Question I am new to TracePro, and I like the program, but occasionally during a long raytrace, the program crashes. Any suggestions? Synopsis Managing TracePro memory consumption Solution One possible cause of program crashes is memory limitations. Here is a Knowledge Base article that will...
Synopsis Understanding Candela Plot Orientation (this KB article contributed by a TracePro customer) Solution Candela Plot Orientation
Question What version of SolidWorks is compatible with TracePro and TracePro Bridge? When I save a TracePro file from SolidWorks SP4.0 (with TracePro Bridge) and attempt to open it in TracePro 3.3.6 I get an error message indicating that the file is from a later version of ACIS. Synopsis Error...
Question How can I export Irradiance Data to CAD programs? Synopsis Exporting Irradiance Data to CAD programs. Solution The Irradiance map output data may be saved to a disk file in a variety of file formats. Selecting File|Save As when an irradiance map is active will display a File Save AS dialog...
Question What is the best approach for setting the Flux Threshold?
Question I'm not sure what the reverse ray trace is about. Would that benefit us at all in the way we are using your software?
Question Why does the raytrace progress dialog show that some rays trace faster than others?
Question Error: Could not load SiAppDll dll files Synopsis Error: Could not load SiAppDll dll files Solution "TracePro is able to accommodate space balls, a substitute for a mouse that is sometimes preferred by CAD users. The error message you are receiving is because the space ball option is...
Question How many rays should I trace?
Purpose This article describes the method to verify/compare the tilt angles after importing an OSLO Lens File into TracePro. OSLO uses traditional optical design tilt angles, and TracePro uses Euler angles, so the comparison of angle values is not direct. View Tilt Angle Values In OSLO: select...
