TracePro Evaluation

“TracePro, renowned in the

Lambda Research Corporation specialise in software scientific community for the
tools for optics and illumination designers – TracePro accuracy of its simulations,
offers lighting designers the
is one of their offerings confidence that the
performance and aesthetics of
Is there a use for TracePro within F&P? finished products will concur
with the simulated design
without costly prototype
iterations.”

When a reflector is not quite what it should be

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Potential usage within PD
OB90 simulation of Lighting and optical design
single cavity light areas for appliances

– Light sources
– Light pipes
– Reflectors
– Diffusers
– Materials

Specifics
• Cavity lighting
– Oven/Fridge/Drawer
• Optimisation of load
illumination
• Optimisation of light
source requirements
• Minimization of
shadows and
silhouettes
• Elimination of glare
Mixing of RGB LED • Elimination of costly
light sources prototyping iterations
White result starting • User interfaces
to appear – limited – Bezels/masks/point
illumination
in this simulation by • Optimisation of hot
numbers of rays spots, colour mixing,
spill, shielding, source
traced selection

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Touch switch bezel
Target surfaces in purple
Two LED sources for comparison
Actual Bezel in operation – notice
the hot-spots and dark ring
Auxiliary LED source – rays
simulated that reach target
surfaces 4395
Projected image on external
surface. Pipe efficiency with Aux
LED source ~25%
• System modelling
– Direct import of ProE
bezel model
– Applied material
properties to bezel
(Polycarb)
– Applied diffusion
properties to exit
surfaces
Primary LED source – rays
– Insert a target
simulated that reach target absorption surface for
surfaces 664 exit ray capture
– Model cap button insert
– Model sheet surface
surround for bezel
– Model LED source
• Wavelengths
• Exit surfaces
• Rays to simulate
Projected image on external
surface. Pipe efficiency with
Primary LED source ~3%
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Tack switch bezel
• System modelling
involves very similar
process
• Once the system is
modelled variations to the
bezel model can be
rapidly analyzed until an
optimum solution is
realised

• Each halo illustrated is a

projection from the exit
surfaces of the bezel to a
target screen 1mm away

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GOEP light pipe
• OB90 function and
temperature control
lighting bezel model
• LED models available
within the TracePro
environment
• Pipe simulated
– Efficiency ~60%
• Illustrations represent
only 25k simulated rays
– Shows a uniform
distribution about the
target bezel surface

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Orientation of a bulb
• Does the orientation of a
halogen bulb effect the
illumination efficiency of a
target?

• Dummy target modelled

as a perfect absorber to
avoid unwanted reflection

• Housing unit modelled

with ANOFOL material
surface – close
approximation to
aluminised steel

• Change in bulb
orientation improves
efficiency by 73%
– Capable of further
increased efficiency by
changing perpendicular
alignment of filaments

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Reflector material
• TracePro contains a
library of surface
materials that can be
38% 44% 56% 83% applied
• Simple system created to
demonstrate affect on
efficiency with various
materials
– The model is based on a
possible configuration of
a lighting unit for an
oven cavity
– Only one bulb position
simulated
– Efficiency measured by
rays captured at a target
surface as a percentage
of total rays simulated

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OB2 cavity lighting
Current acceptable position as in OB90
• Goal
– Locate the optimum bulb
locations to effectively
illuminate a central
cavity load as viewed
from an external screen
– Simulations only capture
rays that are direct
reflections from the
cavity load
– Internal walls of cavity
Bulb position 1 to 4 gives 93% efficiency improvement
are modelled as perfect
absorbers
– From previous known
cavity studies 9 target
bulb positions have
been simulated
– Positions 3, 4, 5, and 6
give a worst case
efficiency improvement
of 35%
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OB2 cavity lighting
Bulb and housing Trays have been • Goal
vertical positioning modelled as perfect
– Using previous results:
selected to ensure absorbers
• Bulb orientation
acceptable Loads are reflectors
• Reflector material
illumination of worst Cavity walls
• Bulb locations
case dual loads absorbers
– Meet lighting CI’s including
within cavity Captured rays are illumination of multiple cavity
only those reflected loads
from loads
– System modelling completed as
in all previous exercises

– To achieve the optimum light

housing position along the Z axis
the loads have been moved in
successive simulations to
determine the point of maximum
efficiency

– Assuming the cavity load would

be central on the Z and X planes
the lighting units optimal location
is 40mm forward of centre

– An OB90 style lighting system

would provide zero illumination
of the lower shelf load in a dual
load configuration

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