{"id":373815,"date":"2024-07-26T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/zemax-how-to-collimate-this-lens-using-operandsoptimization\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:26:09","slug":"zemax-how-to-collimate-this-lens-using-operandsoptimization","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/zemax-how-to-collimate-this-lens-using-operandsoptimization\/","title":{"rendered":"Zemax- How to collimate this lens using operands\/optimization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to collimate this lens so I can turn it into a CAD model and 3D print at the nanoscal. How do I use the merit functions and optimization to do this? I am not sure which operands to use and how to use them. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/26-07-2024-1722018362-needtocollimate.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-373815","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["439327","50911","441812"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2620:8d:8000:10ac:c563:54d1:11ff:b6d1"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["988"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["373815"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27816"],"_bbp_engagement":["50911","439327"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["373910"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["373910"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-07-29 05:48:05"]},"test":"hgsemerit-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/373815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/373815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}