OpticStudio Reviews & Product Details

The speed of calculation.

The possibility of programming.

The large amount of modifiers.

The slenderness of the SW.

The continuous updates.

Accessibility to online help.

The user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The absence of adequate rendering. It is very complex to simulate an ambient light system if not using third party software.

The detectors are limited, by setting an object as a detector, the display scale cannot be adapted to the desired values. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use user interface with a variety of options to build optical systems and simulate with user parameters, optimise the design. One can design any possible optical system using optic studio (formerly Zemax software). Tolerance analysis is useful for the real manufacturers of the optical assembly designed using the optic studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the main dislike being a student is the optic studio is not free for all academic students. only very few universities have access to Zemax optic studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Accurate and, in some cases, very fast software for optical design. You can easily use it to optimize a design with any types of optical surfaces. Quick exports to CAD formats. Easy to update the glass catalogs. Non-Sequential mode for scatter light and ghosting analysis. Polarization calculation is average. Many modes of optimization suited for any needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Automation is very hard to achieve, either through Python or the dedicated Zemax language (called ZPL). It is so hard that even though I'm one of the 10 people in my University that use OpticStudio, I'm the only one who codes on it. Extensive knowledge base is available only to the elite few who have purchased support or have bought a latest license, which costs an insane amount of money for a small institute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.