<![CDATA[ZEMAX Users' Knowledge Base - Articles - Tips & Tricks]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb en-us N/A support@zemax.com Fri, 16 May 2008 06:28:15 PDT 20 <![CDATA[How To Use The Tolerancing Cache]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/183/1/How-To-Use-The-Tolerancing-Cache/Page1.html This article explains the benefits of the tolerancing cache feature.  This article also warns when it may be inappropriate to use this feature.

]]> no@spam.com (Andrew Locke) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/183/1/How-To-Use-The-Tolerancing-Cache/Page1.html <![CDATA[What Is Polynomial Sensitivity Tolerancing?]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/184/1/What-Is-Polynomial-Sensitivity-Tolerancing/Page1.html no@spam.com (Dan Hill) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/184/1/What-Is-Polynomial-Sensitivity-Tolerancing/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to Specify Fields for Non-Rotationally Symmetric Systems]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/175/1/How-to-Specify-Fields-for-Non-Rotationally-Symmetric-Systems/Page1.html This article explains how to assign appropriate weight for the on-axis field when specifying fields for non-rotationally symmetric systems.  

This article is also available in Japanese.

]]> no@spam.com (Nam-Hyong Kim) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/175/1/How-to-Specify-Fields-for-Non-Rotationally-Symmetric-Systems/Page1.html <![CDATA[Why is the Nominal Criteria Different From the Value Reported Elsewhere?]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/170/1/Why-is-the-Nominal-Criteria-Different-From-the-Value-Reported-Elsewhere/Page1.html Question:  Why is the nominal criteria in the tolerance output different from the value which is reported elsewhere in ZEMAX, such as the merit function or an analysis feature?

]]> no@spam.com (Dan Hill) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/170/1/Why-is-the-Nominal-Criteria-Different-From-the-Value-Reported-Elsewhere/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to Open Consecutively-Named Lens Files Using a ZPL Macro]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/128/1/How-to-Open-Consecutively-Named-Lens-Files-Using-a--ZPL-Macro/Page1.html This article demonstrates how to open several lens files using the ZPL macro. This is often useful for analyzing lens files generated by ZEMAX during the Monte Carlo tolerance analysis.

]]> no@spam.com (Nam-Hyong Kim) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/128/1/How-to-Open-Consecutively-Named-Lens-Files-Using-a--ZPL-Macro/Page1.html <![CDATA[How to get any Optimization Operand Value in the Tolerance Report]]> http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/78/1/How-to-get-any-Optimization-Operand-Value-in-the-Tolerance-Report/Page1.html This article explains:

  • How to include any optimization operand value in the tolerance report using the tolerance scripting capability in ZEMAX
  • How to write a simple tolerancing script

The sample file can be downloaded from the last page of the article.

]]> no@spam.com (Nam-Hyong Kim) http://www.zemax.com/kb/articles/78/1/How-to-get-any-Optimization-Operand-Value-in-the-Tolerance-Report/Page1.html