Non-sequential Geometry Objects
OpticStudio NSC object types include ellipses, triangles, rectangles, spheres, cylinders, and other basic shapes. Complex objects such as arbitrary prisms, aspheric lenses, torics, toruses, and other optical components are also available. The reflective, refractive, and absorptive properties of these objects are determined by the material assigned to the objects.
For details on reflective, refractive, and absorptive properties, see the sections called "Using Material Catalogs" and "Polarization (system explorer)".
Each NSC object type is described in the following summary table, and in greater detail in the following sections. Note these basic objects may be combined to form more complex objects. See the "Object Placement" section of the "Non-sequential Overview" for information on placing objects inside or adjacent to one another.
For information on sources and detectors, please see the sections "Non-sequential Sources" and "Non-sequential Detectors".
If an object type is required that is not listed, please email technical support to suggest the new object type be added to OpticStudio.
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- Summary of NSC Objects
- Annular Aspheric Lens
- Annular Axial Lens
- Annular Volume
- Annulus
- Array (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Array Ring
- Aspheric Surface
- Aspheric Surface 2
- Axicon Surface
- Biconic Lens
- Biconic Zernike Lens
- Biconic Surface
- Making a Hyperhemispheric Surface
- Biconic Zernike Surface
- Binary 1 (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Binary 2 (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Binary 2A
- Boolean CAD
- Boolean Native
- CAD Assembly: Autodesk Inventor, Creo Parametric
- CAD Part: AutoDesk Inventor, Creo Parametric
- CAD Part: STEP/IGES/SAT
- CAD Part: STL
- CAD Part: OpticStudio Part Designer
- Compound Lens
- Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
- CPC Rectangular
- Cone
- Cylinder Pipe
- Cylinder Volume
- Cylinder 2 Pipe
- Cylinder 2 Volume
- Diffraction Grating (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Dual BEF Surface
- Ellipse
- Elliptical Volume
- Even Asphere Lens
- Extended Odd Asphere Lens
- Extended Polynomial Lens
- Extended Polynomial Surface
- Extruded
- Faceted Surface
- Freeform Z
- Fresnel 1
- Fresnel 2
- Grid Sag Lens
- Grid Sag Lens 2
- Grid Sag Surface
- Hexagonal Lenslet Array
- Hologram Lens
- Hologram Surface
- Jones Matrix (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Lenslet Array 1
- Lenslet Array 2
- Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS)
- Null Object
- Odd Asphere Lens
- Off-axis Mirror
- Paraxial Lens
- Polygon Object
- Q-Type Asphere Surface (non-sequential geometry object)
- Ray Rotator
- Rectangular Corner
- Rectangle
- Rectangular Pipe
- Rectangular Pipe Grating
- Rectangular Roof
- Rectangular Torus Surface
- Rectangular Torus Volume
- Rectangular Volume
- Rectangular Volume Grating
- Slide (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Sphere (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Standard Lens
- Standard Surface
- Swept Object
- Tabulated Faceted Radial
- Tabulated Faceted Toroid
- Tabulated Fresnel Radial
- Toroidal Hologram (non-sequential geometry objects)
- Toroidal Lens
- Toroidal Surface
- Toroidal Surface Odd Asphere
- Torus Surface
- Torus Volume
- Triangular Corner
- Triangle
- User Defined Object
- Wolter Surface
- Zernike Surface