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Comet

Collaborative software for optomechanical tolerance analysis, fully compatible with OpticStudio, enabling realistic optical modelling.

 

✅ More reliable optical performance predictions thanks to realistic modelling.

✅ Simulate assembly scenarios in just minutes.

✅ Better control over risks and costs for improved efficiency.

✅ An ideal tool to ensure seamless communication between optical and optomechanical specialists.

Description

Realistically modeling optomechanical tolerances is a lengthy and complex process that requires a deep understanding of lens-to-mount interactions — not to mention the numerous calculations involved. COMET simplifies this critical step.

COMET directly connects your optical model to optomechanical tolerance analysis, while ensuring seamless communication between designers and engineers. With its collaborative and intuitive interface, every step of the analysis becomes faster, more accurate, and better structured.

  • Fast Analysis

Perform complex tolerance analyses early in the design process, easily and cost-effectively.

  • Integrated Model

Access an intuitive, guided interface.

  • International Standards Compliance

Learn and apply relevant optomechanical manufacturing standards, such as ISO 10110-6 and ASME Y14.5.

  • Realistic Alignment

Avoid discrepancies between optical simulations and actual centration measurements.

  • Optimized Assembly

Simulate a realistic optomechanical assembly to minimize the risk of failure due to underdesign and avoid unnecessary costs from overdesign.

  • Seamless Communication

Standardize communication between optical and mechanical designers to reduce errors.

  • Early-Stage Applicability

This tool enables the simulation of various assembly methods early in the design process—even before mechanical modeling of the optical system begins.

Plans and pricing

With COMET, close the gap between design and reality 

Choose the COMET plan that fits your needs — whether you're an individual optical designer or part of a large engineering team.

Are you a professor or university student? Contact us for our academic pricing.

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What’s included in all plans

  • Full access to all COMET features
  • Integration with OpticStudio files
  • Guided interface for tolerance modeling
  • Support for ISO 10110-6 and ASME Y14.5 standards
  • Export to updated OpticStudio files
  • Save and reload configurations

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Main specifications

  • Automated Modifications Automatically performs and applies all necessary modifications to the OpticStudio file for realistic tolerance analysis, taking into account surface shapes, lens geometries, mounting types, and centering methods.
  • OpticStudio File Reading Reads the entire optical design prescription from an OpticStudio file, including certain system parameters, via the Lens Data Editor and the Tolerance Data Editor.
  • Perturbation Calculations Computes all required perturbations such as: surface tilt, surface decenter, element tilt, element decenter, element thickness error, and axial position error. Does not include surface form errors or material (glass) errors. Designed for refractive systems.
  • Perturbation Grouping Allows definition of grouped perturbations (tilts, decenters, axial shifts) as needed by the system. A group may represent a single lens (e.g., in a mount) or include multiple lenses.
  • Export to OpticStudio Exports results to a new OpticStudio file, including an updated Tolerance Data Editor, and if necessary, an updated Lens Data Editor.
  • Configuration Saving Saves optomechanical configurations in a format that can be reloaded later in COMET.

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