Optical file conversion

A. Della Patria

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Sep 9, 2004, 10:01:40 AM9/9/04

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Hello everybody!

I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or viceversa),
but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient, fast way to
translate them?
May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
Thanks in advance

ADP
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Richard F.L.R. Snashall

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Sep 9, 2004, 9:19:46 AM9/9/04

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A. Della Patria wrote:

> Hello everybody!
>
> I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or viceversa),
> but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient, fast way to
> translate them?
> May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
> Thanks in advance

Did you try File-->Import-->ZEMAX?

>
> ADP

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A. Della Patria

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Sep 9, 2004, 10:32:56 AM9/9/04

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Richard F.L.R. Snashall wrote:
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> A. Della Patria wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or viceversa),
>> but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient, fast way to
>> translate them?
>> May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
>> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Did you try File-->Import-->ZEMAX?
>
>>
>> ADP
>
>
>

yes, I did! But it doesn't work well, it always displays message errors
(OSLO). What about Zemax importing from Oslo?
Regards

Richard F.L.R. Snashall

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Sep 9, 2004, 10:03:33 AM9/9/04

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A. Della Patria wrote:

> Richard F.L.R. Snashall wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> A. Della Patria wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody!
>>>
>>> I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or
>>> viceversa), but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient,
>>> fast way to translate them?
>>> May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
>>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you try File-->Import-->ZEMAX?
>>
>>>
>>> ADP
>>
>>
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> yes, I did! But it doesn't work well, it always displays message
> errors (OSLO). What about Zemax importing from Oslo?

I've pretty much learned to ignore those "unknown command" messages, as
implemented or unrelated,
but then I mostly deal with the stuff that SE has, so my models may not
be that stressful to the import
mechanism.

The only method I have to go the other way is the two finger method.

>
> Regards

James R (Jim) Lynch III

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Sep 9, 2004, 12:40:25 PM9/9/04

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Try WinLens 4.3 (free) at:

http://www.winlens.de/en/wl43_features.html

The very last line on the page is: "Import/Export files in Code V, Sigma,
Oslo or Zemax format"

Somewhere on this web site is a matrix of the commands it will or won't
handle in the different lens file formats.

James R (Jim) Lynch III

Huygens

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Sep 9, 2004, 2:45:41 PM9/9/04

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"A. Della Patria" <andrea.de...@libero.it> wrote in message news:<chpnr6$40g$1...@fata.cs.interbusiness.it>...

> Hello everybody!
>
> I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or viceversa),
> but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient, fast way to
> translate them?
> May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
> Thanks in advance
>
> ADP

WinLens 4.3 [free from www.winlens.de] will import & export Olso &
Zemax files... within the limits of the type of systems that WinLens
handles - so if you are ok with basically centered systems then use
WinLens. The import dialog shows which lines are ignored, and also
wether glasses in the file are in the WinLens database etc.

If your system is non centered or otherwise rather exotic, then you
would do better with OpTaliX [www.optenso.de], a powerfull lens design
program, for which there is also a free version [thirty day limit].
This will export/import to quite a range of formats.

hope this helps.

Jan

Geoff

West Coast Engineering

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Sep 10, 2004, 10:32:02 AM9/10/04

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"A. Della Patria" <andrea.de...@libero.it> wrote:

>Hello everybody!
>
>I need to export Zemax-EE files to Oslo Premium 6.2.4 (or viceversa),
>but I don't know how! If not, is there any convenient, fast way to
>translate them?
>May anybody here please help me? Any hints accepted!
>Thanks in advance
>
>ADP

Ask the OSLO folks if they have a translator or a translator macro.
Lacking that, get a ZEMAX manual and your OSLO manual and write one.

Ditto for OSLO to ZEMAX

ORA provides a ZEMAX to CODE-V translator, for example, which works
quite well.

Jim Klein

Alex

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Sep 13, 2004, 2:34:11 AM9/13/04

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The main problem which arise while translating from Zemax to other optical
design programs is the number of Zemax upgrades per year.
Typically Zemax has 6-10 upgrades per year while Oslo or Code-V have 1-2
upgrades.
So, translating engines could not be up-to-date.
But if your system is not very complicated when using Optalix translator is
preferable.

Alex