I’ve only used Zemax before, but unfortunately have no license at the moment. Is there anyone out there with a positive experience learning/using an open source tool?

Best open software for optical system design

Edalat August 30, 2019, 6:18am 8

WinLens3D also works well for my job. it has a free version of WinLens3D Basic

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