range of round or oval beam angles in their optics designs. Fixtures can be customized for each project or application so that ideal lighting distribution can be achieved. Square lighting distribution or lighting designed to save energy and reduce light pollution are possible. “We originally developed Photopia to enable simulation study of alternative designs prior to incurring the high ex- pense of tooling for an optic to be physi- cally produced,” said Mark Jongewaard, president, LTI Optics. “Now as a partner for LUXeXceL’s zero-tooling Printoptical manufacturing services, Photopia has a second value proposition to enable rapid custom variations of a proven design for immediate manufacture, yielding fast times to market for new products, rapid adaptation to changed requirements, and low-cost innovation of niche and mass-customized lighting products." “The combination of Photopia software and Printoptical manufactur- ing produces the digitization of plastic optics design and fabrication,” said Richard van de Vrie, CEO, LUXeXceL Group. “A Photopia design becomes a digital mold, enabling any correction or change to be implemented immediately. The Printoptical manufacturing service is on-demand with an economic order quantity of one [EOQ1] so inventory is also digital, requiring minimal work- ing capital and eliminating write-offs of obsolete stock.” Photopia’s Parametric Optical Design
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Tools module enables creation of optical designs to achieve a prescribed distribu- tion of light. All of the key aspects of the design that affect the light control are pa- rameterized in ways meaningful to optical design. This capability is in direct contrast to standard parametric CAD software, which only allows designers to param- eterize mechanical features which have indirect and unknown optical effects.
The net result is that optics for lighting purposes can now be custom manufactured by the new AM one-step process with flexibility and freedom of design at prices competitive with injection molding. ME
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