Resources

Learn how to edit component and surface parameters using the 3D-View as an alternative to the Optical Design Editor.

Learn how to use the slider interface to change a parameter over a range of values and visualize the impact to analyses and 3D view.

Learn how to use the multi-config table to define changing parameters.

Learn how to filter and insert lenses from the stock catalog.

Learn how to place components with absolute or relative positioning within a coordinate system.

Learn how to add measured form/sag data to a surface.

Learn how to convert an aspheric surface from one type of polynomial to another.

Learn how to convert positions and dependencies of optical components while maintaining their absolute positions.

Learn how to define offset pivot points for an optical component.

Learn how to work with local and global coordinate systems.

Learn how to assign multiple components to a common assembly.

Learn how to create complex surfaces by adding different shapes to a lens (e.g., aspheres, Gaussian, cosine).