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.

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?

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

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.

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

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  

I have 81 total configurations for a lens.  Using ZPL, I want to be able to write specific comments into the LTTL and MOFF lines that help me keep track of everything.  How to do that? Thanks, Mike

Good morning, I am designing a broadband spectrometer (currently in sequential mode). I think someone may answer the following questions way faster than I can. I am interested in measuring the spot size in the dispersion direction (therefore not as a general RMS parameter, as it is usually given). Is there a way in Zemax to automatically measure it through the merit function? I know that the optimization wizard allows to choose a X Weight and an Y Weight. Is there any reference I can read of the topic? Can you advice any specific reference on how to relate the calculated RMS spot size in Zemax to the spectrometer resolution? Thank you very much, Cinzia

Hello, I would like to retrieve current object number in Macro while I choose ZPL macro in solveing type of x position in  pure NS editor. I check Manual and found there is a function that can get the object number. NPRO(surf, object, code,face), but the object parameter  in this function is object number which is what I want to retrieve. How can I retrieve current object number in NS mode while I write ZPL code? Best regards Kevin  

A user asked why when using ZPL macro to save the Cross Section Row Coherent Irradiance data from Detector Viewer, the .txt file he got does not match the information displayed in the Text tab of the Detector Viewer. Instead of seeing a 2-column data of X position versus Irradiance, he kept seeing 3-column data displaying “Spatial Frequency, X and Y” This is because in his code, the Configuration file is saved with the settings displayed in the Graph tab of the Detector Viewer, where the Cross Section Row is data value #4 in the “Show As:” dropdown list, (the index starts at 0). However, the GETTEXTFILE keyword is retrieving data from the Text tab of the Detector Viewer, where there isn’t a data value #4 in the “Show As:” dropdown list, so OpticStudio simply saves the data from the last available data value #3 which is the “Geometric MTF”. In order to save the data for the Cross Section Row irradiance, you need to use MODIFYSETTINGS

Hi all Surface slope error is considered by lens manufacturer as an essential specification for asphere production. Unfortunately Zemax doesn't still allow directy tolerancing on slope error and it is suggested that user should write a macro to do it. So, here is my question: Does somebody have such a macro that he/she would be so kind to share?  Thank you! Renaud

I like to edit the ZPL codes but the button of 'Edit' could not open the file, just execute the zpl files. It was working but for some reason, it is not working now at all. Please let me know.

This code calculates grid distortion based on centroid. The advantage is it works for systems where the chief ray cannot reach image surface. Note that, although chief ray doesn't need to reach image surface, there should still be some rays reaching the image surface. This only works when the field type is either Angle or Object Height.  Another useful points of this tool is it shows data on image coordinate, not object coordinate as in the native Grid Distortion analysis.In the generated layout, you can see red and blue marks.Red marks are the centroid position of each sampled field. Blue marks are the 'reference' that serves as definition of 'no distortion'.Note Red marks are the ray-tracing result of your system and cannot be changed. However, the blue marks is defined by ABCD matrix, which can be user-defined. In other words, there is no a standard of 'no distortion'.The macro will automatically find a reasonable ABCD matrix just like the native Grid Distortion, but you can definit

I want to use ZPL to save the graphic result from 'Partially Coherent Image Analysis'. Could you tell me what the correct macro command to use? An example code will be very helpful. Thanks!

When the analysis is finished in Zemax, how can I get a text file which including the outputs in 'Text' tab automatically? That means every time I run the model, I can get this text file at the same time. Thank you.

Can you confirm the Data# field of NSDE is not working as expected, both in ZPL and MF? Help reference: The Optimize Tab (non-sequential ui mode) > Automatic Optimization Group (optimize tab, non-sequential) > Merit Function Editor (optimize tab, non-sequential) > NSC Operands  I expect the following to work in fully non sequential mode: ! Detector color object reference det = 4 TotalFlux = NSDE(1,det,0,0,0,0) MaxIrradiance = NSDE(1,det,-1,0,1,0) But actually, the following work for me, i.e. return the correct quantity: TotalFlux = NSDE(1,det,0,0,1,0) MaxIrradiance = NSDE(1,det,-1,0,2,0) Therefore, if this is confirmed, the Data# reported in the table of the Help is wrong and should be incremented by 1. Thank you

when i use getpsf in zpl,  the result mentioned that there are np data points, and spaced by micrometers apart. what does it mean? Is it the average position between the psf data points? also, the data spacing reduces as pupil sampling increases. do you have some references for me to better understand this results.

Hi, I want to do a loop to get a lot of MTF curves. How do I do with GETMTF? I know how to run it in a single time, but if I want to change object distance every time and rerun the GETMTF, how should I do the loop? How to set object distance at ZPL macro? Thanks a lot. 

I used the ZPL example to calculate psf. why there is an error message.

which operand can be used to get the peak2valley data from wavefront map. thanks

In multi configuration operand, THIC is surface-to-surface distance.  I want to modify THIC operand! Principal plane-to-principal plane!   

I am using FLDX,FLDY to get the current field angle. Now, I find in the Help: These commands are obsolete. See “SETSYSTEMPROPERTY, SYSP”. But SETSYSTEMPROPERTY is to *set* properties of the system, not to *read* them. So how do I access the current field angle now?   Best,      Christof.

I am using non-sequential mode. And I want to detect by automatically moving the location of the source by 1mm. How to write zpl file? I want to figure out the number of hits by point source location. Ex) point source location(0,0,0) >> clear & trace >> point source location(1mm,0,0) >> clear & trace >> point source location(2mm,0,0) >> clear & trace >> point source location(3mm,0,0) >> clear & trace ...

Hi! I am trying to set up a system with different configurations of a light source. The light source is defined by a source file and set up as a circular array with a certain radius. I would like to change the radius of this circle between different configurations of the system. Is there a way to reach this radius parameter by a multi-configuration operand?   The ZPL function SETNSCPROPERTY seems to have a way to reach in and do this. SETNSCPROPERTY (keywords)   Sets properties of NSC objects. Syntax: SETNSCPROPERTY surface, object, code, face, value Code Property The following codes set values on the Sources tab of the Object Properties dialog. 112 Sets the array mode; 0 for none, 1 for rectangular, 2 for circular, 3 for hexapolar, and 4 for hexagonal. 165-166 Sets the array mode double precision arguments 1 and 2.   I have tried to set this with the NPRO operand

Hi,  I'm writing a macro to calculate ghost foci from focussing optics, and I need a little more flexibility than the built-in function. The way I'm doing this is by adding a mirror surface to the output of a lens system, and then duplicating the optics preceding the lens in reverse order. I'm having trouble with the output of a raytrace after a reflecton off a surface in ZPL, specifically, the direction of the ray does not change (and rays which should converge, diverge), and the ray acts as though the optics are arranged linearly.  Calling a single raytrace yields the expected results and accounts for the reflection as it should, but the output from the raytrace command in ZPL does not do this.  Do I need to configure the raytrace command in ZPL in a certain way to allow reflections? Any help is greatly appreciated! I've attached the output of a single raytrace and the output of my script which (at this stage) ought to match the raytrace outp