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What are the PSP1, PSP2 and PSP3 Multiconfiguration operands and what do they do?

  • March 20, 2024
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ncroglio

What do the PSP operands do?

Best answer by Jeff.Wilde

They allow you to set the pickup values for any parameter of any given surface.  For example, assume the focal length of a paraxial lens (which corresponds to the value of Parameter 1 for the paraxial lens surface) is picked up from the thickness value of the same surface and then offset by 10 mm.  You can control these pick-up settings in the MCE.  The only reason to do this would be to set up more than one configuration with the pick-up settings changing from one configuration to the next.

 

Regards,

Jeff

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  • March 21, 2024

They allow you to set the pickup values for any parameter of any given surface.  For example, assume the focal length of a paraxial lens (which corresponds to the value of Parameter 1 for the paraxial lens surface) is picked up from the thickness value of the same surface and then offset by 10 mm.  You can control these pick-up settings in the MCE.  The only reason to do this would be to set up more than one configuration with the pick-up settings changing from one configuration to the next.

 

Regards,

Jeff


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  • March 22, 2024

Jeff,

 

Thank You for the response.