Apologies for a very basic question as I am new to Zemax.
How do I replace a standard lens with a cylindrical lens in a non-sequential model?
Our esisting model uses a standard lens to model a spherical mirror and I would like to make it a cylindircal mirror.
Best answer by Berta.Bernad
Hi Giuseppe!
The best way to model cylindrical lens in Non-sequential mode is using Toroidal Lens object. It consists of a rectangular, circular, or elliptical lens with possibly aspheric toroidal surfaces on the front and back faces
The Setup Tab > Editors Group (Setup Tab) > Non-sequential Component Editor > Non-sequential Geometry Objects > Toroidal Lens
We have a default sample file of mix-mode cylindrical lens which contained a NSC Cylindrical Lens modeled by a Toroidal Lens object in the folder \Zemax\Samples\Non-sequential\Miscellaneous\Toroid lens.zmx, so you can have it as a reference.
Best,
Berta
+2Hi Giuseppe!
The best way to model cylindrical lens in Non-sequential mode is using Toroidal Lens object. It consists of a rectangular, circular, or elliptical lens with possibly aspheric toroidal surfaces on the front and back faces
The Setup Tab > Editors Group (Setup Tab) > Non-sequential Component Editor > Non-sequential Geometry Objects > Toroidal Lens
We have a default sample file of mix-mode cylindrical lens which contained a NSC Cylindrical Lens modeled by a Toroidal Lens object in the folder \Zemax\Samples\Non-sequential\Miscellaneous\Toroid lens.zmx, so you can have it as a reference.
Best,
Berta
Hi Giuseppe!
The best way to model cylindrical lens in Non-sequential mode is using Toroidal Lens object. It consists of a rectangular, circular, or elliptical lens with possibly aspheric toroidal surfaces on the front and back faces
The Setup Tab > Editors Group (Setup Tab) > Non-sequential Component Editor > Non-sequential Geometry Objects > Toroidal Lens
We have a default sample file of mix-mode cylindrical lens which contained a NSC Cylindrical Lens modeled by a Toroidal Lens object in the folder \Zemax\Samples\Non-sequential\Miscellaneous\Toroid lens.zmx, so you can have it as a reference.
Best,
Berta
Dear Berta,
As I can see from the Toroid lens.zmx, this drawing is in done in the sequential mode editor. It’s very puzzling why Zemax placed this example in the Non-sequential folder. Do you happen to know where I can find an example of Toroidal lens/Cylindrical lens in Non-sequential editor? I would like to see how the apertures are placed there.
Regards,
Jiang
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