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This article is also available in Japanese.

Thank you for trying out the demonstration version of the Zemax Optical Design Program! 

If you have not already installed the Zemax demo, please download the installer now from the downloads page.  The demo is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions, as is the full Zemax release. Once you have downloaded the demo installer, double-click on it to launch the Zemax demo installation wizard.

The Zemax demo will introduce you to the user interface, and the analysis features of the program. The demo comes with many sample lens files which you can open and investigate. Once each lens file is opened, you can perform diagnostics such as ray fan plots, spot diagrams, layouts, MTF plots non-seqeuntial ray-tracing, and physical optics propagation. You can also perform detail radiometric analysis using non-sequential ray tracing.

Zemax integrates features required to conceptualize, design, optimize, analyze, tolerance, and document virtually any optical system. Zemax offers power, speed, flexibility, ease of use, and value in one comprehensive program. Two editions of Zemax are available to support your optical modeling needs: Zemax-SE and Zemax-EE. The demo is of Zemax-EE, the Engineering Edition. 

Please see the Products section on the Zemax website for a list of the features in each edition. If you have a special requirement, or need a feature that is not listed, please contact Zemax Development Corporation or your local distributor. Complete distributor information is available on the Zemax website.

Limitations of the demonstration version: For obvious reasons, the Zemax demo cannot do everything that the full, licensed version of Zemax can. You cannot modify most of the lens data in the demo. The Zemax demo does not support saving lens files, printing, and other optimization features supported in the actual program.

Explore Sequential Mode
Explore Physical Optics
Explore Non-Sequential Mode