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Ansys Speos
Real-World Light Simulation

Simulate, validate, and optimize optical performance in real environments using physics-based light modeling and human vision analysis before building physical prototypes.

Predict Optical Performance Before Manufacturing

Ansys Speos is a light simulation software tool that designs and validates optical parts, lighting systems, and sensors. It models how light interacts with lenses, materials, and environments, and simulates human vision and camera sensors to predict illumination, image quality, glare, defects, and system performance before physical prototyping.

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    Human Vision Modeling
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    System-level Simulation
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    Multiphysics Integration
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    GPU Acceleration
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    CAD Connectivity
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    Virtual Prototyping
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    Photorealistic Rendering
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    Sensor Simulation

Quick Specs

Ansys Speos utilizes non-sequential raytracing and realistic material models for physics-based optical simulation, modeling light behavior and human vision to deliver accurate virtual prototyping and system-level performance validation.

  • Physics Based Raytracing
  • Optical Part Design
  • Camera Sensor Simulation
  • Straylight Analysis
  • Glare Evaluation
  • Human Vision Modeling
  • CAD Workflow Integration
  • Material Surface Properties
  • Tolerance Defect Analysis

2026年3月

新功能

使用简化、集成和优化的工具,体验更流畅的光学设计工作流程。相比于以往版本,Ansys Speos 2026 R1版本能够以更快、更高效的方式创建精准设计。

Speos 2026 R1 User Experience Enhancements
用户体验增强功能

日常任务变得更简单、更直观!关键增强功能包括:支持多选操作的上下文菜单、简化光源和传感器访问流程、提升仿真结果的透明度、光线动画和环境光源中太阳方位参数化设置。这些功能充分考虑了光学工程师的设计需求,从而确保工作流程更加顺畅,同时提供更清晰的见解。

Speos 2026 R1 Optical Part Design
光学部件设计

光学部件设计功能进行了改进,新增了更多参数,提供了更高的设计灵活性。 设计人员可以基于光度目标、自由曲面组件和造型约束,实现高效的设计优化。

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光学设计交换(ODX)

OpticStudio和Speos之间的光学设计交换数据交换功能,现已在Siemens NX中可用。这种集成可实现OpticStudio和Speos之间的无缝数据交换,并支持将精确的镜头几何结构传输到CAD软件中,以实现高效的光机设计和杂散光分析。

Simulation Accelerates Ferrari’s Intelligent Headlamp Innovation

Virtual optical design improves safety, performance, and development efficiency.

Simulation Accelerates Ferrari’s Intelligent Headlamp Innovation

With advanced optical simulation tools, Ferrari designs and tests intelligent headlamp systems in virtual environments, reducing costs, improving safety, and accelerating development timelines

Ferrari partnered with Ansys to develop advanced high-definition headlamp systems using virtual optical simulation. By leveraging tools such as Speos, Zemax OpticStudio, and AVxcelerate Headlamp, engineers can model lighting behavior, test performance in realistic night-driving scenarios, and validate safety requirements without costly physical prototypes. The simulation environment enables rapid iteration, glare analysis, and driver-focused visibility optimization across varying conditions. This digital workflow streamlines development, reduces reliance on weather-dependent testing, and improves system quality. As a result, Ferrari significantly lowered headlamp development costs while enhancing performance, safety, and innovation in both road and racing vehicles.

汽车外部仿真

自动驾驶传感器开发

Ansys提供综合全面的自动驾驶汽车传感器仿真功能,包括激光雷达、雷达和摄像头的设计和开发。

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车辆内饰

了解Ansys仿真如何优化车辆内部设计,从舒适性和噪声到人机界面。

汽车外部仿真

车辆外观

Ansys仿真使您能够通过降低阻力、减轻重量并提高燃油效率和增加续航里程来优化汽车外观。

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SPEOS CAPABILITIES

Comprehensive Multiphysics Optical Simulation and System Validation

Ansys Speos delivers advanced multiphysics optical design and simulation by integrating optical, structural, and thermal simulations for accurate real-world performance prediction. Its capabilities include precise sensor and perception modeling, optimized illumination system design, realistic material and surface optics, and rapid design exploration. Designers can validate optical drift, efficiency, and detection reliability across cameras, LiDAR, and lighting systems, ensuring robust system-level performance before manufacturing and minimizing physical prototyping.

Physics-Based 3D Light Propagation

Ansys Speos optical design software uniquely simulates a system’s optical performance and evaluates the final illumination effect, based on human vision.

  • Physics-Based 3D LIight Propagation 
  • Multiphysics Optical-Mechanical Thermal Coupling
  • Measured Material and BSDF Modeling 
  • Sensor and Human Vision Modeling
  • CAD-Integrated System-Level Simulation 
  • Speos Live Preview with Interactive Physics Rendering 
  • Physically Accurate Human Vision with HDR and VR Validation
  • Lightfield Black-Box Optical Subsystem Sharing 
  • Full Lidar Firing Sequence and Raw Time-of-Flight Simulation 
  • Aero-Optical and Gradient-Index (GRIN) Medium Modeling
  • Forward and inverse ray tracing
  • Spectral and wavelength-dependent propagation
  • Reflection, refraction, and scattering modeling
  • Structural deformation mapping to optical surfaces
  • Temperature-dependent material behavior
  • Thermo-optical performance prediction
  • BRDF / BTDF / BSDF material definition
  • Anisotropic and layered surface modeling
  • Spectral and directional scattering accuracy
  • Camera and detector response simulation
  • Human vision and glare evaluation
  • Exposure and perception analysis
  • Native CAD geometry integration
  • Full assembly optical validation
  • Stray light and illumination analysis
  • 1:1 luminance rendering on HDR10 displays
  • Automatic luminance-adaptive visual perception modeling
  • Stereoscopic and VR-HMD visualization
  • Perception-based contrast and visibility evaluation
  • Precomputed optical response storage
  • Secure supplier–OEM optical data exchange
  • Reduced recomputation for repeated assemblies
  • Faster system-level simulation reuse
  • Rotating and scanning lidar sequence definition
  • Raw Time-of-Flight signal simulation
  • Detection probability and range evaluation
  • Weather and environment performance testing
  • Non-homogeneous refractive index distributions
  • Compressible flow optical aberration modeling
  • Environmental distortion of optical paths
  • High-fidelity beam propagation through variable media

SPEOS RESOURCES & EVENTS

Featured Webinars

On Demand Webinar
Speos adaptive headlamp
Driving Innovation in Adaptive Headlamp Design

Discover how Ansys simulation accelerates adaptive headlamp development, reduces physical prototyping, optimizes on-road performance, and streamlines global safety compliance for safer, smarter vehicle lighting.

On Demand Webinar
Speos X Rite material
Advanced Material Strategies with X-Rite AxF in Speos

Join our exclusive webinar, exploring AxF support for more realistic optical simulations through precise material appearance data integration and validation.

On Demand Webinar
Speos stray light
Ansys Optics Live Virtual Deep Dive: Stray Light Analysis

Watch now to explore Ansys Optics advanced stray light analysis using Ansys Zemax OpticStudio and Ansys Speos to identify, diagnose, and mitigate performance-degrading optical artifacts.


Case Studies

Speos Ferrari headlamp development

Ansys Simulation Helps Ferrari Reduce Headlamp Development Costs by 80 Percent

Ansys simulation is helping Ferrari reduce development costs for its headlamps by 80%.

Aircraft illumination Embraer

Optimizing Aircraft Illumination With Ansys Optical and Lighting Simulation Software at Embraer

Leading aircraft manufacturer Embraer used Ansys Speos software to adopt simulation to accelerate product testing and optimize designs.

Speos Safran case study

Safran Aerosystems Develops Exterior Aircraft Lighting of the Future with Ansys Speos Optical Simulation

Safran Aerosystems develops exterior aircraft lighting of the future thanks to optical simulation with Ansys Speos

Speos solar racecar design

Design and Optimization of a Reflector for the Headlights of a Solar-Powered Racecar

Simulations allow Blue Sky Solar Racing to quickly arrive at the optical headlamp reflector shape, resulting in the lowest power consumption while validating that the design meets regulations.


White Papers

Speos sustainability

Small Size, Big Impact: Making Miniaturized Optics More Sustainable

Explore how optics simulation enables sustainable miniaturized optical systems by reducing materials, energy use, and waste while optimizing design, production, and lifecycle performance across industries.


Videos

Blogs

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