AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors Release Notes

The following section presents the enhancements and changes for AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors 2025 R1 release.

Enhancements

This section describes the enhancements introduced in AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors 2025 R1 release.

Co-simulation with CarMaker 13

You can now perform Co-simulation with CarMaker version 13.0. The AVxcelerate CarMaker Lighting and Sensors Cosimulation Library has been enriched with a sample project as well as TestRuns, roads and assets for this CarMaker 13 version.

AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors is compatible with CarMaker versions 11.0, 12.0.1 and 13.0. CarMaker 10 is no longer supported.

Static Assets and Traffic Signs added to the Library for CarMaker

Thanks to the addition of numerous static assets and traffic sign to the Library for CarMaker, you can now customize CarMaker Roads.

Change

This section describes the change introduced in AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors 2025 R1 release.

Product Installation Through the Ansys Automated Installer

To install AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors, as well as its related libraries, for SCANeR and for CarMaker, you should now use the Ansys Automated Installer available from the Current Release page of the Ansys Customer Portal.

Important notes

  • Select the AVxcelerate Headlamp product to install AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors and the AVxcelerate Headlamp Library for SCANeR or AVxcelerate Headlamp Library for CarMaker according to the driving simulator you use.

  • Uninstalling any older version of the software is no longer required before installing the new version. However, if you install the 2025 R1 version without uninstalling a previous version, please be aware that the files that were installed along with the software in C:/ProgramData/Optis will be overwritten with the newer version.

  • The files that were previously installed when selecting AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors Cosimulation Library are now installed when selecting the AVxcelerate Headlamp product.

The Virtual Regulation plugins for AVxcelerate Lighting and Sensors (IIHS, CIASI and FMVSS108) are now available for download from the Add-On Packages section of the Current Release page.