Video tutorials for PreDesigner

Introduction

  • To assess & illustrate the key paraxial parameters for an imaging system
  • Select key conjugate, field & aperture parameters from comprehensive lists
  • See list of resultant values defining the system
  • See graphical display of paraxial layout
  • Slider based variation of chosen parameters with real time graph/table update
  • Simple to use
  • Suitable for students, teachers, sales engineers and optical designers
  • Useful for learning and teaching fundamentals of optical design
  • Helps to show consequences of customer requirements (including incompatibilities!)
  • Customise symbols to suit your preferences
  • German or English versions available
  • Toggle between lens & mirror mode
  • Depth of focus/field calculations
  • Interactive aperture-field plot. Expanded version shows typical lens systems for different regions.

Minimum PC configuration:  

  • Pentium 300 MHz /64 MB RAM (256MB - XP)/SVGA Monitor (800x600 Pixel or more)/WindowsTM 9x,ME,NT,2000,XP /Mouse /10 MB free disc space

Recommended PC configuration:

  • Pentium 600 MHz /256 MB RAM (512MB - XP)/SVGA Monitor (1024x768 Pixel or more)/WindowsTM 9x,ME,NT,2000,XP /Mouse /10 MB free disc space