePro users to...
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Did you know? Bulk Scatter
Did you know TracePro has the capability to model bulk scattering? Bulk scattering is scattering...
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Did you know? DLLs in TracePro
Did you know TracePro Expert can use DLLs? DLLs are Dynamic Linked Libraries. The DLL capability is...
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Did You Know? Fluoresence
Did you know TracePro Expert can model fluorescence? In basic terms, fluorescence is when a...
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Did You Know? Flux Threshold and Intercept Limits
Did you know the Flux Threshold and Intercept Limits in TracePro give users the ability to control...
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Did you know? Importing Lens Design Files
Did you know TracePro® can import lens design files? Lens design files are the output of lens...
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Did You Know? Interactive Optimizer
Did you know TracePro features an Interactive Optimizer? The Interactive Optimizer allows you to...
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Did You Know? Interactive Optimizer Periodic Features
Did you know you can design and optimize periodic features using the Interactive Optimizer in...
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Did You Know? Interactive Optimizer Realtime Raytracing
Did you know the Interactive Optimizer in TracePro features a real time ray tracing capability?...
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Did You Know? Interactive Optimizer SliderWheels
Did you know the Interactive Optimizer in TracePro features a SliderWheel capability? SliderWheels...
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Did You Know? Interactive Optimzer Functions
Did you know that some of the parameters in the Interactive Optimizer in TracePro can be defined as...
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Did You Know? Multithreading in TracePro
Did you know TracePro uses multithreading for raytracing? Multi-threading means that TracePro will...
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Did You Know? Optical Path Length and Time of Flight
Did you know TracePro features an OPL / Time-of-Flight Plot? OPL stands for optical path length....
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Did you know? PlanOpSim MetaSurfaces
Did you know TracePro Expert can now simulate the optical performance of metasurfaces created using...
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Did You Know? Simulation File Manager
Did you know TracePro features a Simulation File Manager? In our previous post we talked about the...
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Did you know? Stray Light
Did you know TracePro was the first graphical user interface (GUI) based stray light analysis...
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Did you know? TracePro Editions
Did you know TracePro is available in three editions, TracePro LC, TracePro Standard, and TracePro...
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Did you know? TracePro features a Simulation Mode raytrace
Simulation Mode requires users to define the surfaces where they want to see the analysis results...
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Did you know? TracePro features an Analysis Mode raytrace
In Analysis Mode the user can view results such as Irradiance/Illuminance Maps, Candela Plots,...
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Did You Know? TracePro Wavelengths
Did you know TracePro allows you to work with wavelengths of light from deep-UV to far-IR and...
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Did you know? Triangular Prisms
Did you know TracePro has several options for making triangular optical prisms. Triangular prisms...
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