Hi Aditi,





These parameters aren't available in macros to the best of my knowledge. However, they are through the ZOS-API.



I'm attaching a MATLAB live script that demonstrates their use.



The script looks as follow:







The file MATLABZOSConnection in line 1 can be generated by pressing Programming tab...MATLAB...Interactive Extension. After you've pressed the Programming tab...Interactive Extension button, you can run this live script from the same folder as the connection file.



It will create a new rectangular volume in your non-sequential file with the following settings:







As for your other question, I'm attaching an example where I display the irradiance of a detector object (a cylindrical lens) in the NSC Shaded Model using the settings Detector: Color pixels by last analysis.



Let me know if that's the kind of visualization you had in mind.



Kind regards,





David

Hi Aditi,



It's my pleasure.



What problem do you encounter when trying to use the ZOS-API? Is there a specific error message that is displayed? Are you also trying with MATLAB, or are you using a different programming language?



I suggest you to have a look at our Getting started with ZOS-API learning path at



https://my.zemax.com/en-US/learning-paths/



Additionally, if you press Programming Tab...ZOS-API Help...ZOS-API Syntax Help, you'll be prompted with the ZOS-API help file, which contains a list of examples. I suggest to have a look at example 8 in your particular case.



Let me know if this helps.



Kind regards,





David

Hi David,



I found my mistakes and was able to run a ZOS-API to run the ray trace! However, the power at the detector that I get from the text tab of detector viewer (~230 uW), when I run the analysis, is much lower than when I try to GetDetectorData using ZOS-API (~270 uW).

For the Matlab ZOS-API, my command is:

[success, detectorData] = TheNCE.GetDetectorData(4,0,0);

display(detectorData);

Here's what I get when I run a raytrace in Zemax and then get the solution in the text tab if detector viewer:

Total power: 231.72 E-7 Watts

Is this because I am using a custom detector object, which I have to call out as 'Object is a detector'? How can I fix this difference in the results?

Thanks,

Aditi