Designing of the James Webb Space Telescope Zemax LLC 2016-11-30 | The James Webb Space Telescope will be a large infrared telescope. Launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in October 2018. Learn how Zemax products were used to engineer this technology.Interested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more webinars from zemax at: http://zemax.com/zmx/webinars/upcomin...For a full article: http://reflections.zemax.com/articles/james-webb-space-telescope
See it in Action: OpticsBuilder Add Mounting Edge Feature Zemax LLC 2022-06-27 | Try OpticsBuilder capabilities for yourself, request a free trial today! ansys.me/3A0KMDr#OpticalMechanicalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #OpticalDesign #OpticalDesignSoftware #OpticalEngineering #OpticalEngineer
OpticsBuilder Insights: How to Generate a Chief Ray in OpticsBuilder Zemax LLC 2022-06-09 | Learn how to generate a Chief Ray in OpticsBuilder.Try OpticsBuilder capabilities for yourself, request a free trial today! ansys.me/3LRNlKq#OptoMechanicalEngineering #OptoMechancialDesign #MechanicalDesign #MechanicalEngineering #OpticalEngineering #OpticalDesign #ChiefRays #RayFootpringBoundries
OpticsBuilder Insights: Using the OpticsBuilders Export .ZBD file feature. Zemax LLC 2022-06-07 | OpticsBuilder Insights: Share your optomechanical assembly with #OpticStudio using #OpticsBuilder's Export .ZBD file feature.Try Zemax optical design software for yourself, request a free trial. http://ow.ly/Mc6O50IYEAm#OpticalMechanicalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #OpticalDesign #OpticalDesignSoftware #OpticalEngineering #OpticalEngineer
OpticsBuilder Insights: How to perform a Simulation in #OpticsBuilder. Zemax LLC 2022-06-02 | Try Zemax optical design software for yourself, request a free trial. ansys.me/3LRNlKq #OpticalMechanicalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #OpticalDesign #OpticalDesignSoftware #OpticalEngineering #OpticalEngineer
OpticsBuilder - Share Design Files Zemax LLC 2022-05-22 | Build exceptional optical products!To turn optical designs into reality, teams of engineers need to coordinate their individual expertise around one common goal. Oftentimes the limiting factor is not the talent of the team, but the limitations of the tools. Now #CAD users don’t have to spend hours or days creating optical designs into CAD formats. With #OpticsBuilder, CAD users can directly convert complete optical designs from OpticStudio into CAD, analyze how their packaging impacts optical performance, and export optical drawings to manufacturing—saving costs and months of trial and error.Try OpticsBuilder capabilities for yourself, request a free trial today! zemax.com/pages/get-started#OpticStudio #OptomechanicalEngineering #OpticalEngineering
See it in Action! Prepare for OpticsBuilder Read-Only Feature Zemax LLC 2022-04-28 | OpticsBuilder files can be prepared as Read-Only. Let's see how Read-Only and editable .ZBD files look like from the CAD User point of view.
OpticStudio STAR Module Product Demonstration Zemax LLC 2021-11-10 | With the OpticStudio STAR Module, engineers can streamline their workflows by visualizing and analyzing the impact of structural and thermal factors natively within OpticStudio. In this product demonstration Esteban Carbajal, Senior Optical Engineer, will walk you through how to use the OpticStudio STAR Module.Interested in trying out the OpticStudio STAR Module capabilities for yourself, request a free trial!zemax.com/pages/try-opticstudio-for-freeCheck out more information about the OpticStudio STAR Module here: zemax.com/pages/opticstudio-star-module
Zemax OpticStudio - Everything you need to design optical systems! Zemax LLC 2020-07-28 | OpticStudio® is the standard for optical, illumination, and laser system design in universities around the world, and in leading companies throughout the optics industry.Set Up Your System:OpticStudio’s intuitive user interface includes easy-to-learn tools and wizards which enable efficient simulation and design of any optical system. With more than 200 field points you can set up even the most complex freeform and non-rotationally symmetric systems. Design high-confidence virtual prototypes with the only optical design software that can model everything from imaging optics to illumination, including stray light analysis.Analyze Your system to Evaluate Performance:OpticStudio includes a suite of optical engineering tools to analyze the performance of your system. In addition to the classic analysis functions, OpticStudio also offers Full-field Aberration analysis to improve freeform designs; contrast analysis for MTF optimization; and Image Simulation to produce photorealistic images of object scenes.Optimize Your System to Meet Manufacturing Specifications:State-of-the-art optimization tools automatically improve the performance of optical designs based on user-defined constraints and design goals. This saves time by eliminating design iterations. Optimize for MTF up to 10x faster with Contrast Optimization - which removes multiple design and test steps inherent in older processes.Final Tolerance Analysis to Ensure Manufacturability:For years, the Monte Carlo tolerance analysis in OpticStudio has been the gold standard for simulating how designs perform in the real world. More optical research papers rely on OpticStudio to accurately simulate their designs than any other optical software. With OpticStudio, optical engineers are confident that their systems will meet the real-world performance demands of their customers.Customize OpticStudio to Suit Your Needs:With the ZOS-API, you can create standalone applications, build your own analyses, and control OpticStudio externally using C#, C++, MATLAB and Python. Zemax Programming Language (ZPL) enables you to write your own macros to automate repetitive processes. Custom DLLs allow creation of any surfaces, objects, sources, and scatter functions.Learn more about OpticStudio, try it for free! zemax.com/pages/try-opticstudio-for-free
Navigating the ZOS-API Syntax Help document - Part 1 Zemax LLC 2019-12-13 | This is a video tutorial on navigating the ZOS-API Syntax Help document. The primary goal of this tutorial is to give a working understanding of how to step through the API Syntax Help when writing API scripts.
High-Yield Optimization: Streamlining the path to more easily manufacturable designs Zemax LLC 2019-11-08 | The conventional optical design approach results in designs that are very sensitive to manufacturing and alignment errors, which means the optical product is difficult to repeatedly manufacture successfully. High-Yield Optimization, on the other hand, produces designs that meet tight performance specifications, provide a higher manufacturing yield, and lower manufacturing costs through less waste.Learn how you can use OpticStudio to:• Optimize for as-built performance, rather than nominal performance.• Account for common manufacturing defects in the design process.• Find optical design solutions that have both good image quality and rays with low angles of incidence, which reduces the tolerance sensitivity of the resulting design when fabricated.#zemax #opticstudio #optimization #opticaldesign
Search bar in the ZPL macro editor Zemax LLC 2019-05-31 | OpticStudio provides a flexible, intuitive, and powerful modeling environment to quickly develop and capture optical design ideas. OpticStudio 19.4 includes a search bar in the ZPL macro editor that will make writing and editing macros faster than ever. You can now easily search through any ZPL script using the Find text button found in the toolbar of the ZPL macro editor. This expedites the writing and editing of longer scripts, as well as help find any typos inthe macro.
New Zemax License Manager Zemax LLC 2019-05-31 | OpticStudio provides a flexible, intuitive, and powerful modeling environment to quickly develop and capture optical design ideas. OpticStudio 19.4 includes a new License Manager that greatly improves the process of activating, transferring, managing, and troubleshooting your licenses.
Matlab & ZOS-API.NET Zemax LLC 2019-01-03 | July 16th 2015The new Zemax OpticStudio Application Programming Interface (ZOS-API) is a set of COM/.NET functions that expose analyses, tools and editors to external programmes. Most actions that can be performed manually inside the programme can be called through the API. This enables the user to greatly expand the capabilities of OpticStudio with custom algorithms or functionality. You will see an overview of this powerful new tool:ZOS Standalone ApplicationsGetting started: Template for programming in MATLABExample 1: Creating a new lens from scratch and optimiseExample 2: Open an existing lens file and run an analysisExample 3: Run a Ray Trace in non-sequential mode and display the detectorError handling. Resources:Sample Files and PowerPoint:http://downloads.radiantsourcemodels.com/Webinars/EN/2015-07-16-Matlab%26ZOS-API-NET/Matlab-ZOSAPI-NET-SampleFiles-PPT.zipAbout the PresenterThomas Aumeyr is a Senior Optical Engineer at the Zemax European Office and previously worked as a researcher in the field of high energy physics at CERN, Cornell University, and DESY. Thomas graduated from Vienna University of Technology and obtained his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Simulating image quality in OpticStudio Zemax LLC 2019-01-02 | OpticStudio includes tools to produce photorealistic images of object scenes including the effects of diffraction, aberrations, distortion, relative illumination, image orientation and polarization. This webinar explains how to simulate the performance of imaging systems with the following OpticStudio features: · Image Simulation · Geometric Image Analysis · Light Source Analysis · Relative IlluminationKristen Norton is the OpticStudio Product Manager. She worked as a Laser & Optics Engineer before joining Zemax as a Senior Optical Engineer in early 2014. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Willamette University, and MS in Applied Physics at the University of Oregon as a part of the Industrial Internship Master’s Program. Known for her ability to tackle any problem, Kristen has quickly become recognized in the industry as an OpticStudio expert.Interested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more information about zemax here: http://ow.ly/10mQSD
ZOS-API Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | An application programming interface (API) for OpticStudio enables connections to, and customization of, the application using the latest software technology.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Archive Files Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | Zemax Archive files (*.ZAR) provide single file pack-and-go backups for your designs, including all materials catalogs, coating catalogs, CAD files, etc., that are needed for correct operation. ZAR files are ideal for maintaining backups, or for transferring a design from one computer to another.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Multi-CPU and GPU Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | Optical design has always pushed the boundaries of what's possible on computers. OpticStudio currently supports up to 64 CPUs per machine, helping to solve the most difficult problems in optical design. OpticStudio automatically divides most lengthy calculations, such as ray tracing, diffraction analysis, and optimization into multiple parallel tasks. For example, OpticStudio can trace one ray on one processor, while tracing another on a second processor, and so on, and then combine the results. OpticStudio supports up to 64 CPUs without any user intervention. 32-bit versions of OpticStudio support only 16 CPUs. OpticStudio also harnesses the computational power of your graphics card to provide leading-edge system visualization tools.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Libraries Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | OpticStudio contains libraries of optical materials (including glasses, plastics, liquids, gradient index and birefringent media), coatings, test plates, sources and scatter functions, plus you can add your own easily.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Multiple Configurations Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | Many optical systems consist of multiple versions, such as moving optics in scanning systems, zoom lenses, and systems at different temperatures. OpticStudio lets you manage these easily and also integrates with equivalent feature sets in SolidWorks™, AutoDesk® Inventor™, and Creo Parametric ™.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
System Viewers Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | OpticStudio contains industry-leading graphics for system visualization to help you accelerate your product development and understand exactly what’s going on inside your design.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Windows Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | Data calculations are presented in a uniform presentation layer that makes access to data easy. Data can be redrawn multiple ways without recalculation, unless recalculation is necessary to generate the required data. Data can be easily saved and copied/pasted into other Windows programs.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
System Explorer Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | The most common requirements are placed on a dock able sidebar for instant access from any screen. Any changes made are applied instantly. The System Explorer can be easily hidden when not needed.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
Editors Zemax LLC 2018-11-16 | Data is entered into OpticStudio through a series of intuitive editors with helpful Toolbars and detailed Property Inspectors, so you can always work at the appropriate level of detail for the task you’re performing.If you'd like to know more about our OpticStudio, visit us here: Https://www.zemax.com
CEO Invite to ENVISION 2018 Zemax LLC 2018-08-07 | Come join us at the Zemax ENVISION 2018 conference in Las Vegas, November 5-7. Learn more at Zemax.com/EnvisionUSA
Fail fast and smart during the optical product development process Zemax LLC 2018-05-14 | Failure is an inevitable part of the product development process, because you have to explore all the ways a design won’t work to find the way it will work. When you’re in a situation that demands speedy development cycles, how can you fail faster and smarter to reduce costs and get to market faster? This video shows how technologies that facilitate robust product simulations are critical to overcoming the factors that can thwart the product development process—especially during six common situations when a streamlined workflow can make or break a product. Get the full guide at: zemax.com/learn/e-guides/how-to-fail-fast-and-smart-during-the-optical-prod
Six best practices for optical product design teams Zemax LLC 2018-04-02 | In their groundbreaking study Six Myths of Product Development, Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinertsen exposed common fallacies of product development and presented best practices for overcoming them (Harvard Business Review, May 2012). This video introduces how Zemax Virtual Prototyping applies six of these best practices to optical product design. Learn the value of remaining open to an evolving development plan, using iterative—not linear—design processes, experimenting with smaller batches for faster feedback, quantifying the cost of delays and factoring it into your decisions, and making information flows visible. Get the full guide at: zemax.com/learn/e-guides/six-best-practices
Whos Afraid of Freeform Optics? Zemax LLC 2018-01-18 | Learn about freeform optical design and manufacturing with Spectrum Scientific, Inc. (SSI), and get answers to these questions:Should I be afraid of freeform optics? (Spoiler alert: The answer is no!)What are freeform optics?What is the mainstream availability?What are the benefits of using freeform optics?How can I design freeform surfaces in OpticStudio?How do I transition from freeform design to manufacturing with SSI?Which metrology methods are best?David Cook is the general manager at Spectrum Scientific, Inc. Prior to founding SSI in 2004, he was an engineering manager responsible for diffractive and aspheric optics manufacturing at the West Coast Optics Division of PerkinElmer. Mr. Cook also worked at Physical Optics Corporation and Northrop’s Electronic Systems Division. He earned a bachelor’s degree in optical engineering.Daphnie Chakran is the president and CEO of Spectrum Scientific, Inc. She joined SSI in 2004 as the president. Daphnie has a broad background, including research and development, sales and marketing, business development, operations, and international business. Ms. Chakran earned a degree in laser and optical engineering.Dave Erickson is the CTO at Spectrum Scientific, Inc. He has more than 45 years of experience designing and manufacturing high-precision optical components and systems, holding senior positions at CVI Melles Griot, Zygo Corp, PerkinElmer, and Corning Corp before joining SSI. Mr. Erickson has worked on numerous high-profile projects and received a NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award for his optical design and manufacturing work on the Wide Field and Planetary Camera used on the Hubble Space Telescope’s first servicing mission, among others.Erin Elliott is a principal optical engineer and researcher at Zemax. Prior to joining Zemax, she spent a decade working on the James Webb Space Telescope. Dr. Elliott also worked on instruments and testbeds for various NASA missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Large Binocular Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope, and the Terrestrial Planet Finder. She earned a PhD in optics from the University of Arizona.Interested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more information about zemax here: http://ow.ly/10mQSDIf you are interested, please check out Spectrum Scientific, Inc here: http://ssioptics.com
Whats new in OpticStudio 17.5 Zemax LLC 2017-12-07 | Learn about the new features in OpticStudio 17.5, including how to: · Visualize contrast loss across the pupil using the new Contrast Loss Map · View analysis windows with new false color palettes · Run ZPL macros from the command line · Visualize your field distribution using the new Field Plot in the Field Data Editor · Apply the new MacLeod coatings for anti-reflection, cold mirrors, beamsplitters, protected and enhanced reflectivity, and near-infrared · Use the new sample files in 17.5 that are from the new book, Perspectives on Modern Optics and Imaging, by Ronian Siew · And more! Dr. Thomas Pickering is an associate product manager on the OpticStudio team. He received a PhD in Accelerator Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London. As a researcher with CERN, DESY, and Cornell University, he focused on the development of particle beam profile monitors using laser-wire systems, optical diffraction, and transition radiation.Interested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more information about zemax here: http://ow.ly/10mQSD
What’s new in OpticStudio 17 Zemax LLC 2017-09-20 | The OpticStudio 17 release takes optical design to the next level. Watch this webinar for an overview of the new features in the OpticStudio 17 release, including how to: • Use Contrast Optimization to optimize for MTF atleaset 30x faster than before • Trace rays using more than 200 field points (more than any other optical design software) • Navigate the updated API documentation and use 80 additional examples • Account for complete wavelength dependence when simulating phosphors and fluorescence with the most accurate ray-based photoluminescence model • and more! Kristen Norton is the OpticStudio Product Manager. She worked as a Laser and Optics Engineer before joining Zemax as a Senior Optical Engineer in early 2014. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Willamette University, and master’s degree in Applied Physics at the University of Oregon.
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Updated CODE V File Converter Zemax LLC 2017-08-24 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Contrast Loss Map Zemax LLC 2017-08-24 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
Designing a Microscope Objective with OpticStudio Zemax LLC 2017-08-21 | Zemax offers software solutions for end-to-end optical design, taking your ideas from napkin to prototype. Optical engineers can design the optical components with OpticStudio, and mechanical engineers can design the mechanical parts and packing with LensMechanix. This webinar is part one of a two-part series demonstrating how to use OpticStudio and LensMechanix to design a microscope objective. In this webinar, we will optimize and tolerance a microscope objective in OpticStudio. In addition, we will convert the file into non-sequential mode for stray light analysis. We will start with a sample sequential file, and will define the system requirements and performance specifications. Then we’ll use the following tools and features: Analysis tools: Spot Diagram, Ray Fan, Siedel Diagram, Image Simulation, and Grid Distortion Optimization tools: Quick Focus, Slider, Visual Optimizer, Optimization Wizard, and custom optimization operands Tolerancing tools: Design Lockdown, Tolerance Wizard, Inverse Sensitivity Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation Stray light analysis tools: Critical Ray Tracer, Convert to NSC, and Non-sequential Ray Traces with Filter stringsInterested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more information about zemax here: http://ow.ly/10mQSD
OpticStudio Frequently Asked Support Questions - April 6th 2016 Zemax LLC 2017-08-21 | OpticStudio is a powerful and intuitive program for optical and illumination system design, but even the experts sometimes need help. Join us to learn the answers to the most frequently asked support questions. This month we will discuss: When should I use "sequential mode" for optical simulation and design?When should I use "non-sequential mode" instead?When do I need to use "physical optics propagation" and when is it accurate?How do I define sources in each?About the Presenter: Kristen Norton spent over 2 years working as a Lasers & Optics Engineer before joining Zemax as a Senior Optical Engineer in early 2014. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Willamette University in 2011, and MS in Applied Physics at the University of Oregon as a part of the Industrial Internship Master’s Program (Optics track). Known for her ability to tackle any problem, Kristen has quickly become recognized in the industry as an OpticStudio expert.Interested in using OpticStudio, Download the Free Trial: http://ow.ly/10mQJzCheck out more information about zemax here: http://ow.ly/10mQSD
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Changing VAN to TAN Zemax LLC 2017-08-11 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: ZOS-API Examples & Documentation Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: New Field Data Editor Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Additional Field Points Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Wavelength-depending mean-free path in Photoluminescence Model Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Ignore Tolerance Operands Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Create ZRD files from the Merit Function Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
OpticStudio 17 Beta Program: Spot X+Y Merit Function Enhancements Zemax LLC 2017-08-03 | If you would like to join the beta conversations. Check out our forums http://forum.zemax.com/OpticStudio-Beta-Program
