Software for Multidisciplinary Concurrent Optical Design

The Integrated Optical Design Analyzer (IODA) is a computer program that facilitates multidisciplinary concurrent engineering of highly precise optical instruments. (IODA should not be confused with a multidisciplinary optical-system-analysis program, called "IMOS," that has been reported previously in NASA Tech Briefs.) IODA facilitates the exchange of data among analysts, designers, and other experts in different disciplines (e.g., optics, structural analysis, heat transfer, and electronics) needed for accurate design. IODA integrates the modeling efforts of a team of such experts and provides simplified means for performing design trade studies.