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We have some more updates for you today! We corrected a decenter issue affecting aspheric surfaces. This improves the robustness of fabrication chain evaluation for more complex optical components. In addition, a bug related to material cost loading has been resolved. Material cost is now dependent on yield. This allows a more realistic estimation of fabrication cost, especially for challenging …
Today we have a quick update with just some minor changes: We corrected a bug where the facet costs were not correctly calculated when using the currency converter. Next we improved the way PanDao handles glass ceramics. And lastly, we added Corning ULE7972 and ULE7973 to our internal glass catalog. Thanks a lot again to our amazing customers for all …
Happy New Year. With the start of the year, we are pleased to release a new version of PanDao. Based on your feedback—particularly regarding prism fabrication—we have implemented several improvements and resolved a number of issues. We fixed a bug where the wedge level did not properly affect the facet grinding step. Additionally, an issue was corrected where entering a …
Its finally here! We have a big update for you. Today we released PanDao 1.3.0 which includes our first version of simulating prism fabrication! You are now able to simulate fabrication of three, four and five sided prisms with PanDao. With four sided prisms, you are also able to simulate the fabrication of wedge plates. For the first months, prism …
Many of you requested a currency conversion for PanDao. We finaly implemented it. First select the currency in which you want to have the inputs and outputs. This will also influence the currency symbol (€, $, etc.) Next select the conversion method. In custom mode you can enter the exchange rate from EUR to your selected currency yourself. In default …
Today we have another small update for you. First we updated our internal material database, mainly for Schott, Ohara and CDGM glasses and some fused silica glasses from Sumita. Secondly, we renamed the “disable PEA puffer” option to “Allow Pea puffer” to make it consistent with the other options. Next we added a new warning: “Please consider specifying at least …
Thanks to our community. With your help we could fix some bugs with this new PanDao update. In some very rare cases it was possible that fastest chain was slower than the cheapest chain. With a new formula for the fastest chain this is now resolved. PanDao will now generate a new warning if no midspatials are specified for aspheres …
Happy New Year from PanDao! We’re starting 2025 with a big thank-you to our amazing users. Your feedback has been invaluable in helping us identify and address some pesky bugs. This latest update focuses on bug fixes and a few key improvements to enhance clarity and usability: Improved Terminology:
Today we released version 1.2.25 of our tool. One of the main changes is the way we handle materials by supplier name. The material properties will now be displayed as a tooltip to have the user interface less crowded: If you want to change a property of a material, please first select it in the “By supplier name” mode and …
Today we added some new features to our tool: First, we added a new paid option. As with the fabrication time, it’s now possible to display the tooling cost for each individual fabrication step. After the option is unlocked on your account, just tick the “Display tooling cost” option in the options tap: After the result is calculated, the tooling …
