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©2026 ANSYS, Inc. 3 What's New in 2026 R1 • Design for Manufacturing of Real Cameras - NEST – Nested Elements and System Tolerancing - New Optimization Operands - Requirements Editor (Feature Experiment) • NSC Imaging Design - NSC Stop Object - NSC Quick Focus - NSC Sequence Grouping - NSC Spot Diagram - New Binary File Format for NSC Sequence Selector • Multiphysics Workflows - Improved STAR ZST File Handling • Pervasive Insights - Granta Material Picker • Ansys Optics (Cross-Product Workflow) - Export Optical Design to Speos Enhancements - Unified Data Format for Lumerical DLLs - Improved LSWM Dynamic Link Performance • Productivity enhancements - Simplified Edition Selection - Messages Window - Ansys Engineering Copilot - MTF Analyses Performance Improvements - CODE V Converter Enhancements - Identify OpticStudio Sessions via ZOS-API • Polarization - Mueller Matrix Surface and Object - Jones Matrix Enhancements