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File Import/Export

Articles in this section provide guidance on how to import external data into Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, or how to export your lens design into other software packages. Examples of the topics you will find in this section include: CAD model export, importing measured data, and more.

  • Automated Export of Zemax Dynamic LSWM DOE to JSON Data for Usage with Static-LSWM and/or Ansys Speos
  • Best practices for importing interferometer measured lens data into OpticStudio
  • Converting a binary Source File into ASCII
  • Creating sequential systems with prisms, CAD parts and other complex objects - webinar
  • How accurate is the CAD exchange?
  • How to convert from Lumerical simulations to OpticStudio and back
  • How to debug CAD Import/Export Errors?
  • How to explode a CAD assembly
  • How to export a lens to CAD
  • How to export ray trace results in IES format
  • How to get real waveguide mode data into OpticStudio
  • How to import CAD objects
  • How to show exported rays in the CAD platform
  • How to use Osram LED data with OpticStudio
  • How to use the Black Box Lens feature in OpticStudio?
  • How to use the Black Box Lens surface
  • How to Use the ISX BSDF Converter
  • Importing CODE V designs into OpticStudio
  • Speos and Zemax Source file converter
  • STAR Tools in OpticStudio: Ansys Mechanical Data Export Extension
  • Tips and tricks for successful CAD import
  • Using the Export to Speos Lens System tool
  • Using the OpticStudio Dynamic CAD link
  • Using the OpticStudio Dynamic CAD link with assemblies

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