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Introducing the NSQ Single Ray Trace Tool

DLS automatic mode

Hi, I am using DLS local optimisation with automatic mode (8 cores) to optimise some designs, but the optimiser stopping at 1500 cycles for some of them. According to the documentation, using automatic mode causes the optimiser to run until no progre

12 hours ago

David.VegaZemax Staff

People & Pointers

One of our goals in Ansys is to model reality so our customers get the most accurate modeling analysis that agrees with their measurements in the real world. As part of this goal, we are enhancing the Non-Sequential mode in OpticStudio. In the 22.3 r

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AsukuFully Spectral

2026 R1.04 Tilt Decenter Tool in LDE Crashes Application

Hi all: I think this is a bug but I will let you guys try it out as well. Although I discovered this issue only in 2026 R1.04, I believe it may be happening in previous versions as well.Using Tilt/Decenter tool crashes the LDE. Example LDE setup as s

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nadav.amitaiFully Spectral

Black box of non sequential system into SPEOS

Hi all, Is there a way to send a Black box file of non sequential system that can be opened and analyzed in SPEOS? Thanks,Nadav

GregorInfrared

TEZI composite surfaces use multiple times for same surface

Hi all, I am currently doing some tolerance analysis and would like to use TEZI multiple times for the same surface to model surface form deviations of different order. My tolerance data editor looks for instance as follows (just random numbers): The

Dfbb2012Monochrome

OpticsBuilder User Group

RL calculate

Hi AllAs I simulate SMF 28 ultra fiber Return Loss, use NSC mode to simulate this item.fiber(source DLL in the fiber core) + polish angle 8degrees + Alens + Mirror. Based on fiber NA 0.094 to set cladding and core, but seems not mach. How to set the

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4 days ago

BozkovInfrared

Is any AI tool planned to be implemented in Zemax?

I recently read that Ansys is moving forward with AI tools, implementing Copilot in other software, but nothing about Zemax. Is there any research done about it? Any estimated date?

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19 days ago

Big-tedMonochrome

How to create an extruded object in NSC with extrusion perpendicular to z?

Any thoughts to the above?Imagine I’m creating some linear geometry, like a trough concentrator. I’d like to be able to optimize some of the geometry as defined in the x-z plane, but this geometry is just extruded some length along y.For a simple par

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CJ27Ultraviolet

Optimization of optical system - Diverging output wavefront

Hello again friends from the Zemax community, I’m trying to optimize an optical system in where I have an input spherical wavefront (a single point) and the output is another spherical wavefront with a changed radius of curvature. Since my image is

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GregorInfrared

Discontinuity for wavefront analysis in tolerated high NA system

Dear Zemax Team, I shortly designed a high numerical aperture system (NA>0.9) and did a tolerancing. The system is a rotational symmetric objective with spherical surfaces only. Useably quite simple for a ray tracer. Subsequently, I performed a Mo

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2026 R1.04 Tilt Decenter Tool in LDE Crashes Application

Ai Ping.YowMonochrome

AsukuFully Spectral

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nadav.amitaiFully Spectral

Black box of non sequential system into SPEOS

Hi all, Is there a way to send a Black box file of non sequential system that can be opened and analyzed in SPEOS? Thanks,Nadav

GregorInfrared

TEZI composite surfaces use multiple times for same surface

Dfbb2012Monochrome

OpticsBuilder User Group

RL calculate

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4 days ago

BozkovInfrared

Is any AI tool planned to be implemented in Zemax?

I recently read that Ansys is moving forward with AI tools, implementing Copilot in other software, but nothing about Zemax. Is there any research done about it? Any estimated date?

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19 days ago

Big-tedMonochrome

How to create an extruded object in NSC with extrusion perpendicular to z?

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CJ27Ultraviolet

Optimization of optical system - Diverging output wavefront

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GregorInfrared

Discontinuity for wavefront analysis in tolerated high NA system

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David.NguyenLuminary

Feature Request: ZOS-API Layouts Exports Completion

One year ago, @Xianglei wrote a topic (thanks a lot!) about:Since its been quite painful to generate such plots with ZPL (thanks to @Erin.Elliott, we might get a fix in 2025 🤞):I’ve been using the ZOS-API option more and more to create animations.

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