{"id":403222,"date":"2025-01-02T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T11:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/403222\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T11:03:10","slug":"403222","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/403222\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Zemax: creating an array of tilted source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, you won&rsquo;t find an object that readily does that.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, you could use a macro or the ZOS-API to place and orient the array of sources to your will.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&rsquo;s a (hopefully close enough) 1D example of what you could do with a ZPL macro. All sources aim at the same point, you use-case being simplier it is rather easy to edit the code to match your needs:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&lt;p&gt;# &#8220;Focal&#8221; distance of the detectors&lt;br&gt;distance = 25&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;# Distance between detectors as a factor of the index value&lt;br&gt;factor = 4&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FOR det_index, -5, 5, 1&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Insert new object in first line of editor&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INSERTOBJECT 1, 1&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Change object type to Detector Rectangle&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SETNSCPROPERTY 1, 1, 0, 0, &#8220;NSC_DETE&#8221;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Calculate Detector Y Position&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;y_pos = factor * det_index&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Change Detector Y Position&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SETNSCPOSITION 1, 1, 2, y_pos&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Calculated required Tilt About X in deg&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IF (det_index == 0)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tilt_x = 0&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ELSE&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tilt_x = 90 &#8211; ATAN( distance \/ y_pos ) \/ 3.14159265359 * 180&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ENDIF&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Adjust Detector Tilt About X&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SETNSCPOSITION 1, 1, 4, tilt_x&lt;br&gt;NEXT&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you run this macro, this is what the 3D Layout will look like:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/zemax-en\/attachment\/04fb058f-30aa-4840-9ea3-71beb30c2e7e.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you need the array to be parametric and\/or if your array is very large, it could then be more convenient to program the source the way you need with the Source DLL option.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-403222","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,To the best of my knowledge, you won\u2019t find an object that readily does that.However, you could use a macro or the ZOS-API to place and orient the array of sources to your will.Here\u2019s a (hopefully close enough) 1D example of what you could do with a ZPL macro. 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