Hey Simon.aldred,

If you haven’t seen this already, it may be a good place to start: Head-Up Display (HUD) – Ansys Optics.This utilizes both Speos and Zemax OpticStudio to design and optimize a HUD. The link also provides other resources from the Ansys Zemax team that may be useful. 

I think a workflow for designing HUDs is dependent on the designer’s preference. I have used Speos to do initial design and optimization to take advantage of given CAD geometry. From there the design was taken into Zemax OpticStudio for performance optimization. I believe the example provided in the link starts with Zemax OpticStudio and then to Speos. If you have access to both and have used both I would take a look at the HUD analysis tool in Speos and understand its functions and capabilities, then review the additional resources from Zemax on HUDs. A HUD can be done solely on one versus the other, and each one has its benefits and capabilities.  

-Cynthia

Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for replying. I only have OpticStudio currently. I’ve had a look at this link, which makes reference to a file HUD_Step1_MF_before_optim.zar. Is this available to download? I couldn’t see a link anywhere. It would be useful to have a worked example. 

Simon

Hey Simon,

You should be able to download the link at the top right of the page: 

I also went ahead and attached it. You will need an Ansys account to access the example files (from the Ansys Optics page). 

Enjoy!