FRED 2024: Comprehensive Opto-Mechanical Design and Analysis Software

Model the behavior of light with unparalleled accuracy using FRED 2024, a leading software for opto-mechanical engineering, stray light analysis, and illumination system design. This powerful, versatile platform enables optical engineers and scientists to build, simulate, and analyze the most complex systems, from sophisticated imaging lenses to LED luminaires and laser applications. Download FRED 2024 to visualize, optimize, and validate your optical designs in a fully 3D virtual environment.

Core Features of FRED 2024

FRED 2024 combines a user-friendly interface with a powerful, physically-accurate ray tracing engine, making it an indispensable tool for a wide range of optical applications.

  • Powerful Stray Light and Ghost Analysis
    Identify and eliminate critical optical performance issues. Model scattering from rough surfaces, analyze ghost images from multiple reflections, and mitigate stray light paths that can degrade the performance of cameras, telescopes, and satellite imaging systems.

  • Advanced Opto-Mechanical Modeling
    Simulate your complete system, not just the optics. Import and model mechanical parts, mounts, and housings directly within FRED to analyze the effects of mechanical tolerances, thermal expansion, and mounting stresses on optical performance.

  • High-Fidelity Source Modeling
    Create realistic light sources with ease. Utilize built-in models for lasers, LEDs, filaments, and complex sources, or import measured ray data to accurately simulate the illumination from any real-world emitter.

  • Coherent and Laser System Analysis
    Design and model laser systems with precision. Perform coherent beam propagation, interference, and diffraction calculations to analyze beam quality, wavefront error, and the performance of laser cavities and interferometers.

  • Comprehensive Visualization and Data Analysis
    Gain deep insight into your system’s performance. Use interactive 3D ray tracing, irradiance and illuminance maps, scatter plots, and polarization analysis to fully understand how light interacts with your design.

FRED 2024
FRED 2024