[LINOS web-pages for PreDesigner: free download & notes ] ... [tutorial clips: 2]
Simple optical layout program or lens calculator - to assess & illustrate the key paraxial parameters for an imaging system with graphical display of paraxial layout, user selected key conjugate, field & aperture parameters from comprehensive lists
table of all paraxial values defining the system. Slider based variation of chosen parameters with real time graph/table update
* Simple to use
* Suitable for students, teachers, sales engineers and optical designers
* Useful for learning and teaching fundamentals of optical design
* Helps to show consequences of customer requirements (including incompatibilities!)
* Customise symbols to suit your preferences
* German or English versions available
* Toggle between lens & mirror mode
* Depth of focus/field calculations
* Interactive aperture-field plot. Expanded version shows typical lens systems for different regions.
Screencasts [video clips]
| Clip 1 | An overview of PreDesigner - a free optical layout program - to find lens layout needed to meet project requirements |
| Clip 2 | extra features, e.g. standard detector formats, principle plane seperations, mirror mode, depth of focus calculations, symbols |
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