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surfaces parameters
mandatory parameters...
about
caution
tutorial
surf.
R
n
V
d
D
type
V paraxial
aperture
tilt-decenter
obj
1
spherical
thin lens
thin lens XY
conical
aspherical
toroidal
biconical
grating
none
circular aperture
circular obturation
rectangular aperture
rectangular obturation
no
full user defined
rel. to chief ray
dec. rel. to a chief ray - tilt rel. to surf.
2
spherical
thin lens
thin lens XY
conical
aspherical
toroidal
biconical
grating
none
circular aperture
circular obturation
rectangular aperture
rectangular obturation
no
full user defined
rel. to chief ray
rel. to a surf
dec. rel. to chief ray - tilt rel. to a surf.
obs
spherical
conical
aspherical
toroidal
biconical
no
full user defined
rel. to chief ray
rel. to a surf.
dec. rel. to a chief ray - tilt rel. to surf.
unit
mm
no
no
mm
mm
no
no
no
no
non spherical surfaces...
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caution
tutorial
surf.
fi
fiy
K
Ry
Ky
A2
A4
A6
A8
A10
A12
A14
A16
pitch
order
obj
1
2
obs
units
related to radii unit
links and obturations...
about
caution
tutorial
suf.
link
Dmax
Dmin
Xmax
Xmin
Ymax
Ymin
X dec
Y dec
obj
1
none
obj
2
none
1
obs
none
2
units
no
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
tilts and decenters...
about
caution
tutorial
surf.
ref. surf.
tetax
tetay
tetaz
decx
decy
Ptetax
Ptetay
Ptetaz
Pdecx
Pdecy
obj
aft.obj
1
aft. 1
2
aft. 2
obs
units
angles in degrees and translations in mm