Software for Multiple Lens Layouts

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Dodge Participant Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/06/2009 10:36 AM
	I have an application that requires the layout of multiple optical lens for the correct focal length to be used as collimator of a UV light beam. This is a one time application and we do not want to purchase a high price software package. Is there freeware software package available that will be do simple multiple lens layouts?
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moses Lake, WA, USA, Thulcandra - The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) Posts: 4216 Good Answers: 194	#1 Re: Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/06/2009 3:00 PM
	Hi Dodge, Might this help? http://www.edmundoptics.com/techsupport/koehler.cfm Mike __________________ "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
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Dodge Participant Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	#5 In reply to #1 Re: Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/07/2009 10:54 AM
	Edmund is the supplier of the lens. And thank you for the input to all. I will take a look at each of your sugggestions today and determine the best resouce. The max surfaces that i will have will be 4-6.
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RHABE Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Germany 49° 26' N, 7° 46' O Posts: 1950 Good Answers: 109	#2 Re: Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/07/2009 3:16 AM
	Hi, LINOS (former Rodenstock) has one. (www.linos.com) But it is somewhere on their website not to be found by ordinary search, so I asked them and got the download and some extra CDs. Takes some time to get used to it. Commercial programs will need weeks of training. RHABE
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johnfotl Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 734 Good Answers: 70	#3 Re: Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/07/2009 10:24 AM
	Oslo has free lens design software that will provide the answers you need, but it is I believe limited to a maximum of 10 surfaces. If you have more than 10 surfaces you might consider Beam 4 which is a low cost ray-trace program.
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Laughing Jaguar Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 927 Good Answers: 56	#4 Re: Software for Multiple Lens Layouts 04/07/2009 10:49 AM
	I agree with Johnfot: OSLO EDU is a free version of the professional software whose only limitation is the number of optical surfaces. The learning curve can be a little testing for some, but once mastered has distinct advantages over other software. Google "Lambda Research Corporation", the authors of the program L.J. __________________ "Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing." Eric Hoffer
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