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I believe I have some experience with problems your facing. The short answer is "probably not". background is automotive lighting – instrument clusters, exterior & interior lighting – if what you want to know is how much light and where – quantitativly or qualitativly then you are better off starting with a "real" Optical Computer Aided Design program. but even these (at least 2 years ago) didn't realy do a decient job of giving you a good idea of how well a given part would work. some of the problems come from computer model of light source vs the real thing (distribution pattern) the model of the interface ( – like "bidirectional reflectance distribution function") a bunch of other stuff that I've forgotten, and of course the fact that the real human eye is more sensitive to subtlties than a CRT is capable of displaying.. Since this is some what old information – i suggest you talk to some of the vendors, but hold onto your credit card – untill you see the stuff work for real. good luck Dave Wright – Wyeknot, inc.