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Components
The following interface enables to define the optical system itself by allowing to select its components (lenses, mirrors, gratings and prisms), specify their position and their possible orientation (for the mirrors, gratings and prisms only) in input tables inside the related component block and displayed as the progress of the entry.
Only the input tables enabling to start the entering of the first component are displayed by default in the relevant block.
It is possible to add a component by clicking on the add component button located after the input block of the last component. Input tables enabling to start the entering of the new component are then displayed by default.
Note that a system can be loaded (load button at the top right of the page) only if all the entered components are in the “READY TO LOAD” status.
Note also that once a system is loaded, the software automatically positions components according to the inputs in order to allow the chief ray transmission through the entire system. This outstanding features avoids wasting time. In certain case where the input parameters prevent the chief to be transmitted some of them can be modified. In any case, they can be changed in the standard interface once the system after loading.