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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Optics conic constant Reply To: conic constant

Ethan Keeler
Ansys Employee

Hi Arezoo,

Are you trying to model an ellipsoid by specifying the conic terms? If that's the case, then you can find a detailed explanation of that calculation here: Biconic (ansys.com). For convenience, I've copied the equations and listed them below: