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SPIE Optical Systems Design
November 27-29, 2012
Light Tec
Barcelona, Spain
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LightTools and CODE V Training
December 3-7, 2012
Light Tec and OEC
Munich, Germany
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SPIE Photonics West
February 5-7, 2013
Booth 2017
The Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA
SPIE website
Introduction to CODE V
February 25 - March 1, 2013
Pasadena, CA
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Advanced Topics in CODE V
March 4-8, 2013
Pasadena, CA
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Quick Tip: Simplifying Your Lens Data Manager
A helpful customization you can apply to your CODE V session’s Lens Data Manager (LDM) window is to blank out any cells labeling a surface as a spherical surface type, or refract as the refract mode. This makes it more apparent which surfaces are non-spherical, and which surfaces are reflective. The customization is particularly helpful when you frequently work with lenses that contain a mixture of surface types and refract modes.
For example, the default LDM for a three-mirror anastigmat looks like the following, where the Surface Type column displays “Sphere” for the spherical surfaces, and “Refract” for the refractive surfaces.
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The object, stop, and image surfaces are each spherical and refractive. When the “Sphere” surface types and “Refract” refract modes are blanked out, it’s visually easier to see that surfaces 2 through 4 are aspheric surfaces and mirrors, as in the following figure.
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To display the Sphere and Refract cells as blank, go to the Tools>Preferences menu, and select the Display “Spherical” Surface Type as Blank and Display “Refract” Refract Mode as Blanks checkboxes in the UI window.
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This setting will persist the next time you open CODE V.
CODE V Glass Catalog Updates Available for Download
Updates to the CODE V glass catalog, including the CDGM, Ohara, Schott, and Sumita manufacturers' catalogs, are now available for download from www.opticalres.com. In addition to download links, we have included more details about the glasses affected by this update and installation instructions.
CODE V 10.5 Webinar Recording Now Available
A webinar that provides an overview of new features in CODE V 10.5 is now available on demand on the OSG Customer Portal. The webinar includes a few demonstrations that show how CODE V 10.5 delivers tolerancing and optimization enhancements to help reduce manufacturing costs.
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