TROY, Mich. – February 6, 2019 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global technology company providing solutions in product development, high-performance computing and data intelligence, is pleased to welcome Lambda Research Corporation to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA).

Altair offers on-demand, complementary access to a broad spectrum of software applications from over 55 companies in Altair’s Partner Alliance. Altair’s customers are able to leverage a wide range of software tools from a centralized source, helping them reduce time to market, increase intelligent design, and make smarter decisions faster.

Lambda’s TracePro is used in a broad range of industries. Almost any application that uses light can take advantage of TracePro’s design, analysis, optimization, and virtual prototyping capabilities. TracePro can be applied to lighting, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, and energy industries.

“We are pleased to offer this tool to our customers as part of our new partnership with Lambda,” said Uwe Schramm, chief technical officer, Altair. “Light and optics simulation has become more and more important and this offering will round out our multi-physics portfolio.”

TracePro is a powerful illumination and non-imaging optical design and analysis program with an easy-to-use graphical interface. Its solid modeling, Monte Carlo ray tracing, and optimization features make it a versatile tool for illumination designers and optical analysts.

“Lambda is pleased to be able to offer TracePro to Altair HyperWorks™ users through the Altair Partner Alliance,” said Edward Freniere, president of Lambda Research Corporation. “It will also be exciting to see what Altair users can accomplish with TracePro using its powerful optical design environment to accelerate product development.”

An introductory webinar for TracePro will be held on February 28 at 10 a.m. EST. For more information about the software, please visit the product page for TracePro. APA-enabled HyperWorks customers can download TracePro here.