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FRED Version 23.10 Release
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05 Mar 2024

FRED Version 23.10 Release

Photon Engineering is pleased to announce the release of FRED Optical Engineering Software v23.10.


New Features Summary

New Charts

The charts in FRED have been updated to a newer technology (LightningChart) to include more features, faster analyses, and more responsive behavior

  • New Chart Navigator pop-out to set custom max/min chart scaling and increase / decrease text font sizes etc.
  • Dynamic rescaling of axes in the charts
  • “Info Window” pop-out displaying information such as total power and ray counts
  • “Dark Mode” / “Light Mode” settings
  • Improved Save / Load functionality for customized chart styles

FREDmpc Library Updates

The libraries used by MPC (GPU raytracing), have been updated to the latest version which results in much greater stability amongst a wide range of cases.

General Updates

  • A new Gaussian scatter model has been added and supports anisotropic scatter and super-gaussian parameters for modeling flat-top-like profiles seen in engineered diffusers
  • The Zernike surface has been expanded to 231 terms (20th order)
  • Detector Entities now print summary data (total power and ray counts) to the output window at the end of a trace
  • Detector Entities now support Incident/Absorbed power tracking in the same way as other geometry surfaces
  • The Isolation feature has been expanded to include options to add and remove objects from a current isolated view
  • Ray Filters now include Total Internal Reflection (TIR) events
  • Ray Filters can now use parent Custom Elements and Subassemblies to group child surfaces
  • Glass Catalogs of Hikari, Hoya, NHG, and Sumita have been updated

If you have any questions or encounter any problems with the installation, please email CBS Europe (sales@cbseu.com or support@cbseu.com) for assistance.