Performance

The Performance Test tool is available in the Diagnostics section of the Setup tab. Performance test runs a check on the number of ray-surfaces per second and the number of system updates per second for the currently loaded lens file.

The ray surfaces per second performance number is measured by tracing a large number of random skew rays through the current optical system, and then dividing the number of rays times the number of surfaces traced through by the elapsed time in seconds.

The system updates per second is calculated by performing many system updates and then dividing the number of system updates performed by the elapsed time in seconds. System updating includes recomputing the pupil positions, field data (such as ray aiming coordinates), lens apertures, index of refraction, solves, and other fundamental checks on the lens that must be performed prior to any ray tracing.

The speed will vary tremendously depending upon the system processor, clock speed, and lens complexity.

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