Question
We need to simulate a plastic material (PMMA, PC). What materials in the TracePro Properties database should we use in order to have an accurate simulation?
Synopsis
Material not found in Material Properties Database
Solution
"There are materials in the plastic catalog that are equivalent to the two you are looking for. In the plastic catalog, there is a pmma material, an Acrylic material, and there are two polycarbonate materials, Polycarb and Polycarbonate. These materials should be close to what you need and should be a good starting place. TracePro allows you to generate additional properties which are added to the property database for use in multiple TracePro models. I would recommend that your first source for property data be the manufacturer of the material.
The Handbook of Plastic Optics is a useful reference on this subject. These websites also have optical property data:
