Hi David,

Whenever there's a task that is simple, and needs to be repeated, I think about ZPL Macros. ZPL Macros are usually good at automating simple adjustment to the system.

Here is an example if you'd like to apply a Pick-Up Solve to all Coordinate Breaks within a range:

# This example is to replicate pick-up solve on Tilt About X in coordinate break

# Reference surface number

reference_surface = 1

# Pick-up parameters

scale_factor = 1

offset = 0

column = 0 # Current column

# Range for pick-ups replication

start_surface = 2

end_surface = 10

# Loop over the range

FOR surface, start_surface, end_surface, 1

    # Test if surface is coordinate break

    dummy = SPRO(surface, 0)

    surface_type$ = $BUFFER()

    

    IF(surface_type$ $== 'COORDBRK')

        # Apply pick-up to coordinate breaks only

        SOLVETYPE surface, PP_3, reference_surface, scale_factor, offset, column

    ENDIF

NEXT

# Update editors

UPDATE EDITORS

Try using it on the dummy file I attach to this post. To install the ZPL Macro, copy the file MultiplePickups.ZPL to your \Documents\Zemax\Macros folder. Only Coordinate Break 1 has a Tilt About X of 5 degrees. The macro will identify coordinate breaks between surface 2-10, and apply a pick-up solve to surface 1 on each of them.

Look up the SOLVETYPE keyword in the Help File, the code PP_3 stands for Parameter 3 (Tilt About .

Would anything like that work for you?

Take care,

David