ANSYS Zemax OpticsBuilder 2024 R1.00

Zemax, a part of the Ansys family, has released OpticsBuilder 2024 R1.00 is the standard for optical, illumination, and laser system design in universities around the world, and in leading companies throughout the optics industry.

Ansys Zemax OpticsBuilder 2024 R1.00 release notes - Date: January 11th, 2024

ANNOUNCEMENT

1. ANSYS ZEMAX OPTICSBUILDER IS RETIRING
2024 R1 will be the last release of Ansys Zemax OpticsBuilder
The last OpticsBuilder release with new functionality will be 2024 R1. After this release, there will be no further releases or defect corrections. While we appreciate the role that OpticsBuilder served in enabling optomechanical packaging and analysis, we are confident that this role will be provided through new functionality and enhancements to be developed for Ansys Zemax OpticStudio and Ansys Speos. Integrated, streamlined workflows between OpticStudio and Speos enable comprehensive optomechanical design capabilities that ensure customer’s continued ability to bring products to market faster with the use of Ansys Optics tools.

2. TOOLS, FEATURES, AND CAPABILITIES

2.1 EQUATION-DRIVEN IMPORT
OpticsBuilder now includes additional support for Equation-Driven Import
OpticsBuilder adds Annular Aspheric Lens, Cylinder 2 Volume, and Rectangular Volume to the list of supported Equation-Driven Import component types. Equation-Driven Import allows users to import components with access to exposed surface equations that are parametrically tied to the surfaces.
2.2 .ZOS FILE FORMAT RETIREMENT
ZOS File Format will be retired in January 2025
OpticStudio will begin a slow retirement of the .ZOS file format to be completed in January 2025. Users can always import ZOS files into OpticsBuilder, however, logic has been modified within OpticsBuilder to convert any ZOS files to ZMX files in the background. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact your Account Manager.

3. BUG FIXES
Import ZBD File
- OpticsBuilder could not import ZBD files after certain drawing inputs were entered in Prepare for OpticsBuilder in Ansys Zemax OpticStudio.
- The Boolean Native, Biconic, and Biconic Zernike lenses were displaying different geometry in Creo compared to Ansys Zemax OpticStudio.
Simulation
- On some versions of OpticsBuilder, the Simulation was hanging and not completing in the appropriate time frame.
- On certain test systems, the Simulation was failing if an optomechanical component was included.
- For a certain test system, the Simulation Results were not correct when a mechanical component was positioned in the ray path.
- The Doublet sample file was incorrectly displaying 100% beam clipping.
- On certain assemblies, the Simulation would fail and show an error message “Item ‘Group Black Anodized.bsdf’ failed to import”
- Sample files “cube_sat.asm” and “projector_optics.asm” were giving an error when trying to generate a Chief Rays Simulation.


Ansys Optics solutions offer robust design, optimization, and verification simulation software backed by world-class support. These tools empower designers to expedite the development of groundbreaking optical products while improving performance, reliability, and yield. With a suite of top-tier physics solvers, Ansys Optics provides user-friendly workflows for precise multiscale system design, from the nano to macro scale, enabling the design of diverse applications across various industries.
OpticsBuilder is a Certified Gold Partner add-in for Creo that enables CAD users to increase productivity and work more efficiently by providing the tools needed to build, analyze and share their work. CAD users can quickly start packaging optical designs by flawlessly converting OpticStudio files into CAD. By delivering analysis tools focused on how mechanical packaging impacts optical performance, CAD users find errors early, reduce back-and-forth with Optical Engineers, and avoid expensive prototyping. Additionally, CAD users can easily share ISO compliant optical drawings with manufacturing using an automated push button drawing export tool. The help files in this document will give Users step-by-step instructions and troubleshooting help needed to successfully use OpticsBuilder.

OpticsBuilder Insights: Using the OpticsBuilder's Export .ZBD file feature


Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
In 2021, Ansys acquired Zemax, the world’s number one optical simulation toolset and Zemax is now “An Ansys Company.” that is transitioning into the Ansys family. Initial connections between OpticStudio and Ansys Mechanical are already in place, and you will see further integration until it becomes part of the Ansys multiphysics capability.

Owner: ANSYS
Product Name: Zemax OpticsBuilder
Version: 2024 R1.00
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.ansys.com
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows *
Software Prerequisites: pre-installed PTC Creo Parametric 4.0.x-10.0.x
Size: 4.0 Gb