FRED U.S. Tutorial Course Description
This course is a hands-on tutorial that is intended to provide new users with an understanding of how to construct FRED^® models, execute the raytrace, and analyze the results. In so doing, many of FRED’s extensive features and capabilities as an analysis tool will be demonstrated.  Examples will be constructed in real time and will include discussions of both imaging and non-imaging (illumination) applications. This tutorial is the first three days of the intensive 4 day tutorial course. The fourth day is optional and costs an additional $495 and can be attended separately. Please contact your Photon salesperson for more information.

Topics covered during the 3-day tutorial include: (Cost: $1400 for three full days.)

• The FRED Philosophy – Visualization is key to understanding optical engineering problems
• Navigating the user interface including interface customization
•  Using visualization features to create technically meaningful, visually stunning graphics
•  Building and modifying geometry using FRED’s interface
•  Importing geometry from lens design and CAD programs
• Exporting geometry and traced rays to CAD programs
• Working with surface attributes including coatings, scatter models, and raytrace controls
• Creating coherent and incoherent sources
• Using raytrace tools including single, targeted raytrace; sequential/non-sequential raytracing
• Constructing analysis surfaces and ray filtering
• Computing irradiance, intensity distributions; image formation; illumination analyses; power (throughput) calculations; color images; polarization analyses; ghost image formation; stray light analyses; thermal radiometry
• Digitizing coating transmission/reflection plots, geometry, spectral weighting, and refractive index data
• Extending FRED’s capabilities using its compiled BASIC scripting language
• FRED as automation client/server

Topics covered during the optional 4^th day tutorial include: (Cost: $1895 for four full days.)

• Relationship between FRED and BASIC compiler
•  Accessing data with nodes and structures
• Reading and manipulating data
•  Basic and advanced raytracing
•  Using ray buffers
• Performing energy calculations
• Using pre-update and post-update scripts
• Mastering automation w/COM: FRED as client or server
• Rastering calculations
• Using scripted entities

Instructor:
Richard Pfisterer, president of Photon Engineering and co-developer of FRED optical engineering software.  Richard has nearly 30 years of experience using and teaching optical design and engineering software. With this much experience to draw on, Richard can customize the tutorial content to the specific interests of the attendees.

• These tutorials have been crafted to help you get the most out of the FRED software. If at all possible, schedule your travel plans so that you can attend all days!
• The optional scripting tutorial offered on the 4^th day is limited to attendees who are proficient in the BASIC programming language.
• Attendance at each tutorial is limited to 6 to 12 participants.
• Participants are strongly urged to bring their own laptop computers. (Please let us know if you need to rent a laptop from us so we can plan our resources accordingly.)
• Hotel accommodations and meal expenses are not included in cost of the tutorial.  You are responsible for those arrangements, but upon request we can help with suggestions.
• Depending on projected attendance, we reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a tutorial up to two weeks prior to the tutorial.

To make room reservations:
Call the CourtYard by Marriott, Tucson Williams Center at 520-745-6000 and ask for Sales (ext 602).  Please tell them that you will be attending the Photon Engineering tutorial, and they will give you the Williams Center rate.