When it comes to choosing optical product design and simulation software for your team, don’t compromise performance with software that isn’t comprehensive enough to meet your needs.

It goes without saying that optical product design and simulation solutions must offer accurate tolerancing and optimization tools for optical design and mechanical packaging—as well as a modern user interface with a complete API.

More than that, it must accelerate design validation to maximize the productivity of your engineers. Finally, beyond the technical capabilities of the software itself, it’s critical to choose a solution partner that offers valuable training and ongoing support to help drive your innovation and go-to- market efforts. Your technical reputation depends on it.

Here are four recommended steps to buying optical product design and simulation software.