Calendar
SPIE Defense, Security, & Sensing
April 14-16, 2009
Booth 1037
Orlando, Florida
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Introduction to CODE V
April 27-May 1, 2009
Pasadena, California
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Advanced Topics in CODE V
May 4-8, 2009
Pasadena, California
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Regional CODE V User Group Meetings
Selected dates, June 2009
CA, NY, MA
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Quick Tips – Focus on CODE V Tolerancing
Two new video demos of CODE V's powerful tolerancing capabilities are available for viewing on ORA's Customer Support Web site, www.oraservice.com. Both can be found under CODE V Support > Webinar & Demo Videos. Both videos are broken into chapters so that you can jump to specific topics within the videos. These videos include both a slide show and real time CODE V demonstrations.
The first video, An Overview of Tolerancing in CODE V, is a 45 minute overview of the various tolerancing options within CODE V. This includes a general discussion of the cost savings benefits of CODE V’s ray-based differential tolerancing feature (TOR), as well as a tutorial on its use. Also included are overviews and demonstrations of CODE V's Interactive Tolerancing and CODE V’s various finite difference and Monte Carlo tolerancing capabilities.
The second video, Tolerancing Case Study of a .65 NA Microscope Objective, presents a detailed case study using TOR to tolerance a Lister microscope objective, with MTF as the performance metric. It runs about 25 minutes.
The case study includes general tolerancing recommendations as well as a step-by-step example. The results of an initial tolerance analysis are discussed, including working with a fabrication house to determine how to adjust tolerances for improved performance and cost savings. A second tolerance analysis is then performed using these adjustments and recommendations.
Another good reference on tolerancing is the ORA white paper: Optical Design Tolerancing: A Key to Product Cost Reduction.
Updates to the Customer Support Web Site
The following updates have been made to ORA's Customer Support Web site, www.oraservice.com, under CODE V Support:
- The January, February and March 2009 issues of CODE V Enews were added under CODE V Enews & Tips
- A new video recording, A Tolerancing Case Study of a .65 NA Microscope Objective was added under Webinar & Demo Videos
- The following Macros have been added under Macro and User-defined Feature Downloads > Macros from Tech Support:
- A new test plate data file from Tucson Optical Research Corp (TORC) is available for download. This file, TORC_4mar2009.seq, can be used in CODE V’s test plate fitting option (TES).
- The user_def_err_fnc.seq macro, used to create a user-defined error function of the default transverse ray error function in AUTO, has been updated to include an option to export a .seq file containing the ray and aberration commands used to define the error function.
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The 2009 CODE V User Group Meetings are now open for registration. These free one-day conferences feature lectures, discussions and presentations on the use of CODE V and are presented by members of ORA's Technical Support and Engineering Staff. Planned topics for this year’s meetings include:
- New Features in CODE V
- A Non-Sequential Surface Design Case Study
- Open Forum: User Suggestions for CODE V Enhancements
- ORA Engineering Talk
- Optimization Troubleshooting
- User-defined Surface Overview
- CODE V Future Plans
These meetings will be held on the following dates at these locations:
- June 2, 2009 – Pasadena, CA
- June 4, 2009 – San Jose, CA
- June 8, 2009 – Rochester, NY
- June 11, 2009 – Boston, MA
Space at these one days events is limited.
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Limited space is still available for this Spring's CODE V Training Classes at ORA Pasadena:
- Introduction to CODE V
April 27 – May 1, 2009
- Advanced Topics in CODE V
May 4-8, 2009
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