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186 Topics
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Hans.MartinssonSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
How to get the column number calling a ZPL macro?

Hi,In a ZPL macro one can get the object number that’s calling the macro as solve with SOSO(1), but how do I get which column that’s calling the ZPL macro?I want to use the same macro for solving both the Z and the Y position of an object so I don’t need maintain two separate macros.Regards,Hans

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2 years ago
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Iari.MarinoInfrared
asked in ZPL
Change model glass index by ZPL in NS mode

In Non-Sequential mode, is there a way to change the refractive index value of a model glass whithin ZPL? It seems that SETNSCPROPERTY doesn’t allow this, but only to change a glass chosing from the library. Thank youIari

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
2 years ago
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Daoming.DongInfrared
asked in ZPL
Use SSAG operand in ZPL Marco

Hi all,I’m trying to use ssag operand to obtain the surface sag in sequential mode. I’m ok with using it in the merit function editor, however, as I have a lot of sampling points, manually inserting ssag function is a real pain. Is there any method to use SSAG in the ZPL Marco where I can write my own loop? Best wishesDaoming

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2 years ago
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Renaud.LigotInfrared
asked in ZPL
using OPEV operand to calculate DSLP

HiI am trying to calculate the RMS slope of a surface with the DSLP operand in a macro.The surface is Zernike Standard Sag (generated from tolerance analysis) and the rms slope of this surface computed in the MF editor is like below I wrote the following to calculate the same value in a macro:>   print OPEV(OCOD("DSLP"),1,1,2,0,0,1)but this is obviously not correct as the output is 3.4456 (I was excpecting 4.913e-5).I can’t find the error, can you? :-)Thank you

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
2 years ago
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Ryo.KajiuraSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
ZPL macro: Where can I find the list of "NSC_" for all the object types?

Hello Community, I am working on making a macro and would like to know how I can set the object type, for example, Source Two Angle.There is only one example that Standard Lens to be described as “NSC_SLEN” in the ZEMAX Manual and I cannot find the information for other objects.Your support would be greatly appreciated.Thank you. Kind  regards,Ryo

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2 years ago
joshdfreeman
Ultraviolet
joshdfreemanUltraviolet
asked in ZPL
Non-sequential ray tracing in ZPL?

How does one do a bulk raytrace in ZPL, similar to pressing the “Ray Trace” button in regular, non-sequential mode. From the help files, it looks like RAYTRACE and RAYTRACEX only traces one particular ray, which is not useful for determining the total illumination on a detector. Thanks!

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
2 years ago
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Jannis.GangelhoffSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
Reading Centroid-X / Centroid-Y for Detectorviewer in ZPL

Hi All, how can I read the Centroid-X/Centroid-Y value from the Detectorviewer in ZPL?Thanks in advanceJannis

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
2 years ago
Oliver Schwanke
Oliver SchwankeSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
Reading in Detector Data to e.g. python

I use Detectorviewers in text mode to export the results of my simulations to disk.Futher processing is done via python, where the plain textfile gets parsed.I prefer to not using  the ZOS API as this limits me in the python verison i use. Problem is: The Detector Viewer numbers are really error-prone as sometimes i close a window and open another one and the numbers i have to put into SAVEWINDOW keyword are just wrong by then.I would prefer using the detector number instead using SAVEDETECTOR keyword. But this saves in some binary format i did not find any specs upon for reading that in. Is there any description on the DDR/DDx file format?Is there any way to obtaining the detector data into python? Best regardsOlli 

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Sahil
2 years ago
John.Hygelund
Fully Spectral
John.HygelundFully Spectral
asked in ZPL
concatenate string and variable in ZPL

Regarding the SETVAR ZLP keyword, want to use a variable to define the ‘Pn for parameter n’. I need to concatenate “P” with my index variable i. How do I accomplish this?Thank you,John 

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Csilla Timar-Fulep
Zemax Staff
3 years ago
bhousand
bhousandMonochrome
asked in ZPL
Converting sequential surfaces to non-sequential objects: ZPL command

All,What is the ZPL command to execute the ‘Convert to NSC Group’ function available via the GUI? I want to convert and save many (Monte Carlo) files in a loop.

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
3 years ago
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chang.liu@zeiss.com
asked in ZPL
EFNO gives different result to that calclated in relative illumination analysis

Hello,I have a system with a non-circular aperture and therefore try to calculate its effective f number using the operand EFNO(effective f number). However, I get different results when using the operand EFNO, in comparison to the result given in the relative illumination analysis, despite the same setting is applied on both calculation. (wavelength 3 is 0.555µm, and field 1 corresponds to 0 y field)     As can be seen above, one gives a value of 4.13(EFNO), while the other gives a value of 3.85. I think the latter one should be correct, but the question is why does one get different results here, do these two use different algorithms for calculation? How can I calculate this value in a Zemax macro conveniently if the result provided by EFNO is not trustworthy….  Thanks a lot in advance! 

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2 years ago
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JHKMonochrome
asked in ZPL
Diffractive macro DOESAG.zpl is not available

Hi,I am unable to find DOESAG.zpl macro for getting the sag values for the diffractive aspheric surface. Earlier it was available in the knowledge base but now that is also not there. Can I get this macro as it is very useful to view the steps of diffractive surface and surface sag dataRegardsJ Himavanth kumar

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CRISTINA.sanc
5 months ago
yuan.chen
Zemax Staff
yuan.chenZemax Staff
posted in ZPL
Sample code to modify certain parameters in the settings of an analysis window through ZPL

We can use the below code to close the current analysis result and analyze the new filed. The setting file must be created by clicking the Save button.Stngs$="C:\Users\yuan.chen\Documents\Zemax\Configs\TFM.CFG"CLOSEWINDOW WINL()MODIFYSETTINGS Stngs$,TFM_FIELD,3,"TFM"Openanalysiswindow "tfm",Stngs$ 

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yuan.chen
Zemax Staff
3 years ago
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Jeeyoung.LeeMonochrome
asked in ZPL
Saving detector series data / img with ZPL

Hi all,I want to save data and images of detectors automatically with ZPL.  So I made the ZPL code as below. For n = 2, 6, 1    ####### get Detector viewer in img.    winnum = n+1    OpenAnalysisWindow "Dvr", cfgpath$    ExportJPG winnum, imgfile$        ####### get Detector viewer in dat.    #ModifySettings cfgtxt$, DVW_SHOW, 1 # extraction middle row data from 2d data    GetTextFile datfile$, "Dvr", cfgtxt$ , 1    ConvertFileFormat datfile$, 1   #Unicode to ANSINext Once I open all detector viewer windows, I tried to save images and data in detector number order. However, I couldn’t save each detector data/image because it cannot recognize the number of detector in this code. What should I do? Or, are there better method to do it? Please help me. Thanks in advance. 

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JJiang
1 year ago
yuan.chen
Zemax Staff
yuan.chenZemax Staff
posted in ZPL
How to read field data using ZPL Macro

For data that require only one parameter, we can use SYPR(). To extract field data, the solution is to use the numeric functions and a loop to extract data. Here are related numeric functions.To read the number of fields or the maximum value, you can use the below funcions to read them:

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yuan.chen
Zemax Staff
3 years ago
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Kihong.ChoiSingle Emitter
posted in ZPL
Quick access to peak to valley value in analysis-interferogram

Hi,   I am trying to calculate peak to valley value showing on 'analysis-interferogram' window by ZPL, and use it in the merit function editor with ZPLM operand. But I have no idea how to directly get the peak to valley value using any kinds of pre-defind functions or else, so currently what I am doing is to save the text file of interferogram analysis result, then read back in, and extract the peak to valley value, then pass it using OPTRETURN. This process seems require a lot of time to calculate system by system during the optimization, so I want to find a quick method to obtain the peak to valley value, instead of what I am doing now.   Thank you in advance.  And I hope there is a clever way to do this.

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David.Nguyen
Luminary
3 years ago
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Pascal.BloemenMonochrome
asked in ZPL
Use ZPL to read out the detector pixles

I'm having trouble to read detector pixels using a ZPL. The syntax should be NSCDetectorData,surface,object,pixel,data However, I get error message and do not know how to solve. Can somebody provide me with a example of a piece of ZPL code to get the job done. Ideally reading the detector into a 2D array But I'm already happy with a single statement reading out say the 6th pixel iof the 5th row Hope somebody can help me Pascal 

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3 years ago
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Paolo.ChioettoInfrared
posted in ZPL
Saving elements of a vector in ZPL is very slow!

Hi, I made a ZPL macro that uses GETPSF to retrieve a PSF to a vector and then saves the vector to a file with a FOR loop on the vector elements. The saving part is extremely low! Is there a better way to save the results? I tried doing the same thing with GETTEXTFILE but the speed is similar, and I lose control on file format and can't seem to find a file to set the parameters such as sampling size. Any help really appreciated! Thanks, Paolo

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Luminary
3 years ago
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Renaud.LigotInfrared
posted in ZPL
Set pickup on a surf parameter in a macro.

Hi, I am writing a macro to modify some surface properties and I can't figure out how to define a pickup... Here is what I am trying to do: SRFn (actually a coordinate break) : I use SETVAR to set the parameter #1 to variable SRFn+3 (I want to make it a coordinate break return): I would like to set parameter #1 of this srf by pickup the one of SRFn but I can't find the right ZPL keyword to do that.   Any help is welcome.

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3 years ago
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Daniel.MossSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
Changing the title of a analysis window programmatically

I am looking for a way to annotate analysis windows programmatically with the ZPL script language. I would like to change the title but failing that just add some text to the window. Is there some way to do this?

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3 years ago
Sean Turner
Ultraviolet
Sean TurnerUltraviolet
posted in ZPL
Simple feature request

Add buttons to Tolerance Data Editor and Multi-Configuration Editor to delete all rows. This exists for Merit Function Editor.  Likewise, add the ALL option to the keywords DELETEMCO and DELETETOL similar to DELETEMFO.

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Luminary
3 years ago
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Helen.SimsonSingle Emitter
posted in ZPL
CodeV to opticsStudioConverter-ZPL latest file! Version: 2.06.4 ! August 28, 2019

Need to convert from codeV to Zemax. Can you please provide the latest CodeV to opticsStudioConverter.ZPL macro. The current file is working properly. Following error 0098    SCC C6 0 No mapping for command SCC 0098    Nothing to convert   ! Version: 2.06.4 ! August 28, 2019 ! NOTE: This Macro constructs Zemax OS Optical system using Code V seq file   1333    PIK   SCO S14 Z2 C8 SCO S14 Z1 C8 1.00162632102796 No mapping for command PIK 1333    Nothing to convert 1334    PIK   SCO S14 Z2 C9 SCO S14 Z1 C9 1.00162632102796 No mapping for command PIK 1334    Nothing to convert 1335    PIK   SCO S14 Z2 C10 SCO S14 Z1 C10 1.00162632102796 No mapping for command PIK 1335    Nothing to convert 1336    PIK   SCO S14 Z2 C11 SCO S14 Z1 C11 1.00162632102796 No mapping for command PIK 1336    Nothing to convert 1337    PIK   SCO S14 Z2 C12 SCO S14 Z1

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Luminary
3 years ago
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Vincent (En Hung).LinMonochrome
asked in ZPL
ZPL language question

Hi This Shayne from Clouldight, Vincent's colleague. I would like to know how to use operand of ZPL 'SPRO' . Is it same as SETSURFACEPROPERTY, SURP? Thanks! Sincerely, Shayne

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Csilla Timar-Fulep
Zemax Staff
3 years ago
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Helen.SimsonSingle Emitter
asked in ZPL
CodeV to Zemax conversion

Error in converting from CodeV file to Zemax. Maximum length for a string variable is exceeded.  Please shorten string and try again    SEQ Command: VUX   0.2862643455614489e-9 -0.002507618428442271 -0.01007430775580165 -0.02275146039691922 -0.04038529897597765 -0.06242137400922543 -0.08826487454143517 -0.1181757056085635 -0.1349076575530941 -0.152878222887056 -0.1719304103266932 -0.1914365142446497 -0.2096016968531782 -0.2187861418214183 -0.2257120003786426   How to debug this. Please let me know

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Ethan
En-Lightened
1 year ago
Mike.Jones
Fully Spectral
Mike.JonesFully Spectral
posted in ZPL
How to scale a section of a lens system from within ZPL?

I need to be able to scale a section of a lens system from surface Sj to Sn from within a ZPL macro during optimization.  Surface 3 in this system is in collimated light and initially set to 1.0, and can be changed in optimization to scale S7-S9 without affecting the system.  The thing being optimized is the S7-S9 EFL.  I tried using this macro with no luck.  I found no SETSCALE or similar ZPL keyword.  How to do this?  Thanks, Mike # ZPL20.ZPL # USE T3 IN LENS FILE AS SCALING FACTOR FOR L1/L2 DOUBLET T3 = THIC(3)  #  Varies from unity during op R7 = RADI(7) * T3 R8 = RADI(8) * T3 R9 = RADI(9) * T3 T7 = THIC(7) * T3 T8 = THIC(8) * T3 OPTRETURN 0, T3 OPTRETURN 1, R7 OPTRETURN 2, R8 OPTRETURN 3, R9 OPTRETURN 4, T7 OPTRETURN 5, T8  

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yuan.chen
Zemax Staff
3 years ago

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