Hello Christian,

Thanks for your comments - please note that during your trial period you can also e-mail me directly to have a quicker feedback. I'm also happy to jump in a web-demo to discuss those points.

The ray paths tool has indeed been moved out of the scope of OpticsBuilder; I assume you'd need to use OpticStudio's path analysis tool to make advanced stray light analysis. Again, happy to discuss this live.

Then, I don't get any error messages when generating reports. If possible could you send your .zbd file over to investigate what causes this issue ?

Then, OpticsBuilder is not meant to hide rays in the section view. You should always be able to show or hide rays, as well as edit them or apply filters. Using a section view, or not. Please note that in OpticsBuilder 20.3, we do now also apply the section view to the rays as well, as explained in the release notes :

Users have an even more accurate inside look into their optical product designs. When applying a section view to their design in CAD, OpticsBuilder offers the ability to also apply the section view to the simulated ray set. In SOLIDWORKS, the section view is automatically applied when a section view is selected. In Creo, users must first create their section view and then select the new “Partial Rays” button to apply the section view to their rays.

I hope this helps,

Christophe