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User Interface
TracePro sets itself apart from other optical and illumination design software solutions with its uniquely friendly and intuitive graphical user interface. Mechanical engineers and others familiar with CAD software will experience the shortest learning curve with TracePro. TracePro is a standard...
Stray Light Analysis Using TracePro Data Sheet
Intuitive Interface, Enhanced Monte-Carlo Ray Tracing, Path Sorting, and strong CAD Import/Export Stray light occurs in all optical and illumination systems. Stray light includes ghost images in lens systems, single and multiple scatter from optical and mechanical surfaces, as well as narcissus...
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Importing an interferogram file ( *.int) from Wyko software
Question We were trying to import a WYKO .int file for a customer. Our older WYKO 6000 interferometers did not have an option to output a file that OSLO would read. Our new WYKO RTI6100 interferometer, which runs WYKO Vision32 (2.303) does have ASCII file output, but not for OSLO, only CODE V and...
Texture file fails to read
Question I edited a Texture file in Excel, saved it as a text file, then tried to use it in TracePro, but I get an error message that TracePro fails to read the Texture File. How can I resolve this? Synopsis Texture file fails to read Solution Open the Texture File in a Text Editor application...
Analysis & Reports
TracePro provides a comprehensive set of tools to view and analyze results of a ray trace simulation, including: Irradiance/Illuminance Maps show irradiance, CIE xy or u'v', and true color maps of light incident on, absorbed by, or exiting a selected surface. Multiple options are available to...
MAGNIFYR.LEN - A CONVENTIONAL 5X MAGNIFIER
Magfrenl uses a Fresnel surface to correct the geometrical aberration and a diffractive surface to correct the chromatic aberration of a simple magnifier. Magnifyr is a plano-convex singlet set up as a visual magnifier. It shows how to set up the pupils for such a system, and serves as a base...
Reference sphere radius always calculated to be inifinity
Question Whenever I trace a chief ray, it appears as though the radius of my reference sphere is calculated to be infinite even though I have set the position of the reference sphere to follow the location of the exit pupil. What is wrong? Synopsis Reference sphere radius always calculated to be...
HUBBLE.LEN - THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
Hubble is the design formula used for the original Hubble Space Telescope. Note that the original telescope was not manufactured to this design, which caused the problem. The Hubble telescope has become famous for many reasons, not the least of which is the well-known fabrication error that has now...