By Breault Research Organization
The Introductory Course instructs ASAP users on approaches to solving pre-defined imaging and illumination problems. Designed to acquaint the new user with the full list of ASAP features leading to a basic competency. The course is a balance of hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and lecture. OVERVIEW By guiding students through straightforward examples of both imaging and non-imaging systems, attendees learn both fundamental ASAP capabilities and methods and procedures for solving the most common types of optical problems. Near the end of instruction, several advanced simulation and analysis concepts — such as ray splitting and ray scattering — are introduced. COURSE OUTLINE - ASAP menus and dialog boxes, including the Builder, Workflow Manager, Scripting Language, and integrated translators – including: ASAP/IGES, ASAP/OSLO, ASAP/ZEMAX - Optical system modeling, including: optical properties, system geometry, and object database construction - Source modeling, including: physical, spatial and angular definitions of incoherent point and extended sources, as well as coherent point sources - Numerical and graphical verification of system and source models - Ray tracing and analysis - Several advanced simulation and analysis concepts, such as: object bounding, ray splitting, and ray scattering Familiarity with geometric and optical concepts is helpful for attendees but is not required. This three-day course is currently taught online with instructor Dr. Jon Herlocker.
