{"id":314073,"date":"2023-10-31T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-zemax-part-designer-and-boolean-calculation-in-the-nsc-mode\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T08:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T08:06:39","slug":"issues-with-zemax-part-designer-and-boolean-calculation-in-the-nsc-mode","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-zemax-part-designer-and-boolean-calculation-in-the-nsc-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues with Zemax Part Designer and Boolean calculation in the NSC Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Madam or Sir,<\/p>\n<p>As a student, I recently changed the version of my software and my Zemax license, both are premium version.<\/p>\n<p>I have a problem with the last version of the software in the non-sequential mode.<br \/>Previously, I used the 2021 version, I designed a prism using the Zemax Part Designer and Ray tracing worked.<\/p>\n<p>However, since I&#8217;m on the last version of the software, all the objects from the Part Designer are not taken into account for the ray tracing.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I tried to create my prism with boolean native objects and I got a new problem. I created several annular volumes and when I substracted two of them, only the edges stayed. At the end, My &#8220;boolean volume&#8221; is just a ring.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do ? Is it a problem of software installation or a reccurent problem with the last version of OpticsStudio ?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-314073","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-academiclicense-1","topic-tag-student"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dear Madam or Sir,As a student, I recently changed the version of my software and my Zemax license, both are premium version.I have a problem with the last version of the software in the non-sequential mode.Previously, I used the 2021 version, I designed a prism using the Zemax Part Designer and Ray tracing worked.However, since\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-zemax-part-designer-and-boolean-calculation-in-the-nsc-mode\/\" 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