OPTICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Optical Design Software
Q & A
Optical Design software provides an optical designer with a set of tools to evaluate and test the performance of an optical system or apparatus.
- Zemax
- 3DOptix
- Synopsys
- Lumerical
- Comsol
- Lambda Research Corporation
- Reduced trial and error process
- Save time and money in optical apparatus developments
- Increases productivity
- Higher Optical design quality
- Reuse and easily change existing Optical designs
- Simplified in Sharing designs
- Optical simulation solves real-world problems quickly, safely, and efficiently. The simulation provides an important method to analyze complex optical systems and save time and money when one moves to the implementation phase.
- Yes. 3DOptix has free online optical design software. One can access the tool at www.3doptix.com
- Yes. 3DOptix has free online cloud-based optical design software. One can access the tool at www.3doptix.com
- Go to www.3doptix.com, and Press the “Get Started” button on the website. Comlete the registration process and start your optical desgin.
- Build an optical setup
- Use off-the-shelf Optical elements or create customized ones
- Import any CAD file
- Use the 3DOptix off-the-shelf optomechanical directory or import any customized CAD part
- Run Geometrical/Ray tracing optics simulation
- Analyze the design with the 3DOptix analysis portal
- Print and Share the design
- An Amazing 2D sketch creation tool
- Compare Pricing
Comparison
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Free |
Online, Cloud-based, no need to install |
Ease of use |
Embedded Optomechanics Database |
Embedded Optics DataBase |
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|
3DOptix |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Zemax |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Lumerical |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Comsol |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Lambda Research Corporation |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Comparison
3DOptix
- Free: Yes
- Online, Cloud-based, no need to install: Yes
- Ease of use: Yes
- Embedded Optomechanics Database : Yes
- Embedded Optics DataBase : Yes
Zemax
- Free: No
- Online, Cloud-based, no need to install: No
- Ease of use: No
- Embedded Optomechanics Database : No
- Embedded Optics DataBase : Yes
Lumerical
- Free: No
- Online, Cloud-based, no need to install: No
- Ease of use: No
- Embedded Optomechanics Database : No
- Embedded Optics DataBase : No
Comsol
- Free: No
- Online, Cloud-based, no need to install: No
- Ease of use: No
- Embedded Optomechanics Database : No
- Embedded Optics DataBase : No
Lambda Research Corporation
- Free: No
- Online, Cloud-based, no need to install: No
- Ease of use: No
- Embedded Optomechanics Database : No
- Embedded Optics DataBase : No
