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Why Photopia?

Consider the alternative to designing products without using Photopia...

Step Time Cost
1. Design a Luminaire 1 day to 1 week Your cost in hours
2. Build a Prototype 1 to 6 weeks $500 to $75,000
3. Photometer the Prototype 1 day to 3 weeks $300 to $700
4. Refine the Design 1 hour to 1 day Your cost in hours
5. Five Design Iterations (steps 2 through 4) 6 to 46 weeks $4000 to $378,500
Totals 6 to 47 weeks $4000 to $378,500

Compared to the same process, this time using Photopia...

Step Time Cost
1. Design a Luminaire 1 hour to 2 days Your cost in hours
2. Build a Prototype 1 to 6 weeks $500 to $75,000
3. Photometer the Prototype 1 day to 3 weeks $300 to $700
Totals 1 to 10 weeks $800 to $75,700

What Others are Saying About Photopia

  • Customer Reviews

      Here is what some of our customers are saying about using Photopia:

    • “I have purchased and learned software for the past 10 years and I have never had the quality of tech support I received from Mark [Jongewaard].” - Ken Osborn, Dir. of Engineering, PMC Lighting
    • "I've been a fan of Photopia for several years.  It provides me with useful results within minutes which allows me to look at many design iterations in a short amount of time.  I find it invaluable for refractors which are nearly impossible to prototype."
    • "We've used Photopia for several years and believe it has been the second most important purchase made for product development, second only to to the purchase of an automated punch press."
    • "We are very happy with the accuracy of Photopia.  We have our own goniometer and have made many comparisons between the predicted and measured results.   We have found Photopia to be so accurate that whenever we have seen a difference between the measured and predicted performance, our measurements have turned out to be wrong."

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