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APEX Introduction (Demo Movie)APEX is a new type of optical engineering program, fully integrated in the industry-standard SolidWorks 3D-modeling environment. With the full power and sophistication of SolidWorks, APEX enables the design and analysis of even the most complex optical and illumination systems with a simple,... |
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Lightpipes Designed in APEX (Demo Movie)An example of lightpipes designed and analyzed in APEX. Demonstration includes circular pipe, rectangular pipe, tapered, and bent lightpipe designs, as well as numerous irradiance and intensity analyses used to compare the... |
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ASAP / SolidWorks Interoperability (Demo Movie)Using the SolidWorks(r) Parts Only 3D Modeling Engine with ASAP (SolidWorks license... |
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Bar-shaped Light Pipe (Model Image)Simple bar-shaped lightpipe with peanut bulb as light source. Taken from the ASAP project file... |
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Helicor StressEraser™ Backlight Unit (Model Image)BRO Engineering Services designed and prototyped an improved backlight illumination unit for the StressEraser display. Already in production, Helicor noted performance issues with the backlight unit and contracted BRO to quickly redesign the system. BRO substantially improved the performance of the... |
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Introduction to Optimization in ASAP 2008 V1R1 (Demo Movie)Dr. Mary Turner demonstrates examples of three new optimization methods included in the ASAP 2008 release: a Brent's Method routine for single-variable problems, as well as Downhill Simplex and Simulated Annealing Methods for multi-variable... |
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LCD Backlight Model (Model Image)LCD Backlight taken from the LCDBacklight project that comes with ASAP. Uses 4 LEDs to illuminate the edges. A series of peens in the interior of the slab are arranged in a pattern to reflect light out uniformly on one... |
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Lightpipes in ASAP (Demo Movie)Modeling lightpipes and light-delivery structures in ASAP. Example covers ray tracing and analysis of lightpipe constructed from native ASAP objects and optical-property... |
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Random Arrays for Backlight Diffusers (Model Image)An array of dimples on a surface created by mutual bounding of an array of ellipsoids with a plane. A random option was used on the ARRAY command to vary the placement of each element, combined with varying the 2-dimensional row spacing using an exponent modifier. Using the ARRAY command, extremely... |