Lambda Research Corporation, a privately-held company founded in 1992, is an industry leader in optical analysis, illumination system design and analysis, and custom software development. Lambda Research Corporation publishes TracePro, an award-winning opto-mechanical design software used for designing and analyzing illumination and optical systems. TracePro streamlines the prototype to manufacturing process by combining an intuitive 3D CAD interface, advanced utilities, and seamless interoperability with other mechanical design programs.

Optics and Illumination Software TracePro® is used for the design, analysis and optimization of optical and illumination systems. With an intuitive CAD interface and powerful interactive optimizers, TracePro offers a powerful optical design environment with a short learning curve to accelerate product development. TracePro offers luminaire and illumination designers the most accurate and comprehensive design environment available. Luminaire design requires strict adherence to system performance criteria, including spatial and angular light distributions, uniformity, luminance, and spectral characteristics, along with esthetic factors, such as lit and unlit appearance. Our intuitive and easy-to-learn interface empowers our users to rapidly and efficiently achieve their design goals. Our 3D optimizer enables you to sketch a starting design with interactive ray-trace, then optimize using a wide range of operands. The Photorealistic Rendering feature completes the virtual prototyping process, enabling TracePro users to shorten the design-build-test cycle. Usually only a final prototype is required. RayViz™ is a SOLIDWORKS® add-in that enables you to apply and save optical properties and trace rays directly in a SOLIDWORKS® model. With RayViz, a single model is used by both TracePro for ray tracing and optical analysis, and by SOLIDWORKS® for mechanical design and modifying optical properties to ensure data integrity.