Question When viewing an Irradiance Map or a Candela Plot, I find that changing the settings for Number of Pixels, Plot Points, or Smoothing causes the results to vary significantly. How do I know what are the proper settings, and how do I know if I have traced enough rays?
Question TracePro 7.0.5 and OSLO 6.5.4 Installation of Sentinel Drivers to minimize the impact of conflict with LabView software from National Instruments
Question Suppose I have assigned a user-defined surface property to some of my surfaces. Then at a later date, I wish to modify that property with the property editor. Do I need to re-select the surface property for each surface, or does the new property get established automatically? Synopsis ...
Question Can we calculate the reflection loss of a multilayer coating? Can we calculate the interference of emitted light and reflected light from the outer layer(s) of a multilayer coating? Synopsis Questions on what multilayer coating calculations OSLO can perform Solution " Yes. Choose...
Question I understand that users are supposed to be able to make changes to the OSLO menu and toolbars. How can I do this? Synopsis Making changes to the OSLO menu and toolbars Solution Understanding this answer requires that you have a working knowledge of using OSLO's CCL language. Some of the...
Question When I attempt to use the Zoom analysis commands (zpxs, zspa, zsen, zchr, zsei & zfif) I get an error similar to: Error in ____: Array index out of bounds. What is the problem? Synopsis Error in Zoom analysis commands Solution Variables are not dimensioned high enough in these analysis...
Question When I do a distortion plot on my optical system, there seems to be a very high peak near the axis, but not on the axis, that diminishes, and then trails off. This seems erroneous. Is this a math artefact or real distortion? Synopsis Distortion analysis (distplt) in a tilted or decentered...
Question I would like to make use of the macro language in TracePro, how do I get started?
Question I imported a CAD file. Now I am trying to apply a Material Property to one of the objects, but I get the following error message: Material property cannot be applied to a thin sheet body! Why won't TracePro allow the property to be applied? Synopsis Error message: Material property cannot...
