Guides
Photizon Guides
One real part, worked from the spec sheet to the result you hand over, with every number computed in the tool — including the runs that went the wrong way.
Looking for the concept rather than the job? The Academy tutorials explain the physics, and the Docs are the per-tool operating reference.
A real 425 to 675 nm anti-reflection coating for a machine-vision window, from the spec sheet to the vendor RFQ. Nine steps and the RFQ, every number computed in the simulator, including the designs that failed.
Modernizing an 1896 patent triplet into a 100 mm f/4.5 camera lens: the merit function, the optimizer, the failures, and a build yield you can hold a shop to. Ten steps, every number computed in Ray-Optics Designer, including the ones we had to throw away.
A three-element camera lens with a bright source just outside the frame. Rank the reflections still landing on the sensor, then add the housing and coat the glass, and measure what each of the two was worth. Nine steps in the Illumination Analyzer, every number from our own runs.
What is in every guide
- A real part with a real spec: wavelengths, angles, and the materials it is made of.
- Every number computed in the tool, on the same engine you would run yourself.
- The runs that went the wrong way, and what they ruled out.
- Something at the end you can hand to someone else.
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