NEWS

Learn more about VirtualLab™ at "Photonics West 2012”!

(January 11, 2012)

LightTrans is planning several activities at the Photonics West Conferences and Exhibitions taking place in San Francisco, CA, starting on January 21 2012. We would like to welcome you at our booth no. 4601 in the German Pavilion and invite you to a presentation of VirtualLab™ 5 – the new generation...

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VirtualLab™ 5.1 Released!

(December 20, 2011)

The latest release VirtualLab™ 5.1 introduces several novelties and improvements. First, a 3D view of the entire system has been introduced making the system setup easier. A ray tracing mode is available now which gives a first insight about the behavior of systems. Catalogs for light sources and co...

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Software Courses 2012 – First Announcement

(November 28, 2011)

In order to allow a reliable planning for our customers we have scheduled two software courses for 2012 already. The two courses are

Course 1: April 24 - 27, 2012 "Introduction to Unified Optical Modeling using LightTrans VirtualLab™" Speaker: Dr. Michael Kuhn, LightTrans Target Group: ...

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VirtualLab™ is always delivered with an automatic installation routine of one of the following types:

  1. A complete base installation that requires to uninstall the previous version or
  2. An update that requires the latest base installation (with or without subsequent updates).

Each update requires a valid update service. The information about the most recent VirtualLab™ versions are summarized in what follows:

VirtualLab 5.1.2

  • Release Date: January 2012
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2011
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 5.0 (basic installation) or 5.0.3, 5.1, 5.1.1 (update)

VirtualLab 5.1.1

  • Release Date: January 2012
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2011
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 5.0 (basic installation) or 5.0.3, 5.1 (update)

VirtualLab 5.1

  • Release Date: December 2011
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2011
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 5.0 (basic installation) or 5.0.3 (update)

VirtualLab 5.0.3

  • Release Date: September 2011
    • Required Update Service: 2nd quarter 2011
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 5.0

VirtualLab 5.0

  • Release Date: June 2011
    • Required Update Service: 2nd quarter 2011
    • Installation Type: New installation
    • Installation Requirements: None, i.e., new installation. It is not necessary to uninstall LightTrans VirtualLab™ 4.x.

VirtualLab 4.10.2

  • Release Date: March 2011
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: 4.8 (basic installation) or 4.9.x or 4.10.x (update)

VirtualLab 4.10.1

  • Release Date: January 2011
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: 4.8 (basic installation) or 4.9.x or 4.10 (update)

VirtualLab 4.10

  • Release Date: December 2010
    • Required Update Service: 4th quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: 4.8 (basic installation) or 4.9.x (update)

VirtualLab 4.9.3

  • Release Date: November 2010
    • Required Update Service: 3rd quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 4.8, 4.8.1, 4.9 or 4.9.2

VirtualLab 4.9.2

  • Release Date: October 2010
    • Required Update Service: 3rd quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 4.8, 4.8.1 or 4.9

VirtualLab 4.9

  • Release Date: September 2010
    • Required Update Service: 3rd quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 4.8 or 4.8.1

VirtualLab 4.8.1

  • Release Date: July 2010
    • Required Update Service: 2nd quarter 2010
    • Installation Type: Update
    • Installation Requirements: Version 4.8

VirtualLab 4.8

  • Release Date: June 2010
  • Required Update Service: 2nd quarter 2010
  • Installation Type: New Installation
  • Installation Requirements: Uninstall any previous version 4.x.

 

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