Luminous Algorithms is a web-based optical engineering platform that computes manufacturable free-form optical surfaces directly from product-specific lighting specifications — in hours, not weeks. It replaces iterative manual design loops with a reliable, specification-driven workflow that seamlessly integrates into existing CAD environments.
Benefits & Features
Luminous Algorithms delivers measurable impact across engineering functions:
- Accelerated development cycles through automation and specification-driven workflows
- Reduced reliance on manual expertise, lowering risk and dependency on specialized designers
- Predictable delivery times with performance outputs generated in hours rather than days or weeks
- Enhanced collaboration between optical, mechanical and project teams
- Lower design and simulation costs by minimizing reliance on resource-intensive ray tracing
- This positions Luminous Algorithms not only as a faster optical design tool but as a strategic enabler for product development teams.
The Challenge
Optical engineering has historically been a slow, expert-dependent and simulation-intensive process. Traditional workflows rely on repeated manual optimization and extensive ray-tracing, which can slow development cycles and make early manufacturability validation difficult.
Engineering teams often struggle with:
- lengthy design iterations that delay project timelines
- significant reliance on specialized optical experts
- late discovery of manufacturability issues
- inefficiencies at the interface between optical design and mechanical engineering
In an era where time to market and cross-disciplinary collaboration are essential, these constraints impose substantial development cost and risk.
The Solution
Luminous Algorithms transforms optical engineering by computing free-form reflectors and optical surfaces fully automatically from product specifications such as target light distribution, intensity and mechanical constraints.
This approach eliminates manual tweaking and delivers physically valid, production-ready geometries without iterative ray-tracing loops.
Engineers define optical goals using intuitive, visual tools and the platform uses patented algorithms to translate those goals into high-precision optical surfaces. The result is a workflow that is faster, more predictable and less resource-intensive than traditional approaches.
