My colleague, Manan Kharwar, wrote a quick ZPL macro that automatically converts an off-axis parabola with a Standard surface type to the Off-Axis Conic Freeform surface type. This works for circular apertures with X and Y decenters, and results in an Off-Axis Conic Freeform that is clocked radially outward.
Macro for automatic conversion of a Standard OAP to Off-Axis Conic Freeform
+1Hi
I just tried this macro out and it doesn’t seem to work as intended.
Here is the system as loaded:
And here is the system after I ran the macro to convert the first mirror to off-axis conic freeform:
I haven’t gone through to troubleshoot yet, but wanted to let you know what I was seeing.
Sean
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