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- Optimization using a ZPL Macro: the ZPLM operand
- How to write a ZPL macro: Computing Zonal Transverse Chromatic Aberration
- How to write a Grid Sag DAT file programmatically
- The differences between ZOS-API, ZPL and DLL
- OpticStudio narcissus analysis macro
- ZPL macro for scaling the weight of a range of optimization operands
- How to calculate the sag of a diffractive optical element with a macro
- How to use the ZRDPLAYBACK keyword to obtain filtered results
- How to set solves from ZPL
- How to open consecutively-named lens files using a ZPL macro
- How to update and change the settings of a graphic window from ZPL
- How to obtain the value for any optimization operand in a ZPL macro using OPEV and OPEW
- How to call a ZPL macro from within a ZPL macro
- Working with strings in ZPL Macros
- How to use the PLOT keyword in ZPL
- How to debug a ZPL macro
- How to create a user-defined solve using the Zemax Programming Language (ZPL)
- Introduction to Zemax Programming Language (ZPL)
