An Overview: Learning Resources & Capabilities - Getting Started with Ansys Zemax OpticStudio Part 3

Part 3 of the Getting Started with Ansys Zemax OpticStudio guide will help steer OpticStudio learners towards their next steps for familiarizing themselves with the program. In this video, we delve deeper into the ‘Help’ and ‘Learning & Support’ tabs and what resources are available there. In the ‘Learning & Support’ tab, and in the links below, you can find free tutorials to follow next now that you understand the basics of OpticStudio. In the last section of this video, we introduce concepts and capabilities not covered in the earlier videos, so that the user is aware of these common uses and capabilities of OpticStudio as they investigate more complex projects.  

 

Check out the links below the video for the articles relevant to the content explored in this video.


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Important Links

 

How to perform a sequential tolerance analysis – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

Tolerancing - video – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

ZPL Programming – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

Getting Started with ZOS-API – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

Zemax file extensions – Knowledgebase 

How to share an OpticStudio file – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

How to tilt and decenter a sequential optical component – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

How to model an off-axis parabolic mirror – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

How to create a simple non-sequential system – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

How to create complex non-sequential objects – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

Exploring Non-Sequential Mode in OpticStudio – Knowledgebase (zemax.com) 

Ansys Innovation Courses

Ansys Learning Hub 

Zemax Community Forum 

Ansys Zemax Knowledge