Question I have an optical system for which the file is generated in a mechanical CAD program. I imported the system into TracePro from a Step file. The result being that the whole system became a single object. Is it possible to consolidate a few surfaces into one object, such that I can define...
Question I want to use only preferred or recommended glass from glass manufacturers. Is there an easy way to edit the current catalog from glass vendors to exclude some exotic/expansive glass? Synopsis Editing glass catalogs Workaround "Note that as of OSLO 6.3.1 the ""Private"" glass catalog is...
OSLO helps users balance cost and performance with its state-of -the art tolerancing tools. With OSLO you can control the impact manufacturing errors and control them cost-effectively with tolerances. Surface Tolerances describe the quality of each surface: Radius of curvature Conic Constant ...
Question Can I add different antireflection coatings in OSLO? Synopsis Can OSLO use custom coatings? Solution Once a complete multilayer coating is defined, you assign it a name and that coating can be applied to any optical surface. You can build up a custom database of coatings that you can reuse...
Question I am attempting to use the save() command in a CCL routine to save the current lens. I want to save the lens to a particular directory, but I am having trouble specifying that directory using the "directory_name" parameter. What is the problem? Synopsis Saving files to different...
Question How do I insert a catalog lens into my OSLO lens file? Synopsis Accessing the Catalog Lens Database within a lens file Solution "To insert a lens from the Lens Catalog Database into an existing lens: In the Surface Data Spreadsheet, click the right mouse button on the grey box of the...
Creating Ray Files
Question I have measured scatter data, and I want to use this data to create a Surface Property in TracePro. What options are available? Synopsis Converting measured scatter data into a TracePro Surface Property Solution The TracePro Surface Property Generator can be used to convert many scatter...
Question How do I add aspheric terms to a surface in OSLO? Synopsis Adding terms to an aspheric surface Solution Identify the surface that you want to add an aspheric to and choose the grey box in the "Special" column of that surface. Choose " Polynomial Asphere (A)" from the pop-up list If you...
Question How can I determine the angle of an incidence for a ray relative to the surface that it intersects? Synopsis Determining Angle of Incidence from an Incident Ray Table Solution The Incident Ray Table provides the XYZ direction vectors for the ray, but these are relative to the coordinate...
