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FRED
Stable release
9.110 / October 15, 2010
Operating systemWindows
TypeCAD Software
Websitehttp://www.photonengr.com/software/

FRED is a commercial 3D CAD software program for optical engineering used to simulate illumination through optical systems. FRED can handle both incoherent and coherent light using Gaussian beam propagation. The program offers a high level of visualization using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) parametric interface.

FRED allows for non-sequential raytracing[1] with support to raytrace on up to 16 cores. FRED also features a downhill simplex optimizer where the user can specify variables, merit function and multiple targets for optimization. The program can import both IGES and STEP CAD formats. FRED is also compatible with other hardware measured light source measurement software such as ProSource. FRED can also interact with MATLAB and Mathematica using a OLE Automation Client/Server interface.

FRED was used in the design of the NOAO's Large Synoptic Survey Telescope[2].

FRED is available in 2 commercial editions and 2 educational editions.

See also

References

  1. ^ Laser Focus World's March 2007 issue, "Multi-CPU architecture speeds ray tracing", by Michael Gauvin and Don Scott
  2. ^ | NOAO website for LSST

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