What's New in VirtualLab Fusion 2024.1?
VirtualLab Fusion – NEW Optimization Package
With VirtualLab Fusion 2024.1 the Optimization Package has been released as the newest member of the VirtualLab Fusion product family.
- It contains powerful local and global optimization algorithms to design a system according to your merit functions.
- The intuitive and user-friendly interface will guide you through the optimization process.
- Powerful post-processing tools will enable you to understand the development of merit function values during the optimization process.
Major Development Directions
For a brief overview you can check our main development categories:
Higher Speed
- Distributed computing technology is utilized in the new Optimization Package.
- Performance & handling of VirtualLab Fusion data object (e.g. data arrays) has been optimized.
- Enhanced parallelization and memory management boost our modeling algorithms' performance.
Easier Use
- New customization options for optical setup trees are now available.
- Undo operations are now supported for optical setups.
- Handling of calculators within VLF has been improved.
- Data import capabilities enhanced, including import for non-equidistant data.
- Advanced export options, such as copying to clipboard, are now supported.
More Physics
- The latest addition to our ever-expanding collection of simulation models has been introduced: functional coatings.
- Enhancements to the volume grating medium have been implemented.
- New detector add-ons have been introduced to enhance your detector toolkit.
Deeper Transparency
- The property browser has been redesigned and now features enhanced sort and search functionalities.
- All parameters table layout (e.g. within the parameter run) has been enhanced to provide a clearer overview across hierarchy levels.
Better Control
- A new parameter type, Enumerations, has been added to all snippets within VLF.
- New advanced options for defining random distributions in parameter runs are now available.
- Parameter extraction has been extended, enhancing functionalities such as parameter overview and parameter runs.