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General overview
This interface avoids entering the surfaces parameters of an optical system one by one for analysis or optimization as it is the case in the current interface. It avoids also to enter the other parameters like aperture, fields and wavelengths in different pages.
Instead, it allows to quickly set up a system made of optical components from the catalogs in a single page.
Important
Note that the entered system can be used for simulation only if the load button has been clicked.
Note also that the load button is active only if the system is ready to be loaded, which means that each component is labelled “READY TO LOAD”.
Entering a system with the Quick entry interface requests first to define the general parameteres such as the distance from the object surface to the first component, the wavelengths and the fields. Then, each component (lens, mirror, prism or grating) can be defined one by one with parameteres depending on its type.
Once a component is selected, the distance to the next one if any (or otherwise the distance to the observation surface) must be specified. A new component can be added to the last one until the limit number of surfaces is not exceeded.
It is possible to flip components, tilt mirrors, gratings and mirrors and add a diaphragm after a component if necessary.
Specific details are provided in the tooltips relevant to each input button, cell or table