If you are using Ansys to perform FEA analysis, you might be interested in this Knowledgebase article written by our engineers Esteban and Matthias, OpticStudio STAR Module: Ansys Data Export Extension. This article describes how to export FEA results from Ansys Mechanical using a custom extension from Zemax. The extension (available for download at request) helps streamline the export process with each FEA data properly named and formatted for immediate import into OpticStudio via the STAR Module. The extension makes it easy to keep track of the FEA datasets and which surface they should be assigned to in your optical design. The extension will work with both structural and thermal datasets.

Feel free to check it out and let us know if you have any questions!