Optical Workbench.

[jruiz]

I was wondering if it would be very hard to implement a couple of tools for converting:

1. Some objects (points, line segments, arcs of curves, pieces of planes or any other surfaces) into sources of light,
2. Surfaces into mirrors ( and
3. Three dimensional objects into refracting "prisms.", )

As I am imaging the tools, some parameters would control:

1. (Just for practical purposes,) The length of the (emited, reflected and eventually refracred ) rays.
2. The reflectance of the mirrors
3. The refraction index of "prisms"

[Jee-Bee]

I don't think it is easy since there are specialised software tools for that...
see for pricing here: https://www.zemax.com/pricing/opticstud ... al-license

On the other hand how cool would it be to have this in FC

[Kunda1]

Related: Optics in FreeCAD thread

[jruiz]

I don't think it is easy since there are specialised software tools for that...
see for pricing here: https://www.zemax.com/pricing/opticstud ... al-license

On the other hand how cool would it be to have this in FC

I was thinking that developing the "optical workbech" I mentioned was almost straightforward, because FreeCAD already "knows" how to calculate the involved operation for getting reflection of rays on surfaces. Just the Snell law has to be programmed.

[Jee-Bee]

I'm hired to another company at this moment. That company does a lot with optica.
I can tell you it is a bit more than that

Most used term i hear around me is aberration(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_aberration)

see: here for series of books they use here...: https://photonics.intec.ugent.be/educat ... _handbook/ (for if link break at some point "handbook of optics")

[jruiz]

I'm hired to another company at this moment. That company does a lot with optica.
I can tell you it is a bit more than that

Most used term i hear around me is aberration(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_aberration)

see: here for series of books they use here...: https://photonics.intec.ugent.be/educat ... _handbook/ (for if link break at some point "handbook of optics")

Thanks for the links. (Btw, I am a Physics Doctor and I had seen some of this information )
My point is that for simple modeled math surfaces (of mirrors and lenses), the path of each ray can be obtained easily with Freecad (or at least it is what I think).
(As workbench matures the approximations could be improved)

[Jee-Bee]

Btw, I am a Physics Doctor and I had seen some of this information

Cool i didn't know that... Good to have some doctors around to do some fancy stuff

[Kunda1]

Btw, I am a Physics Doctor and I had seen some of this information

Cool i didn't know that... Good to have some doctors around to do some fancy stuff

Agreed!