Compare TracePro Editions
Three editions of TracePro are available to cost-effectively accommodate your design needs. Please contact us for assistance in selecting an edition of TracePro that best meets your specific requirements. The table below has an overview of the features available in each edition of TracePro.
| Features | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| User-friendly CAD Interface | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interoperability with commercial CAD and Lens Design Software | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Material property catalogs of commercially available glass, plastics, metals, GRINs, fluorophores and biological tissue | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surface property catalogs of commercially available thin film coatings, anodizing, paints | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Library of commercially available lenses and filters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Notes Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Macro Language (Scheme) | Yes | Yes | |
| Macro Recorder | Yes | Yes | |
| Scheme Editor | Yes | Yes | |
| Iterative Analysis and Optimization with Macro Language | Yes | Yes | |
| Source Property Generator |
Yes
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Yes | Yes |
| BSDF Converter |
Yes
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Yes |
Yes
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| IES/LDT Import and Analysis |
Yes
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Yes | Yes |
| Texture Optimizer | Yes | ||
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Solar Emulator
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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2D and 3D Interactive Optimizer
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Yes |
Yes
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2D and 3D Geometry Modelers
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fluorescence Property Generator | Yes | ||
| Solid Modeling | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| CAD File Import/Export | |||
| SAT (ACIS) Read/Write | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RayViz for SOLIDWORKS | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| STEP Read/Write | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| IGES Read/Write | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Lens Design File Import | |||
| CODE V, OSLO, ZEMAX Read | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CAD Features | |||
| Solid Modeling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Number of Objects | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Boolean Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Healing Imported Files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3D Interactive View | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rendered Objects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Transparent Objects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Measurement Capabilities | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Photorealistic Rendering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Properties | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Surface Property Modeling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk Absorption | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Diffraction | Yes | Yes | |
| Bulk Scatter | Yes | Yes | |
| GRIN | Yes | Yes | |
| Thin Film Stacks | Yes | Yes | |
| Polarization | Yes | Yes | |
| Diffraction Gratings | Yes | Yes | |
| Temperature Dependent Properties | Yes | Yes | |
| Direction-Sensitive Surfaces | Yes | Yes | |
| Scatter Models - Symmetric | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scatter Models - Asymmetric | Yes | Yes | |
| Anisotropic Surface Properties | Yes | Yes | |
| Tabular Scatter Models - Symmetric | Yes | Yes | |
| Tabular Scatter Models - Asymmetric | Yes | Yes | |
| BSDF Property | Yes | 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 LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Ray Grids | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surface Sources | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Primitive Solids | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| User defined shapes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Blackbody/Graybody | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Irradiance | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Asymmetric Sources | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Source Files | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Radiant Imaging | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| General file Input | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Bit Map Source Module | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Raytrace | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Ray Splitting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simulation Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Exit Surfaces (Simulation Mode) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Refraction Capabilities | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Wavelengths | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Importance Sampling | Yes | Yes | |
| Stratified Importance Sampling | Yes | Yes | |
| Reverse Raytrace | Yes | Yes | |
| Voxelization in Object Space - enhance speed vs. memory consumption | Yes | Yes | |
| Gradient Index Substep Tolerance - enhance speed vs. accuracy | Yes | Yes | |
| Analysis | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Irradiance Maps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Candela Plots (Intensity) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flux Reports | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3D Irradiance Maps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File Output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ray Sorting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Irradiance/Illuminance Viewer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Display Selected Rays (Ensquared Flux) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CIE (xy), CIE (u'?'), RGB | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Luminance / Radiance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Polarization Maps | Yes | Yes | |
| Volume Flux | Yes | Yes | |
| TracePro Applications | TracePro LC | TracePro Standard | TracePro Expert |
| Arc Lamps | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Lightpipes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Ghost Analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Narcissus Analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| LED Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Laser Diode Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| IR Imaging | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| IR Detection Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Lithography | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Medical Applications | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Conventional Optics | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Fiber Optic Design | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Unusual Optics and Lenslet Arrays | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Beam Splitter and Prism Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Illumination and Display Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Projection Systems | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Life Sciences | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| LCD Projection | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Stray Light Analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |