User Ranks and requirements
The following is a list of the ranks offered on the Zemax Community. Users can increase their rank by posting comments, threads, and answers. Users must meet the requirements of Achievement 1 or 2 or 3 to rank up.
| Rank title | Achievement 1 | Achievement 2 | Achievement 3 |
| Dark Energy | |||
| Single Emitter | 1 comment posted | 1 topic posted | 1 like given |
| Monochrome | 1 comment + 2 topics posted | 5 comments posted | |
| Infrared | 5 comments posted + 3 topics posted | 10 comments posted | |
| Student | Own a Z-GAP student license* | ||
| Visible | 15 comments posted + 5 topics posted | 25 comments posted | |
| Ultraviolet | 25 comments posted + 10 topics posted | 50 comments posted | |
| Fully spectral | 50 comments + 15 topics + 1 answer | 100 comments + 1 answer | |
| En-Lightened | 100 comments + 25 topics + 3 answers | 200 comments + 3 answers | 50 answers |
| Luminary | 500 comments + 100 topics + 10 answers | 100 answers |
*Note: This status is removed when you reach Visible rank and replaced with the Student Superstar badge
Badges and requirements
Badges are awarded to users automatically based on activity, or manually by a Zemax staff member. The list of badges you can obtain is below:
| Badge title | Requirement |
| Product Expert | Awarded manually by Zemax staff to users who are extremely active within the organization. For example: posting often on the community, presenting at Envision, penning Knowledgebase articles, etc. |
| Envision Presenter | Be a presenter at an Envision conference (beginning 2020) |
| Founding Member | Be a Zemax product user for over 10 years |
| Student Superstar | Be a Z-GAP license holder who reaches the Visible rank |
| Allow me to introduce myself | Minimum 1 post in the Networking Lounge |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: Aspheres & Freeforms | Successfully complete the full Aspheres & Freeforms course |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: OSD | Successfully complete the full Optical System Design course |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: ISL | Successfully complete the full Illumination and Stray Light course |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: Lasers & Fibers | Successfully complete the full Lasers & Fibers course |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: Tolerancing | Successfully complete the full Tolerancing sub-course |
| OpticsAcademy Certified: Optimization | Successfully complete the full Optimization sub-course |
| Visibly Un-Polarized | Have at least 5 of your replies marked as the answer |
| Programmer Extraordinaire | Contribute to the Programming OpticStudio space: 5 topics, 10 replies, and 2 answers (minimum) <or> Have at least 1 of your topics approved for the Code Exchange |
