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XY Toroidal Asphere

 

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Description


Creates an X or Y toroidal aspheric surface by specification of the asphere direction, base radius of curvature in X and Y, conic constant, and even or odd aspheric coefficients in X or Y.

 

The following table describes the mathematical form of a surface which is aspheric in the Y-direction.

 

Surface Sag

Relations

 

Functional Form

X-derivative

Y-derivative

 

Z-derivative

 

The following table describes the mathematical form of a surface which is aspheric in the X-direction.

 

Surface Sag

Relations

 

Functional Form

X-derivative

 

Y-derivative

Z-derivative

 

 

Navigation


This feature can be accessed by selecting XY Toroidal Asphere (X or Y toroid with even/odd aspheric terms) as the surface type on the Surface tab of a surface dialog box.

 

 

Controls


Control

Inputs / Description

Defaults

Logical Parent

Name of Parent entity.

Custom Element Name

Name

Name of surface supplied by user.

Surf n

Description

Description of the surface.

 

Traceable

Surface can be raytraced.

Checked

Use for trimming only

Never raytrace. Surface used for trimming only.

Unchecked

Type

Surface type.   Select XY Toroidal Asphere.

Plane

Surface Settings

Toroid Type

Choose an X- or Y-toroid.

Y toroid

X,Y Rad

X & Y radii of curvature.

0

X,Y Conic

X or Y Conic constants.

0

Ai coefficients

Aspheric term coefficients.

0

 

OK

Accept settings and close dialog box.

 

Cancel

Discard settings and close dialog box.

 

Apply

Accept settings and keep dialog box open.

 

Help

Access this Help page.

 

 

 

Application Notes


Functional form

The function form of the XY Toroidal asphere is given by

                      

 

 

 

Surface deformation

The XY Toroidal asphere is a sagable surface.

 

 

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