Case Studies

"Using a ZBD file to manage design changes between our optical and mechanical engineers makes our prototype analysis 20 to 30 times faster and eliminates the possibility of redesign errors." Nencho Uzunov, Optical Engineer OPTIX JSC Built-in optimization features help reduce errors and boost productivity Evaluating and selecting OpticsBuilder as the key to improving workflows OPTIX JSC has been a Zemax customer since the early days of its business in 2000. In 2014, it adopted OpticStudio as its end-to- end optical systems design solution of record, integrating it with their CAD platform implementation used for mechanical design. In 2018, the company invested in Zemax OpticsBuilder to fully integrate with their CAD Platform across the OPTIX JSC design-build environment. The implementation team chose OpticsBuilder by evaluating its capacity to improve the company's workflow efficiencies, and easily provided cost justification to executive management based on projected savings in time and expense. The Zemax customer success team worked alongside the OPTIX JSC team to provide full methodological and technical support for the solution design, configuration, and roll-out. "For now, we are using OpticsBuilder in a research capacity for prototyping and analyzing simple optical circuits," said Nencho Uzunov, Optical Engineer at OPTIX JSC. "I've observed the product to be very useful and effective. We look forward to expanding its use in our organization." 2 | C U S T O M E R S U C C E S S S T O R Y OPTIX JSC Across the optics manufacturing industry, pressure is mounting to shorten development cycles without sacrificing quality. Much of this effort comes down to removing barriers to collaboration among engineers, designers, and CAD users. Competitive pressure in a rapidly expanding marketplace forces companies to reexamine their production methods and find ways to improve collaboration that decreases time-to-build while maintaining or improving product quality. Recently OPTIX JSC found itself in just this position. Founded in 1998 in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, the company designs, builds, and distributes optical assemblies and integrated optical solutions for various markets. Its current lens offerings for observational daylight cameras are based on a 50+-year-old optical design US patent that applies to products like the 1/2.8-inch chip in the Sony IMX290/291 LQR square pixel array color-complementary metal-oxide- semiconductor image sensor. Optical designers and optomechanical engineers at OPTIX JSC combined their skills to create excellent results, but their process of working together needed improvement. To stay competitive and keep pace with the industry trends toward shorter production cycles, the company looked for ways to invest in technology that would help them safely and intuitively streamline their design and development workflows.

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