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AllieZemax Staff

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Meet our technical team at Laser World of Photonics!Upcoming event

Our team is heading out to Laser World of Photonics! Will you be there? Below is a list of technical team members who will be attending the trade show. Come chat with us!Jet into Munich, Germany and find us at booth #B6.216! @Chris Normanshire - Lead Application EngineerChat with me about OpticStudio and STAR! @Thomas Magnac - Manager Application Engineering, EMEALooking forward to talking with you! @Gernot.Blobel - Senior Application EngineerYou are welcome to chat with us and we are looking forward to many exciting conversations about our products! @Sahil - Application Engineer IIChat me about programming capabilities of Zemax. @Christophe.Weisse - Senior Application EngineerHappy to speak about your workflow! @Tom Pickering, Zemax - Senior Product Manager, OpticStudioChat with me about OpticStudio!

AllieZemax Staff

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Announcing a temporary ban on users from Russian and Belarusian accountsNews

Due to the evolving situation with Ukraine, Ansys (Zemax) made the decision in March to pause the distribution of technical assistance and software licenses to customers in Russia or Belarus. As a result of this decision, Community accounts of these users have also been banned. This ban was initiated as of April 15, 2022.A ban is not an account deletion, so users’ activity will be retained; however, it does prevent a user from logging in and posting on the forums. Bans are not permanent. This will be subject to ongoing review until such time that we can resume normal technical interactions in this region.We regret any immediate inconvenience arising from this, but hope you can understand the current constraints. If you have any questions in relation to this, please contact RussiaSupportUpdate@ansys.com.

Flurin HerrenFully Spectral

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Ask an Engineer: OpticStudio-CAD interoperability and OpticsBuilder

Join us for our monthly “Ask an Engineer” event! Submit your questions between now and April 14th. The event will be hosted on this thread in text form with a focus on the spotlighted topic: Topic: OpticStudio-CAD interoperability and OpticsBuilderTo turn optical designs into reality, teams of optical and mechanical engineers need to coordinate their individual expertise around one common goal. In order to convert optical designs into CAD Zemax offers different approaches. I am happy to answer question about that in this month`s "Ask an Engineer" Event. Please ask your questions on Zemax OpticsBuilder, CAD Files Export tools, CAD Parts in Zemax OpticStudio and optomechanical workflows in general. Dates: March 30th - April 14thLive Discussion Time: 8am - 9am PST, April 14thEngineer:@Flurin Herren - Application Engineer II at Ansys ZemaxSubmit your questions as a reply to this thread between now and the end of the event. Items may be added in any supported language (English, Japan

AllieZemax Staff

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March 2022 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to the March edition of the Zemax’s Community review newsletter! This newsletter provides updates for you, the user, on items you might find interesting or helpful from the last month! In this article, we will call out forum posts you may have missed and will honor a Zemax user who has made a contribution to their peers! Check out each of these items below:Welcome Check out the updated Code Exchange! Keep up-to-date with your Zemax product through our User Groups Featured Community Posts: Structural and Thermal Analysis Zemax-er Spotlight: David NguyenIs there something else you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below! Check out the updated Code Exchange!With the launch of the updated forums in August 2021, we introduced the Code Exchange - an exclusive forum for supported users. Within the forum, Zemax engineers and other users are contributing their coding solutions. In this space, you will find everything from ZOS-API analyses to DLLs to ZPL macros. Upon requ

Hui ChenZemax Staff

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Ask an Engineer: STAR module for STOP analysis

Join us for our monthly “Ask an Engineer” event! Submit your questions between now and March 17th. The event will be hosted on this thread in text form with a focus on the spotlighted topic: Topic: STAR: Bring structural and thermal analysis results into OpticStudioPredicting the optical effects resulting from mechanical stresses or thermal variations is an important step in creating a valid digital prototype. Ask your questions about modeling surface deformations due to mechanical stress, expansion or compression of components due to temperature changes, temperature gradients or changes across a system, and effects of temperature on index of refraction. Dates: March 4th - March 17thLive Discussion Time: 8am - 9am PST, March 17thEngineer:@Hui Chen - Senior Application Engineer at Ansys ZemaxSubmit your questions as a reply to this thread between now and the end of the event. Items may be added in any supported language (English, Japanese, Chinese). Questions added to the discussi

Tom PickeringUltraviolet

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Zemax Product Team wants to know: Working with stock optics

My team is currently looking into improving our stock optics features, and we want users’ feedback to help direct our efforts. If you use off-the-shelf optical components in your design, we’d like to hear from you!Please comment below with a summary of how you use stock optics in your design. In particular, I’d like to know your answers to the following:What are the types of systems you design using stock optics? Within those systems, which types of stock optics do you use (e.g. lenses, filters, prisms, splitters, etc.)? Describe your design workflow. At what point in your design do you start considering stock optics, i.e. do you start with specific optic(s) you already have in hand or do you wait until the final design and then search for the optics closest to your specification? After you have identified the optics you need for a system, how do you search for each component (for all types of components, not just lenses)? Do you tend to order from one specific vendor or shop around mu

Tom PickeringUltraviolet

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[Webinar] What's New in Zemax 22.1 Product Release

Our team of product managers will be hosting a webinar to educate you about the new advancements in Zemax’s 22.1 releases of OpticStudio, the OpticStudio STAR Module, and OpticsBuilder.The details of the webinar are below! This thread will be used to collect questions before the webinar, and to answer any questions we received during the webinar. Feel free to post your questions! Be sure to subscribe to this thread if you want to see additional discussion regarding this topic. The thread will be open to comments until Thursday, February 17th. Webinar details:Register here: Registration for this event has closed. View the event on-demand.Date: Thursday, February 10thTime: 6:00am PST & 11:00am PSTPresenters: Tom Pickering, Manager Product Management Esteban Carbajal, Senior Product Manager Lisa Clauson, Senior Product ManagerAbstract: Zemax recently launched new updates for OpticStudio, OpticStudio STAR Module, and OpticsBuilder. OpticStudio 22.1 starts the year by improving algorit

AllieZemax Staff

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February 2022 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to the February edition of the Zemax’s Community review newsletter! This newsletter provides updates for you, the user, on items you might find interesting or helpful from the last month! In this article, we will call out forum posts you may have missed, new Knowledgebase articles, and will honor a Zemax user who has made a contribution to their peers! Check out each of these items below:Welcome Webinar Q&A - Send in your questions! Influence what’s coming in OpticStudio! Featured Community Posts: Image Simulation Knowledgebase Updates Zemax-er Spotlight: Yuan ChenIs there something else you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below! Webinar Q&A - Send in your questions!Did you know you can now submit your questions for our technical webinars directly to the speakers both before and after the webinar occurs? For each technical webinar delivered by Zemax staff, speakers are opening up a discussion thread. This thread is open one week prior to the webinar ai

Hui ChenZemax Staff

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Ask an Engineer: Modeling Fiber Coupling

Join us for our monthly “Ask an Engineer” event! On February 17th at 8am PST, Hui Chen will be answering your questions about modeling fiber coupling in OpticStudio. This event will be hosted on this thread in text form with a focus on the spotlighted topic… Topic: Modeling Fiber Coupling in OpticStudioDates: February 3rd - February 17thLive Discussion Time: 8am - 9am PST, February 17thEngineer: @Hui Chen - Senior Application Engineer at AnsysSubmit your questions for Hui as a reply to this thread between now and the end of the event. Questions added to the discussion will be answered starting at 8am Pacific on February 17th. Once the event is concluded, the thread will be closed.If your question pertains to a particular file, the question may be moved to a private support case. In that situation, your license support status will be considered. Do you have a topic you want to see during these events? Let us know here: Ask an Engineer proposed topics.

AllieZemax Staff

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Ask an Engineer: Gaussian Beam Propagation

Join us for our monthly “Ask an Engineer” event! On January 19th at 8am PST, Hui Chen will be answering your questions about Gaussian Beam Propagation. This event will be hosted on this thread in text form with a focus on the spotlighted topic… Topic: Gaussian Beam Propagation in OpticStudioDates: January 10th - January 19thLive Discussion Time: 8am - 9am PST, January 19thEngineer: @Hui Chen - Senior Application Engineer at AnsysSubmit your questions for Hui as a reply to this thread between now and the end of the event. Questions added to the discussion will be answered starting at 8am Pacific on January 19th. Once the event is concluded, the thread will be closed.If your question pertains to a particular file, the question may be moved to a private support case. In that situation, your license support status will be considered. Do you have a topic you want to see during these events? Let us know here: Ask an Engineer proposed topics.

AllieZemax Staff

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January 2022 Community in ReviewNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to the January edition of the Zemax Community update! This newsletter provides updates for you, the user, on items you might find interesting or helpful! In this article, we will call out forum posts you may have missed, new Knowledgebase articles, and will honor a Zemax user who has made a contribution to their peers! Check out each of these items below:Welcome Featured Community Posts Knowledgebase Updates Zemax-er Spotlight: Jeff WildeIs there something else you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below!Featured Community PostsDid you know our technical teams are working every day to bring you new and exciting content? In addition to providing support, our team also makes guides, forum posts, webinars, and more! This month alone, we’ve posted all kinds of new items. Check them out below! Finally for our Chinese readers, this post will give a better insight on Tolerance Criterion. Knowledgebase UpdatesWhere to find more help & information@AllieWhet

AllieZemax Staff

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See who's going to Photonics West 2022!Upcoming Event

Photonics West is just around the corner - are you going? Plenty of Zemax staff members are! See below for a list of technical team members who will be in attendance, along with some of their specializations. Come speak with us about optics, Zemax products, and your best restaurant recommendations in the area! Catch us as booth #1843 or schedule an appointment to chat here: Zemax at Photonics West 2022! @Steven.Lacava - Optical Solutions EngineerChat with me about Adaptive Optics, Satellite Tracking, CAD/FEA, and Fluid Dynamics. @Ty.Adair - Senior Optical Solutions EngineerChat with me about any of our products! @Allie - Optical EngineerChat with me about Zemax’s programming capabilities! @Angel Morales - Optical EngineerChat with me about optical applications for consumer electronics and communications! @David.Vega - Senior Application Development EngineerChat with me about optical or biomedical engineering, and optical manufacturing! @Esteban - Senior Product Manager, OpticStudi

Alissa WilczynskiZemax Staff

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Log4j security updateNews

Recently, it has come to light within the IT community that an Apache Log4j vulnerability enables attackers to execute malicious code on any affected server. We’d like to confirm for our user community that Zemax software does not utilize any Log4j functionality and is unaffected by this issue.

AllieZemax Staff

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December 2021 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to the December edition of the Community update! This newsletter provides information and updates on technical content that is most relevant to you, the user! In this newsletter you will find:Featured Community Posts Knowledgebase Updates Tech Tips Tuesday Zemax-er Spotlight: Benoit Moulin Is this list missing something you want to see? Let us know in the comments!Featured Community PostsThe wavefront is an important feature to evaluate the quality of an optical system. Understanding how OpticStudio computes this criterion is key to a good evaluation: OpticStudio has different settings and assumptions and the more you know them, the better. Questions and discussions on this topic have led to modifications and clarifications in the help files. So, we’ve decided to shine some light on the subject. Have a look at the posts below to find out more about it:Issue when Zernike coefficients are calculated at the image plane (Reference OPD = Absolute 2) - @Sandrine explains how t

AllieZemax Staff

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Post your questions for our "Ask an Engineer" event

Topic: Image SimulationDate: Friday, December 10thTime: 8am - 9am PSTEngineer: Hui Chen - Senior Optical Engineer at ZemaxJoin us for our first “Ask an Engineer” event! On December 10th at 8am Pacific, Hui Chen will be discussing the Image Simulation tool, and answering questions related to the analysis. This event will be hosted on the Community in text form with a focus on the spotlighted topic. Questions may be submitted as a reply to this thread between now and the end of the event. Once the event is concluded, the thread will be closed. If your question pertains to a particular file, the question may be moved to a private support case. In that situation, your license support status will be considered. Do you have a topic you want to see during these events? Let us know here: Ask an Engineer proposed topics.

AllieZemax Staff

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November 2021 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to the November monthly Community update. In this newsletter you will find:Featured Community posts: this month we’re focusing on DLLs, a powerful set of tools to customize a range of features in OpticStudio. A list of Knowledgebase articles which are new or have been significantly updated in the last month. Information on the new Aspheres and Freeforms learning plan on OpticsAcademy. Mini interview with our highlighted user Nicolas Azais: get to know Nicolas, an OpticStudio expert.Let us know in the comments below if you there’s anything you’d like in this newsletter in the future or if you have any other feedback. We want to make this monthly post as useful to you as possible! Featured Community postsThis month we’ve seen lots of questions about Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), both on the Community and in questions to Zemax support, so we thought it we should pull out some of our favorite posts on this topic.DLLs are a really powerful way to extend and customize feature

AllieZemax Staff

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Notice: Equations missing from 21.3.1 OpticStudio Help

Hi all,The 21.3.1 releases of OpticStudio and OpticsViewer include product Help documentation that is missing equations. We are sorry for this inconvenience to our customers, and we are correcting this error for the next software release. If you are working with 21.3.1 and would like a copy of the Help with the equations included, please login to your Zemax.com account and open a support ticket. Our staff will provide you with a fixed document.

AllieZemax Staff

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What are User Groups?News

There is now a link in the header of the Community called User Groups. But what are these? User Groups allow Zemax users to come together to discuss or engage with a specific topic. For example, we have created a STAR Module User Group. This is where we will post FAQs regarding the module, and where users can connect about this tool: Unlike the general forums, User Groups focus on a specific interest and so may only apply to a subset of users on the Community. When you join a User Group:You will be able to see who else is a part of that group. You will gain access to a forum specifically tailored for the group’s topic. This makes it easy to submit or find content. You will be notified when a new post is posted to the group, thus allowing you to keep up on the latest happenings. The User Groups we offer may be public or private.A public group is one that anyone who has a Community account can join. A private group requires approval by the Zemax Customer Success team. So check out the

AllieZemax Staff

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October 2021 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to Zemax's October edition of our monthly Community update summary. In this newsletter you will find:Featured Community posts, based on what you, the user, are searching for. So let us know what you want to learn more about! A list of Knowledgebase articles which are new or have been significantly updated in the last month. Mini interviews with our highlighted users. Each month you'll be introduced to some of these power users, so keep an eye out for them on the community!If you want to see something added to this list, reply in the comments below. This is your space, so help us to make it useful to you! Featured Community postsThe Code Exchange was introduced over the summer as part of our website revamp. Already, we have several submissions from users - both Zemax staff and non! These solutions have been vetted internally and are available for anyone who has an active, supported Zemax license. For more information about the Code Exchange, see this article. Below, we ar

AllieZemax Staff

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September 2021 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to Zemax's September edition of our monthly Community update summary. In this newsletter you will find:Featured Community posts, based on what you, the user, are searching for. So let us know what you want to learn more about! A list of Knowledgebase articles which are new or have been significantly updated in the last month. Mini interviews with our highlighted users. Each month you'll be introduced to some of these power users, so keep an eye out for them on the community!If you want to see something added to this list, reply in the comments below. This is your space, so help us to make it useful to you! Featured Community postsOur Physical Optics Propagation tool is one of our most powerful offerings - and also one of the most challenging tools to set up. While we provide several Knowledgebase articles to help you understand how to use this analysis, it can be useful to discuss your specific needs in the Community. To get started, check out some of these discussions o

AllieZemax Staff

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The Zemax 21.3 suite is live!Release News

The latest major release of the Zemax suite of products is now live! The newest versions of OpticStudio, OpticsBuilder, and OpticsViewer are available to download as of the September 21st. Check out the company blog for highlights, or read the release notes below for full details: OpticStudio 21.3 Release Notes OpticsBuilder 21.3 Release Notes OpticsViewer 21.3 Release Notes Here at Zemax, we are excited about the ability to change the position and angle of any optical object with the classification type of Compound or Boolean in OpticsBuilder. We’ve spoken with @Flurin Herren* about these latest updates. *Flurin Herren joined Zemax this year as the Optomechanical Engineer for the European Customer Success Team and specializes in CAD and CAM. He handles questions on OpticStudio and all things about the STAR Module and OpticsBuilder. Connect with Flurin on his introduction post here: Hello World! | Zemax Community. What’s a new feature in the 21.3 release that you’re excited about?

AllieZemax Staff

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What happened to MyZemax?News

Zemax launched its new website suite on July 24, 2021. With this website revamp, we are seeking to provide you with the best online experience possible! To that end, we have removed MyZemax, and have replaced it with a few inter-connected sub-spaces. See below for details. MyZemax 发生了什么？(Chinese Version)MyZemaxはどうなったのか？ (Japanese Version) License Management License management is now found within your general Zemax Account. This can be accessed from anywhere on Zemax.com. As long as you are logged in, you can also access it here: https://zemax.com/pages/profile Knowledgebase The Knowledgebase is now located separate to the forums at support.zemax.com. All of your favorite articles are still there! You can access it by clicking here: Figure 1: A screenshot of the Community header with the Knowledgebase link highlightedNote: The search is still global! Type what you're looking for on our homepage and you will see results from the community and the knowledgebase! Forums The forums

AllieZemax Staff

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August 2021 Community UpdatesNewsletter

WelcomeWelcome to Zemax's first installment of our monthly community newsletter. In these newsletters you will find:Featured Community posts, based on what you, the user, are searching for. So let us know what you want to learn more about! A list of new or updated Knowledgebase articles. Mini interviews with our highlighted users. Each month you'll be introduced to some of these power users, so keep an eye out for them on the community!If you want to see something added to this list, reply in the comments below. This is your space, so help us to make it useful to you! Featured Community postsThere's no denying it: diffractive optics are popular right now. Are you one of the many Zemax-ers looking for ways to efficiently design HUD and AR/VR systems? You may be interested in the conversations happening on the forums:OpticStudio grating tools beta function update history - Zemax’s @Michael Cheng has been instrumental in designing diffraction DLLs (such as the RCWA DLL). Find his version

AllieZemax Staff

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ENVISION 2021 Featured TalksUpcoming Event

Zemax's annual conference is here. Now is your chance to hear about the latest industry trends, learn about using your Zemax software, and network with fellow Zemax-ers. This year, Europe and the Americas have two days of exciting talks focusing on one of two tracks: Simulation Driving Innovation (shown in grey below) and Industry Insights for Optical Products (shown in blue below).Scroll down to check out the featured presentations! ENVISION AmericasSeptember 14-15th, 2021Register here Laser Power beaming on the moon@Brian.Turner, KC Space PiratesSeptember 14, 10:00 - 10:45 AM PDTIn this talk, Circle Optics will discuss the development and application of a new lensing technique which yields distortion-free, ultra-wide field of view capture without post processing. How to combine lens design and metasurface and why it is a fascinating new technology@Simon.Thibault, Professor at Laval University, Principal Optical Designer at ImmervisionSeptember 14, 10:50 - 10:35 AM PDTThis talk will

AllieZemax Staff

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The Zemax 21.2 suite is live!Release News

The next major release of the Zemax suite of products is live! As of May 25th, you can download the latest versions of OpticStudio, OpticsBuilder, and OpticsViewer. Each of these releases has introduced a wide array of new features and tools, all of which are outlined in detail within the release notes. Find those here:OpticStudio 21.2 Release Notes OpticsBuilder 21.2 Release Notes OpticsViewer 21.2 Release NotesOne of the most exciting features going live with this release is the STAR module - a new add-in to OpticStudio which you can read more about here. If you’re curious about what this module is (and how to use it), check out the interview with Customer Success team member Hui Chen* below. * - Hui Chen is a Senior Optical Engineer on the Customer Success team. She has been with the company since 2017. Hui specializes in handling laser & fiber questions from customers. Recently, she has worked closely with the development team and users to test STAR. Her diligence and experien

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