{"id":430140,"date":"2025-04-28T03:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fresnel-lens-boolean-operation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:07:22","slug":"fresnel-lens-boolean-operation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fresnel-lens-boolean-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresnel Lens Boolean Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m having difficulties with performing boolean operation on the Fresnel1 object and CAD object, so I tested it with a simple sphere and the Fresnel1.&lt;br&gt;Both of them were native parts, and the boolean operation was a simple &amp;.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/28-04-2025-1745809498-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1128\" height=\"611\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I expected the result to be a simple fresnel lens of a smaller diameter, but the result only show the front and the rear surfaces of the intersection, and not the surrounding cylindrical surface of the lens.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/28-04-2025-1745809477-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1124\" height=\"609\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;ve already looked at the boolean samples and I&#8217;m not sure why my result is different from the sample below.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/28-04-2025-1745809571-KA-01439_4_nsc_shaded_model.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope someone can explain this to me.&lt;br&gt;Whether this is an inherent fresnel lens property or if this is something I can fix.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-430140","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27816"],"_bbp_topic_id":["430140"],"_bbp_subscription":["543871","50911","9311"],"_bbp_author_ip":["143.248.69.98"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["438791"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["438791"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-08-07 10:17:30"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["543871","50911","9311"],"_btv_view_count":["132"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"jeonhjkaist-ac-kr"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/430140","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\/430140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}