Overview

Start with how OptiVertex organizes optical design work across four public surfaces: product, engineering services, academy, and documentation.

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Overview
  2. Workspace
  3. System Modeling
  4. Analysis Areas
  5. OptiAI
  6. Review Workflow

Useful Background

  • Basic lens design vocabulary
  • Familiarity with fields, wavelengths, and optical surfaces
  • A product or engineering review goal

Design Session Flow

A typical session moves from context to model, then to analysis, comparison, and reporting.

Define system inputs and assumptions
Inspect optical layout and image-quality views
Use Engineering Services when a project needs design, prototype, or custom workflow support
Ask OptiAI to summarize diagnostic evidence and next checks
Compare candidate designs against the goal
Prepare a concise engineering review package

Engineering Habits

  • Keep assumptions visible
  • Record the reason behind each comparison
  • Treat AI suggestions as evidence-driven review drafts
  • Choose report views that directly support the decision
  • Use consistent names for surfaces, fields, and candidates

Next Step

Continue with the workspace guide to see how the product organizes a design session.