A brief Introduction to LucidShape !!
After you received the Installation file of LucidShape via email or download, you are ready to install LucidShape.
The installation file is called: "SetupLucidShape.exe".
Just execute this file !!!
This file might also be zipped in case your spam filter has blocked the file.
Simply follow the instructions displayed by the install shield program.
You may choose any directory as installation directory.
If you got this message, you do not have a valid LucidShape license. To obtain the missing license key please email the system file: C:\Programme\LucidShape\LucidShape.ini to info@Lucidshape.info
You will receive a valid license file which you have simply to copy in your LucidShape installation directory, e.g. C:\Programme\LucidShape
After you have installed LucidShape you may start the interactive development environment LucidStudio. A quick way to check if everything works fine and to get a first impression you start the test scene with the menu item Tests/Test Scene.
Just hit always "OK" or "Apply" and it creates a simple scene.
Creates the test scene. An overview of the individual parts.
Creates the cylinder light source.
Creates the reflector, i.e. a rectangular paraboloid.
Creates a plane which will be used as a illumination (lux) sensor.
Sets the illumination sensor parameter.
Sets the sensor parameter.
Now, shift the 2 empty LID windows aside and you will see:
The model in front view.
To change the size press SHIFT and the left mouse button simultaneously in upper (increase) or lower (decrease) direction.
You may rotate the model by pressing the left mouse button and simulateously mouse move inside this window. This view is called Geo view. The reflector is drawn in red, the cylinder light source and the sensor plane in yellow.
To move the model inside the window press the left and the right button simulateously and move the mouse.
You can easily switch between different display modes. If you like to switch to shaded, just press the "red box" button.
The model shown in display mode "shaded" and rotated.
Now, you can shoot some random rays into the scene by pressing the random rays button!
The model with random rays. To delete these rays, simply click the "clear ray paths" button:
Now you want to try the interactive ray trace. Keep holding the "CTRL" keyboard button together with left mouse button and "touch" over the reflector's surface. You will see a bundle of rays coming from the light source and reflected by the reflector. You can also freeze these rays bundles by double-click with the left mouse button and holding the "CTRL" key. Again, press the "clear ray paths" button, and the rays will disappear.
How about a ray trace simulation now? Hit the Ray Trace button and a dialog box shows up.
Here you may enter the number of rays and some other parameter. Hit OK and you will see 2 new data views which will be filled when the simulation is done. One is the lux distribution on a flat plane in front of the reflector and the other is the candela distribution. The picture below is obtained with 1.000.000 rays. In addition, the data have been filtered.
The test scene is explained in detail in the LucidStudio User's Guide under "First Example".