Lens View Editor

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Purpose:

The Lens View Editor allows the user to see their lens, plotted graphically.  It also allows the user to change the parameters which are associated with the lens.

The Plot Area:

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The Zoom Control can be used to magnify and pan the plot.  The stop, entrance pupil and exit pupil are displayed on the plot.  A small number of geometrical rays indicate the light path through the system.

The Lens View Menu:

The Lens Viewer has several menu items that allows you to change the properties of your lens and the properties of the lens viewers:

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Properties - This lets you modify the properties of the lens object

Setup - Use to change the lens prescription file (more)
Propagation - Propagation calculation options. (more)
Aberration - Add lens aberrations (more)
Illuminator - Specify an illuminating lens. (more)
Sampling - Specify sampling. (more)


Lens Editor - This lets you edit your lens.
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Lens Settings - Change Stop Surface, Stop Diameter, LAMBDA. (more)
Lens Editor - Modify the parameters that are associated with each surface of the current lens. (the one which is being viewed) (more)


Viewer Settings - This allows you to modify the Lens Viewer's settings.
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Viewer Settings - Change the settings of the Lens Viewer (more)

The Axis Menu:

(Descriptions of axis settings were taken from the Matlab help documentation)


See also: