OW will also import Zemax directly including assigning material and surface definitions. My understanding is that TracePro will do that too but I haven't used it. SW makes it easy to alter the model for tolerance stacks, etc and OW will allow me to see if I've comprimised the system. Our OE swears by his Zemax but it is difficult to make path modifications on the fly. I can appreciate what you are working with but I think kevindurr is looking for an interactive software so that the mechanical model can be altered and the effect on the optical path can be quantified. I use this linework with the 3d optics (imported separately)ĭan RE: preferred optical design software lumenharold (Mechanical) 29 Oct 07 18:30 But I think exporting as IGES linework works OK. I haven't had to deal with too many systems that have fold mirrors so I haven't worked out a process for those. Then you have an accurate representation of the rays (2d dxf) and the lenses (3d step). If I have aspheres in the system then I have to export the lenses separately as a step (or SAT) then overlay the 2d dxf with the rays over top of that. If you I have a system that can be represented by a 2d drawing, and contains only spherical surfaces, then the 2d dxf export from Zemax works really well (with both optics and rays). Neither of the codes do that too well in my opinion. The biggest trick seems to be getting the rays to export with the lenses (in 3d). Zemax: 2d dxf, sat, step, iges (3d and linework) Both optical codes allow you to export to some extent. I deal with designs from Zemax and CodeV and am using SW so I have some insight that might help. RE: preferred optical design software kevindurr (Mechanical) Support from my Optis rep has been excellent. I believe there are levels between the raytace add-in and the full package for optical design.īest thing about the software is that unlike the dedicated optical programs like ZEMAX I can change the mechanical design and see the effect immediately and unlike imported files I can edit the optical components as parts. I have a demo license for a few more days of full blown OptisWorks that will provides a lot more data. It has some limitations for optical design as far as materials (such as GRIN lenses which ZEMAX will do) that it will not do but there are other Optis packages that will. I can import his data if I don't care to generate prints in our standard formats or I can recreate the optical path. Our OE does his work in ZEMAX then hands the files over to me. It has been an exellent tool for confirmation that the mechanical design has not comprimised our optical design. I have been running OptisWorks Raytracing software within SolidWorks for a couple years now and we use it constantly.
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