Geometry - Search for Lens in Catalogs

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Search for Lens in Catalogs

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Description

Navigation

Controls

Application Notes

•Search criteria and importance weighting

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Description

This feature allows users to search through available lens catalogs by providing a set of filter criteria with weighted importance.

Navigation

This feature can be accessed in the following ways:

•Right mouse click on the Geometry folder in the object tree and select "Search for Lens in Catalogs" from the list menu.

Controls

Control	Inputs / Description	Defaults
1. Specify Criteria	Identifies specific criteria and importance weighting that will be used to filter through the lens catalogs. Criteria include: •Focal Length •Diameter •Thickness •Radius 1, 2 •Material •Number of surfaces Search criteria can be added or deleted from the list by right mouse clicking and selecting the appropriate option. A minimum of one criteria is required.	Focal Length, no value, no importance
2. Specify Catalogs	Identifies which catalogs will be searched. At least one catalog must be selected.	None checked
3. Return the best	Specifies how many lenses will be displayed from the results.	1
4. Search	Performs the catalog search.
Results	Displays the sorted list of entries that best matched values for the supplied criteria. Limited to 100 results.	Empty

Cancel	Cancel further Search and close dialog box.
Help	Access this Help page.

Application Notes

Search criteria and importance weighting

There are seven criteria you can specify: Focal Length, Diameter, Thickness, Radius 1, Radius 2, Material, and Number of Surfaces. The value for Importance must be positive. The Value cell must be filled in, but certain values will produce invalid results. For example, entering a string for Focal Length will not produce the correct results.