Simplify optomechanical design

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1 Simplify optomechanical design Overview Design new products A SOLIDWORKS Certified Gold Partner

2 allows me to focus on a great design and spend less time explaining it. Our mechanical engineers love designing optomechanical products in. Robert Mentzer, Optical Engineer, Global Surgical Corporation Zemax Design Solution Take a solution-driven approach to your optomechanical product development. Zemax, a SOLIDWORKS Certified Gold Partner, created, a powerful SOLIDWORKS add-in that streamlines the product development workflow, accelerates time to market, and saves money by simplifying the exchange of information between SOLIDWORKS and OpticStudio. Concept Optical Design Mechanical Design Build Overview Design new products Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

3 Design new products Design new products 26mm imaging objective Laser pointer Fluorescence laser DNA microscope Saturated absorption spectroscopy system A few examples of products that customers have developed using : Aerial vehicle imaging systems Augmented reality systems Automated vehicle sensors Beam collimators Catadioptric telescopes Endoscopes Heads-up displays Interferometers Laser systems Microscopes NIR and UV sensors Projectors Reflecting telescopes Refracting telescopes Rifle scopes Satellite-mounted imaging systems Scanners Spectrometers Zoom lenses makes my life easier. I used to have to create the parts from scratch. Now that I have actual lens data, my optical engineer doesn t have to generate tables and I don t have to generate part files. Harold Brunt, Vice President and Mechanical Engineer, LumenFlow Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

4 Problems caused by STEP files STEP files loaded into SOLIDWORKS without STEP, IGES, or STL files degrade the accuracy of optomechanical designs. Optical data including dimensions, coatings, and materials are lost during file conversions. Approximation of optical geometry Ray bundles are imported as static sketches, which represent a tiny sample of the actual rays used in the optical analysis, so mechanical engineers use guesswork and rules of thumb to design optomechanical systems. Mechanical engineers must send designs to an optical engineer or build a costly physical prototype for validation. Static rays 25mm single Gauss system imported as a STEP file with a ray bundle Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

5 Using a suite of analysis tools, mechanical engineers can catch and correct mechanical errors early, reducing design iterations and time spent addressing problems downstream. 3. Fix the design 4. Confirm your solutions Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/ Download Download Download a free a free 2-week a 2-week free trial 2-week trial today! today! trial Zemax.com/ today! Zemax.com/ Zemax.com/ Instead of using ray bundles and guesswork, mechanical engineers can analyze complete optomechanical designs, run ray traces, and get feedback directly in SOLIDWORKS. eliminates the need for ray bundles. You You use the Optical Performance Summary (OPS) table run a real-time ray trace in SOLIDWORKS using the actual to validate your system. It provides OpticStudio baseline optomechanical Estimated hours design. This is far superior to using ray results, spot size validation, beam clipping validation, and bundles because it removes the guesswork. image contamination validation. In addition, the Image Time to Without With Viewer can help you validate the overall field of view of the Market Is training available forsavings? system. Finally, can output an OpticStudio Yes! In addition to webinars, white papers, written tutorials,.zar file to sendoptical to the optical engineer who can then load 49Zemax hoursoffers hands-on training available and how-to videos, the file into OpticStudio for further validation. Engineer for purchase. Check Zemax.com/training for a course list, Mechanical dates, and locations. onsite training is available with 102 Free hours Does Engineer handle both sequential and purchase of five or more licenses. non-sequential files? From simple to complex systems, the tools in enables you to compare the Yes. works in non-sequential 120 hours provide real-time feedback on mode. design It120 performance of the current design to the original Prototyping 240 automatically converts sequential non-sequential optical design in order to isolate the impact of the variations, so mechanical engineersfiles cantoreach during the loading an optimal solution process. quickly. Using the powerful mechanical components. The Optical Performance 271 Total* Summary table enables and familiar SOLIDWORKS environment, you can youhours to quickly confirm visualize the impact of your mechanical design that the complete design meets the optical changes and quantify the*this impact to image quality alsoestimates creates an example is based on designing requirements. a Heliar 37mm imaging system. Hour are and stray light. OpticStudio file of the complete optomechanical based on experimental data. The original design included beam path infringement and 25mm single Gauss system loaded into SOLIDWORKS using and after a ray trace is completed design for you to send to the optical engineer for stray light errors. review and validation. loads all lenses, sources, and detectors as native SOLIDWORKS parts, including materials, coatings, dimensions, and all other relevant data. You can then apply a surface finish from the library of finishes in, or apply a surface finish of your own. Optical components loaded into SOLIDWORKS using? Accelerate your time to market. Get more with. How do I validate my mechanical systemdone in Do I still need to use ray bundles?

6 1. Find the problem 2. Identify the cause 3. Fix the design 4. Confirm your solutions Analyze your optomechanical design to catch and correct errors early in the design process. simulates the interaction of light with physical objects using non-sequential ray tracing. Interactions with mechanical components and surface finishes are included in the calculations. The Optical Performance Summary table provides instant pass/fail results to help you identify design issues. includes ray filtering, surface power analysis, and other tools to help you identify the source of problems. You can then isolate specific mechanical features that degrade optical performance to avoid costly design iterations downstream. From simple to complex systems, the tools in provide real-time feedback on design variations, so mechanical engineers can reach an optimal solution quickly. Using the powerful and familiar SOLIDWORKS environment, you can visualize the impact of your mechanical design changes and quantify the impact to image quality and stray light. enables you to compare the performance of the current design to the original optical design in order to isolate the impact of the mechanical components. The Optical Performance Summary table enables you to quickly confirm that the complete design meets the optical requirements. also creates an OpticStudio file of the complete optomechanical design for you to send to the optical engineer for review and validation. Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

7 When is used in conjunction with OpticStudio, companies benefit from a streamlined workflow between optical and mechanical engineers. reduces project costs spent on design iterations, identifying and correcting errors, and building repeated physical prototypes to accelerate time to market. The table on the right shows an example of the savings that can be realized on one project using, compared to the same project using an outdated process with STEP files and ray bundles. Accelerate your time to market. Get more done with. Estimated hours Before, we guessed a lot. We would manage stray light in fairly crude ways, with paint or photo-etched apertures or a host of secondary components. Not getting it right the first time is a huge expense. Dave Rook, Mechanical Engineer, CSA Group Heliar 37mm imaging system Optical Engineer Mechanical Engineer Without With Time to Market Savings hours hours Prototyping hours Total* hours * This example is based on designing a Heliar 37mm imaging system. Hour estimates are based on experimental data. The original design included beam path infringement and stray light errors. Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

8 What is included with? is subscription software that includes product enhancements, feature updates, and support throughout the year. How does increase efficiency? Importing and building the optical model from STEP or IGES files is time-consuming and prone to error. A complicated optical design can take a week to convert into a functional SOLIDWORKS assembly. In contrast, it takes only minutes to load an OpticStudio file using. The OpticStudio file loads with all of the optical information needed to design the mechanical packaging and analyze system performance. Can trace rays in SOLIDWORKS? Yes. This is one of the key benefits of. The ray trace interacts with both the optical and mechanical components, so mechanical engineers can evaluate the complete optomechanical system. What analysis tools are in? includes baseline ray trace, full ray trace, ray filtering, surface power analysis, ray scattering, and ray splitting. What are the biggest design problems that solves? helps you visualize the effects of optomechanical components on the optical performance. These issues can include stray light, image contamination, and beam clipping. How do I validate my mechanical system in? You use the Optical Performance Summary (OPS) table to validate your system. It provides OpticStudio baseline results, spot size validation, beam clipping validation, and image contamination validation. In addition, the Image Viewer can help you validate the overall field of view of the system. Finally, can output an OpticStudio.zar file to send to the optical engineer who can then load the file into OpticStudio for further validation. Does handle both sequential and non-sequential files? Yes. works in non-sequential mode. It automatically converts sequential files to non-sequential during the loading process. Do I still need to use ray bundles? eliminates the need for ray bundles. You run a real-time ray trace in SOLIDWORKS using the actual optomechanical design. This is far superior to using ray bundles because it removes the guesswork. Is training available for? Yes! In addition to webinars, white papers, written tutorials, and how-to videos, Zemax offers hands-on training available for purchase. Check Zemax.com/training for a course list, dates, and locations. Free onsite training is available with purchase of five or more licenses. Download a free 2-week trial today! Zemax.com/

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