Zemax OpticStudio 2025 R1.03

Comprehensive Optical Design Software

Get everything you need to simulate, optimize, and tolerance your optical designs. Design complex optical systems for a wide range of applications with advanced features, including structural and thermal analysis. 

Achieve on-time, on-budget optical design cycles

Discover new ways to turn innovative ideas into products that shape the world. OpticStudio is the standard for optical, illumination, and laser system design in leading companies throughout the optics industry and at universities around the world.

Industry-leading optical system design

Intuitive, easy-to-use UI

Dynamic CAD integrations (Premium)

STAR-enabled STOP analysis (Enterprise)

Robust, powerful ray tracing

Documentation and Reporting

Support and Training

Advanced Optimization Algorithms

The latest Ansys Zemax OpticStudio release empowers optical system designers  to create exceptional, cost-effective optical designs through multiphysics workflows, design for manufacturing, and pervasive Insights for informed decision-making across the product lifecycle.

Unified Multiphysics - Stress Birefringence in STAR

Ansys Zemax OpticStudio’s STAR Stress Birefringence tool evaluates mechanical stress effects on optical materials, offering stress dataset imports, off-axis field support, and detailed visualization. It optimizes designs, enhances manufacturing reliability, and ensures performance in industries like automotive, aerospace, defense, and consumer electronics under diverse conditions.

Enhanced Straylight Analysis

Design for Manufacture - Mechanical Pivot Points

The Mechanical Pivot Point (MPVT) operand simplifies tolerance simulations by defining and visualizing mechanical pivot points in optical systems. This feature addresses the time-consuming and error-prone manual steps to set up optomechanical tolerance simulations. Key capabilities include one-click Monte Carlo file generation and visualization tools.

Pervasive Insights - Dark Theme

This new dark theme reflects Ansys Zemax OpticStudio’s focus on user-centric design, providing improved comfort, enhanced productivity, and versatile usability. Offering an interface for individual preferences and working environments with a dark color palette optimized for low-light conditions, reducing eye strain and conserving battery life on portable devices.