Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 15 May 2015 www.zemax.com [email protected] [email protected] Contents Contents 3 Getting Started With OpticStudio™ 7 Congratulations on your purchase of Zemax OpticStudio! ....................................... 7 Important notice ......................................................................................................................... 8 Installation .................................................................................................................................... 9 License Codes ........................................................................................................................... 10 Network Keys and Clients .................................................................................................... 11 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 11 Customizing Your Installation ............................................................................................ 12 Navigating the OpticStudio Interface 13 System Explorer ....................................................................................................................... 16 File Tab ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Setup Tab ................................................................................................................................... 18 Analyze Tab ............................................................................................................................... 18 Analyze Tab (Non-Sequential UI Mode) ......................................................................... 20 Optimize Tab ............................................................................................................................ 21 Tolerance Tab ........................................................................................................................... 22 Libraries Tab .............................................................................................................................. 22 Part Designer Tab .................................................................................................................... 23 Programming Tab ................................................................................................................... 24 Help Tab ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Using Spreadsheet Editors ................................................................................................... 25 Using Analysis Windows ....................................................................................................... 27 Using the Shaded Model ...................................................................................................... 29 Arranging Windows ............................................................................................................... 29 Printing Windows .................................................................................................................... 30 Tutorials 32 Tutorial 1: A Walk-Through an OpticStudio Design .................................................. 32 Tutorial 1.1: The Lens Data Editor ...................................................................... 39 Tutorial 1.2: Analysis Windows ............................................................................ 41 Tutorial 1.3: The System Explorer ....................................................................... 43 Tutorial 1.4: The Normalized Coordinate System ........................................ 47 Tutorial 2: Defining, Positioning and Moving Surfaces ............................................ 52 Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 15 Contents 3 Tutorial 2.1: Working in Three Dimensions .................................................... 56 Tutorial 3: A Multi-Configuration Design ....................................................................... 60 Tutorial 4: Exporting To Mechanical CAD Packages .................................................. 75 Tutorial 5: Optimization ........................................................................................................ 78 Tutorial 5.1: The Lens Specification ................................................................... 78 Tutorial 5.2: Entering the Basic System in the System Explorer .............. 79 Tutorial 5.3: Entering the Basic System in the Lens Data Editor ............. 83 Tutorial 5.4: Tips and Tricks for Successful Optimization........................ 104 Tutorial 6: Non-Sequential Ray Tracing (Professional and Premium only) ..... 108 Tutorial 6.1: A Simple Example .......................................................................... 108 Tutorial 6.2: Object Positioning & Definition .............................................. 118 Tutorial 6.3: Combining Sequential and Non-Sequential Ray- Tracing ........................................................................................................................ 124 Tutorial 6.4: Tracing Rays and Getting Data................................................. 126 Tutorial 6.5: Complex Object Creation ........................................................... 136 Tutorial 7: Optimizing Non-Sequential Systems ....................................................... 141 Tutorial 8: Colorimetry ........................................................................................................ 146 Tutorial 9: Polarization, Coatings & Scattering .......................................................... 149 Tutorial 9.1: Polarization ...................................................................................... 150 Tutorial 9.2: Thin-Film Coatings ........................................................................ 154 Tutorial 9.3: Ray Splitting .................................................................................... 163 Tutorial 9.4: Ray Scattering ................................................................................. 166 Tutorial 9.5: Importance Sampling .................................................................. 169 Tutorial 9.6: Bulk and Fluorescent Scattering .............................................. 170 What’s Next? ........................................................................................................................... 172 Getting Technical Support .................................................................................. 174 References on Lens Design ................................................................................ 175 Converting from Zemax13 and Older 176 Zemax 13 File Menu ............................................................................................................. 178 Zemax 13 Editors menu ...................................................................................................... 179 Zemax 13 System Tab ......................................................................................................... 181 Zemax 13 Analysis Menu.................................................................................................... 185 Zemax 13 Tools Menu ......................................................................................................... 190 Zemax 13 Reports Menu .................................................................................................... 198 Zemax 13 Macros Menu ..................................................................................................... 199 Zemax 13 Extensions Menu .............................................................................................. 200 Zemax 13 Help Menu .......................................................................................................... 201 2D Analysis Windows .......................................................................................................... 202 3D Analysis Windows .......................................................................................................... 203 Shaded Model ........................................................................................................................ 203 Editors ........................................................................................................................................ 203 Conventions and Definitions 203 Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 15 Contents 2 Index 221 Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 15 Contents 2 Getting Started With OpticStudio™ Congratulations on your purchase of Zemax OpticStudio! OpticStudio is the industry standard optical system design software, combining sequential lens design, analysis, optimization, tolerancing, physical optics, non-sequential optical system design, polarization, thin-film modeling and mechanical CAD Import/Export in a single, easy-to-use package. Although OpticStudio is easy to use, optical system design is a very broad area of engineering. This guide is intended to get you started using OpticStudio quickly. It is the first place to start if you are new to OpticStudio, or if you are upgrading from previous versions of Zemax. Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 15 Getting Started With OpticStudio™ 7 We strongly recommend you take the time to work all the way through this