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Lens Design Modeling Solutions

Great designs start with great ideas.

K2 helps you put your ideas into action more quickly than ever with powerful lens modeling tools like:
Interactive 2D/3D Model Viewer (no more endless refreshes)
  • View models in 2D and 3D with full zoom/pan/rotation capability
  • Right-click any element to add/delete/split/flip etc. (reduces the need to deal with individual surfaces)
  • Easily insert fold mirrors with all required scaling done automatically
  • Label elements for quick reference using glass name, surface numbers+labels, or even element powers
Easy-Adjust Sliders (no more iterative value entry)
  • Modify lenses faster by adjusting any lens parameter with easy-to-use sliders  
  • See performance changes in real time with immediate updates to aberration curves as sliders are adjusted
  • Adjust multiple parameters quickly with individual sliders for lens bending, lens focal length, and element shifting
Customizable Element Colors (make your workspace yours)
  • Color elements based on index or dispersion for easy visualization, using a simple threshold or a color spectrum
  • Use custom scripts to color elements using any desired logic (e.g. aspheres, surface slope, AOI)

Lens Design Analysis Solutions

Great design decisions need quality design data.

K2 helps you make better decisions faster with precision analysis solutions like:
1-Click Chart Configurator (customize charts at-will)
  • See all standard analysis charts in a 2D layout (usually Field vs. Zoom), with flexibility to change layout and/or overlay all data in a single chart.
  • Save any set of analyses along with desired inputs for quick recall and one-click updates
  • Combine charts from multiple analyses in a custom “report style” layout
Multi-Lens Manager (compare side-by-side)
  • Switch between multiple design forms with a single click
  • Compare performance easily by selecting multiple design forms for side-by-side analysis
  • Easily find and choose the “best” design form when used with Global Synthesis
Instant Reports (update reports with a click)
  • Select any chart for automatic export to PowerPoint or Word
  • Size and position pasted images how you want and update later with a single click – with all your custom formatting preserved

Lens Design Tolerancing Solutions

Great designs start with great ideas.

K2 helps you tolerance your designs more efficiently than ever with built-in features like:
Tolerance Driver Visualization
  • Easily visualize the tolerance drivers of a system by viewing tolerance sensitivities in bar charts (over field and zoom) with the most sensitive tolerances sorted first
  • Get tolerance charts that show the worst of the +/- changes, a subset of surfaces, or overlay all tolerances together as desired
Multi-Core Distributed Tolerancing and Scripting
  • Get results faster by running Monte Carlo and Finite Difference tolerancing across all available PC processor cores (greatly reduces run-times on higher-end machines)
  • Generate and retrieve multiple custom metrics easily with included methods

Lens Design Optimization Solutions

Great designs need refining to be the best they can be.

K2 helps you maximize your designs’ performance with productivity-boosting tools like:
Optimization Dashboard
  • Say goodbye to scrolling through text output!
  • Immediately view key variables/constraints for your design on an easy-to-follow dashboard
  • See per cycle output in clear charts and tables
  • Quickly sort 1,000’s of constraint contributions
  • Run 1 or many cycles with ability to load any prior cycle
Automatic Constraint Handling (optional)
  • Choose constraints to be weighted or exact based on designer experience
  • Set any constraint to auto mode where optimization is repeated for several iterations – the constraint is automatically weighted or set as exact prior to each optimization
Integrated Least Sensitive Designs (Global Synthesis)
  • Automatically plot Global Synthesis results with Performance vs. As-built
  • Run CODE V’s lightning-fast tolerancing (TOR) on every solution found and plotted during execution.
  • Save any of these solutions for further analysis while GS continues to find more solutions
  • Quickly find the best global solution and get your work done faster
Built-In Athermalization
  • Get an easy-to-use interface to setup and run Synopsys’ ENVPIK macro (a robust tool to automate modeling of lens seats in most machined housing mounting schemes)
  • Get step-by-step instructions for initiating automatic glass selection (Glass Expert)
Glass Expert with Multiple Glass Lists
  • Improve any design requiring chromatic or thermal corrections with proper glass choice
  • Save time by choosing glasses from multiple lists
  • Get results within hours instead of days/weeks as Glass Expert automates the process