Tools, DLLs, and Custom Extensions for
Zemax and CODE V

Who We Are

Smarter Tools for Optical Engineers
YKP Optics develops intelligent software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V, helping optical engineers improve workflow efficiency, automate analysis, and boost design performance.

Based in the United States, we support optical engineers and companies worldwide who prioritize precision, innovation, and efficiency.

Our Focus
We specialize in developing custom and standard software extensions, DLLs, and macros for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V — two of the most powerful tools in the field. Our solutions are crafted to enhance performance, streamline workflows, and unlock new possibilities for optical design professionals.

What We Offer

Our software extensions address critical challenges faced by optical engineers, delivering solutions that: 


- Enable Advanced Analysis: Provide deeper, automated insights into complex optical systems, surpassing the capabilities of built-in software features.


- Automate Workflows: Eliminate repetitive tasks to save time and improve overall efficiency.


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Who We Are

Smarter Tools for Optical Engineers
YKP Optics develops intelligent software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V, helping optical engineers improve workflow efficiency, automate analysis, and boost design performance.

With teams in Germany and the United States, we serve customers worldwide who demand precision and innovation.

Our Focus

We specialize in developing custom and standard software extensions, DLLs, and macros for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V — two of the most powerful tools in the field. Our solutions are crafted to enhance performance, streamline workflows, and unlock new possibilities for optical design professionals.


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AI-BOLD: AI-Based Optimization in Lens Design

At YKP Optics, we’re building AI-Based Optimization in Lens Design (AI-BOLD), a next-generation optical design engine that works across tools like Zemax and CODE V.

No iterations. Simply input your specs, and the AI-based engine delivers the best possible optical design.

This approach cuts down weeks of manual iteration, freeing lens designers to focus on innovation instead of trial-and-error. We are starting with Zemax and CODE V, but our roadmap expands to all major optical tools, paving the way for the first truly cross-platform lens design engine.

We are currently seeking strategic partners and financial supporters to accelerate development. By joining us today, you can directly shape the future of optical engineering.

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At YKP Optics, we’re building AI-Based Optimization in Lens Design (AI-BOLD), a next-generation optical design engine that works across tools like Zemax and CODE V.

No iterations. Simply input your specs, and the AI-based engine delivers the best possible optical design.

This approach cuts down weeks of manual iteration, freeing lens designers to focus on innovation instead of trial-and-error. We are starting with Zemax and CODE V, but our roadmap expands to all major optical tools, paving the way for the first truly cross-platform lens design engine.

We are currently seeking strategic partners and financial supporters to accelerate development. By joining us today, you can directly shape the future of optical engineering.

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Meet Us at Laser World of Photonics 2025!

Are you attending Laser World of Photonics 2025 in Munich? We’d be glad to meet you there!


Schedule a time with us to talk about your optical design challenges and discover how our tools and custom software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V can support and streamline your workflow.

Let’s connect and explore how we can collaborate. We’re looking forward to seeing you at the event!


Book your meeting here.

Are you attending Laser World of Photonics 2025 in Munich? We’d be glad to meet you there!


Schedule a time with us to talk about your optical design challenges and discover how our tools and custom software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V can support and streamline your workflow.

Let’s connect and explore how we can collaborate. We’re looking forward to seeing you at the event!


Book your meeting here.

Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Advanced Coma Analysis

Efficiently evaluate coma behavior across complete optical systems


Understanding coma aberrations across all system configurations, wavelengths, and field points is critical for ensuring optimal imaging performance. Advanced Coma Analysis streamlines this evaluation by systematically calculating coma values - delivering detailed insights for both design verification and system optimization.


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Efficiently evaluate coma behavior across complete optical systems

Understanding coma aberrations across all system configurations, wavelengths, and field points is critical for ensuring optimal imaging performance. Advanced Coma Analysis streamlines this evaluation by systematically calculating coma values - delivering detailed insights for both design verification and system optimization.

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Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Advanced Astigmatism Analysis

Detailed astigmatism evaluation across the complete optical system


Precise astigmatism characterization is critical for understanding image quality and system performance. Advanced Astigmatism Analysis enables a detailed evaluation of astigmatism behavior across the full optical system, systematically analyzing each configuration, wavelength, and field point.


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Detailed astigmatism evaluation across the complete optical system

Precise astigmatism characterization is critical for understanding image quality and system performance. Advanced Astigmatism Analysis enables a detailed evaluation of astigmatism behavior across the full optical system, systematically analyzing each configuration, wavelength, and field point.

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Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Advanced Distortion Analysis

In-depth distortion evaluation for optical design


This tool offers fine-grained control over field and pupil sampling, enabling high-resolution distortion analysis. It supports analysis across all configurations and wavelengths, and visualizes distortion behavior with detailed plots. Results are also exported in structured .txt and Excel files for further evaluation.


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In-depth distortion evaluation for optical design

This tool offers fine-grained control over field and pupil sampling, enabling high-resolution distortion analysis. It supports analysis across all configurations and wavelengths, and visualizes distortion behavior with detailed plots. Results are also exported in structured .txt and Excel files for further evaluation.

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Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Multi-File Optical Analysis - MTF

Automated MTF Analysis Across Multiple Files


Multi-File Optical Analysis – MTF streamlines the evaluation of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) by processing multiple optical design files simultaneously. This tool automates the extraction of MTF values, providing a comprehensive overview of system performance across different designs or configurations.


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Automated MTF Analysis Across Multiple Files

Multi-File Optical Analysis – MTF streamlines the evaluation of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) by processing multiple optical design files simultaneously. This tool automates the extraction of MTF values, providing a comprehensive overview of system performance across different designs or configurations.

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Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Multi-File Optical Analysis - Distortion

Efficiently analyze distortion across multiple Zemax OpticStudio files


Understanding distortion behavior across multiple optical designs is essential for performance evaluation and optimization. Multi-File Optical Analysis – Distortion streamlines this process by extracting distortion data from multiple Zemax OpticStudio files (.zmx and .zos), displaying the results graphically, and saving them for further analysis.


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Efficiently analyze distortion across multiple Zemax OpticStudio files

Understanding distortion behavior across multiple optical designs is essential for performance evaluation and optimization. Multi-File Optical Analysis – Distortion streamlines this process by extracting distortion data from multiple Zemax OpticStudio files (.zmx and .zos), displaying the results graphically, and saving them for further analysis.


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New Online Courses: Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio

We are excited to introduce a series of online courses designed to help optical design engineers and optical engineers develop custom extensions for Zemax OpticStudio. Whether you prefer MATLAB, Python, or C#, our beginner-friendly courses will guide you through the process of automating tasks, streamlining workflows, and enhancing your optical design capabilities.

To accommodate different time zones, each course is available for North America and Europe.

Explore Our Courses:

- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with MATLAB


North America: April 1–2, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
Europe: April 8–9, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)


- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with Python

North America: April 29–30, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
Europe: May 6–7, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)


- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with C#


North America: May 13–14, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
Europe: May 20–21, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)

We are excited to introduce a series of online courses designed to help optical design engineers and optical engineers develop custom extensions for Zemax OpticStudio. Whether you prefer MATLAB, Python, or C#, our beginner-friendly courses will guide you through the process of automating tasks, streamlining workflows, and enhancing your optical design capabilities.

To accommodate different time zones, each course is available for North America and Europe.

Explore Our Courses:

- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with MATLAB
North America: April 1–2, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
Europe:  April 8–9, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)

- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with Python
North America: April 29–30, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
Europe: May 6-7, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)


- Developing Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio with C#
North America: May 13-14, 2025; 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PT)

Europe: May 20-21, 2025; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CET/CEST)

Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Element Wizard

Element Wizard: Transforming Optical Design with Element-Based Interactivity


The Element Wizard is an innovative software extension designed to elevate your optical design workflow by introducing an element-based approach in an interactive mode. Unlike the traditional Zemax Lens Data Editor, which operates on a surface-by-surface basis, Element Wizard identifies and manipulates entire optical elements, streamlining and enhancing the design process.

his innovative program automates the detection of optical elements in a design, enabling seamless user interaction for shifting and tilting components. The tool calculates Zernike coefficients for spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, while field curvature and distortion are analyzed using Seidel parameters.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

This innovative program automates the detection of optical elements in a design, enabling seamless user interaction for shifting and tilting components. The tool calculates Zernike coefficients for spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, while field curvature and distortion are analyzed using Seidel parameters.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Sensitivity Analysis of Zernike and Seidel Aberrations

This innovative program automates the detection of optical elements in a design, enabling seamless user interaction for shifting and tilting components. The tool calculates Zernike coefficients for spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, while field curvature and distortion are analyzed using Seidel parameters.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

This innovative program automates the detection of optical elements in a design, enabling seamless user interaction for shifting and tilting components. The tool calculates Zernike coefficients for spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, while field curvature and distortion are analyzed using Seidel parameters.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Collimation Analysis

Our software extension provides comprehensive collimation analysis for your optical system, accommodating single, multiple, or entire configurations, surfaces, wavelengths, and fields, all adjustable with customizable pupil resolution. Results can be exported to text or Excel files, or both.



Furthermore, it generates detailed collimation maps tailored to selected configurations, fields, wavelengths, and surfaces, or the entire system. These maps serve as invaluable tools for trend analysis and optimization.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

Our software extension provides comprehensive collimation analysis for your optical system, accommodating single, multiple, or entire configurations, surfaces, wavelengths, and fields, all adjustable with customizable pupil resolution. Results can be exported to text or Excel files, or both.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

YKP Optics at Optatec 2024!

We are delighted to announce that YKP Optics will be participating in Optatec 2024, one of the most prestigious optical exhibitions in the industry! Mark your calendars: May 14th to May 16th, 2024.


Come and join us at Hall 3.1 - Stand 929 to explore the latest advancements in optical design and discover how our innovative software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio and CODE V can revolutionize your projects. Read more

Zemax OpticStudio Tool: Retardance Analysis

Our software extension provides comprehensive retardance analysis for your optical system, accommodating single, multiple, or entire configurations, surfaces, wavelengths, and fields, all adjustable with customizable pupil resolution. Results can be exported to text or Excel files, or both.


Furthermore, it generates detailed retardance maps tailored to selected configurations, fields, wavelengths, and surfaces, or the entire system. These maps serve as invaluable tools for trend analysis and optimization.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

Our software extension provides comprehensive retardance analysis for your optical system, accommodating single, multiple, or entire configurations, surfaces, wavelengths, and fields, all adjustable with customizable pupil resolution. Results can be exported to text or Excel files, or both.


Read more / Order with a one-month free trial

Concerns about your IP or know-how?

At YKP Optics, we understand the importance of safeguarding your intellectual property and know-how. We value the trust you place in us when utilizing our services, and we want to assure you that your sensitive information is always handled with the utmost care and confidentiality.


When it comes to developing custom software extensions for your optical design needs, we want to make it clear: you have nothing to worry about. Based on the nature of the project, we either develop the extensions without any Zemax / CODE V file input from your side or request a simple dummy file to begin crafting your custom code.


Rest assured, we prioritize the confidentiality of your data and ensure strict security measures are in place throughout our collaboration. Your peace of mind is our priority.


If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your data, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to provide clarity and transparency every step of the way.

Overview of Standart Software Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio

UE IE SA UA UO
Ready-to-use ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Free trial ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Possibility to modify ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Annual lease ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Support within lease term ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Live demo version ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Update within lease term ✔ NA ✔ ✔ ✔
Output file extension .exe .exe .exe .exe .exe
Programming language C# Python || MATLAB C# || Python || MATLAB C# C#
Support for installation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
24/7 support, 365 days a year ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Required OpticStudio version PV || PRV PV || PRV PV || PRV PV || PRV PV || PRV
Required Zemax OpticStudio version PV || PRV || EV PV || PRV || EV PV || PRV || EV PV || PRV || EV PV || PRV || EV

UE: User Extension

IE: Interactive Extension

SA: Standalone Application

UA: User Analysis

UO: User Operand

UE: User Extension / IE: Interactive Extension / SA: Standalone Application

UA: User Analysis / UO: User Operand

SV: Standart version

PV: Professional version

PRV: Premium version

EV: Enterprise version

SV: Standart version / PV: Professional version / PRV: Premium version / EV: Enterprise version

Products

Standard Software Extensions for Zemax OpticStudio

YKP Optics specializes in both standard and custom software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio, enhancing capabilities in designing and analyzing optical systems. These programs significantly increase the capabilities of OpticStudio.


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Standard Macros for Zemax OpticStudio

Alongside standard macros, we also develop custom macros for the design process of optical systems. While macros are limited in functionality, they are highly suitable for handling simple operations.


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Our Services

Custom Extensions for Zemax & CODE V

In addition to offering standard software extensions, we also develop custom software extensions for Zemax OpticStudio & CODE V tailored to your specific project needs.

Custom Macro Programming

In addition to offering standard macros, we also develop custom macros for Zemax OpticStudio & CODE V tailored to your specific project needs.

One-Time Analysis

Do you need a one-time analysis of your design? No problem! You can send us your file with a "black box" model, and we will perform the analysis and generate a report for you.

Consulting / Training

We offer consulting services for leveraging our expertise with your existing API programs or macros. Additionally, we provide online and on-site training for Zemax OpticStudio at all skill levels.