Our Zemax Community is a gathering place for all things optics. Within this community, you will be able to learn more about your Zemax products and chat with other industry professionals about the latest trends. 

The monthly Community Newsletter provides updates on items you might find interesting or helpful from the last month! In each edition, we call out forum posts you may have missed, new Knowledgebase articles, and honor a Zemax user who has made a contribution to their peers. Here are a couple highlights from the April edition:

Featured Community Post: Mathematica

In OpticStudio 22.1 Mathematica templates have been added to support Mathematica users when using ZOS-API. Since this, we have seen questions popping on the forum so if you are a Mathematic user, make sure to read this post. In addition to the samples provided with your OpticStudio download, you can also find discussion about this newly-supported language on the forums. Find some posts on the topic in this month's newsletter.

Knowledgebase Updates

Looking for information on how to model laser beam propagation using OpticStudio or need a set of Python codes to convert the source file between Zemax and Speos? Ever got stuck on how to to perform a Simulation in OpticsBuilder for Creo? In addition to our amazing technical staff on hand to support you, we also have an extensive library with articles on these subjects and many more available in our Knowledgebase! Articles are offered in Chinese, English and Japanese and we are continually adding new content.

Check out the most recent additions and updates!

New Article: Automated recurring documentation for optical designs with ZOS-API and LaTeX – Knowledgebase

Update: Our Japanese Knowledgebase now features a larger collection of translated articles!

Don't Miss Our Monthly Ask an Engineer Events!

This month, our Ask an Engineer looks a little different! We are challenging you to create a User Defined Surface to learn more about DLLs, then come back on May 19th to discuss!

Challenge opens: May 2, 2022
Code submission deadline: May, 18, 2022
Live event: May 19, 2022
Time: 8:00am PDT

Submit your questions, comments, and code here.

All of this is waiting for you in the Zemax Community. What are you waiting for? Join now!