Qioptiq Lens Calculator

PreDesigner from Qioptiq Photonics is an elegant lens calculator with sliders & touch-editable ray diagram & thin lens nomogram. Visualise key optical parameters and their interactions. Precise calculations for specific design tasks. Your choice of key parameters & units. PreDesigner Lens Calculator features • select conjugate, field & aperture parameters to suit your specific task • adjust parameter values with editbox or slider, with automatic results/drawing update • calculate conjugate values: object & image distances, focal length, track, magnification • calculate field values: object & image heights / angles - field of view [fov] • calculate aperture values: stop radius, f number [f/#] and numerical aperture [na] • understand simple ray diagrams and the lens nomogram • understand basic geometric optics - see how these parameters change in real time with the sliders and interactive ray diagrams • your choice of units [metric and/or imperial] • do ‘back of envelope’ calculations at start of a specific lens design task • estimate space envelope • obtain depth of field [dof] data for a camera • social features: share data/screen captures. see Qioptiq tweets. In short, this is a simple, powerful, highly interactive ‘lens/mirror equation’ app How to use PreDesigner Lens Calculator Choose three distance and size parameters from a full range of options. Choose an aperture parameter. Enter the values for the four parameters and see: • table showing all the optical parameters values • ray diagram showing object, lens & image, cardinal points etc • nomogram [graph showing the relation between object, image distances and focal length] Tap a parameter name to see its linked slider. Long press the same name to see/edit the slider limits. Use the slider for quick, precise value changes with no typing. The ray diagram & nomogram are gesture enabled, so you can drag key features to edit focal length, object distance & size, image distance & size, aperture or principle plane distance. Graphics up-date as you drag - a true ‘lens equation’ visualiser! Lens / mirror mode. Lists of standard f/#'s & sensor dims. Advanced options include • principal plane separation • different refractive index in object & image space • choice of ray diagram styles Who PreDesigner Lens Calculator is for This is a scientific app, of use to people in education, industry and leisure: • lens designers – especially for the first stage of design tasks • optical engineers, laser engineers • university and industrial researchers • university lecturers giving geometric optics courses at degree or higher • university students taking Engineering or Science Majors • high school teachers and physics students: A Level, International Baccalaureate, Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife or Matura), AP Physics, Physics SAT etc • astronomers, photographers & camera enthusiasts In fact, anyone with an interest in optics! About Qioptiq Photonics Qioptiq Photonics is an Excelitas Technologies company and a world leader in the design and manufacturer of photonic products and solutions. For more information, visit http://www.qioptiq.com Qioptiq Photonics - lens design software Qioptiq Photonics has a large experienced optical design group in the R&D division. They have been developing lens design software for PCs for over 20 years, for use in house and by customers worldwide. Qioptiq’s lens design programs include WinLens3D [free version available], GlassManager, Tolerancer & PreDesigner Find out more at http://www.winlens.de Qioptiq Photonics - machine vision lens software Qioptiq is a world leader in the design and manufacture of machine vision optics. MachVis is their free lens selector. This PC app will help you find the right Qioptiq lens & accessories for your machine vision task. Find out more at http://www.qioptiq.com/request-machvis-software.html