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    • Code
      • Foundation Classes
      • SpotAnalysis
      • SOFAST 2.0
      • SOFAST Temperature
      • Collaborative Code Development Environment
      • Laptop SOFAST
      • TargetColor
      • VideoHandler
      • PowerPoint Slide Generation
      • UFACET Flight Planner
      • UFACET Data Processing
    • Mechanical
      • SOFAST CAD Layout Tool
      • High-Precision Calibration Mirror Design
      • Metrology Support Models
    • Tools
      • Interactive 2-d Ray Trace
      • Optical Targets
    • Data
      • BCS Data: Beam Shape Variation Across Time
      • BCS Data: Beam Pointing Error Variation Across Time
      • BCS Data: Dynamic Variation
      • Sandia Heliostat Canting Prescriptions
      • SOFAST 2.0 Data Examples
      • UFACET Flight Data
      • UFACET Analysis Data
    • Documents
      • OpenCSP Portfolio
      • OpenCSP Code Documentation
      • Demonstration Notebook
      • Sandia NSTTF Technical Information
      • Heliostat Metrology Challenges
      • Distortion Effects in CSP Mirrors
      • User Guides, Reports & Presentations
    • Access OpenCSP
    • Contribute to OpenCSP
    • OpenCSP Discussions
    • Acknowledge OpenCSP

User Guides, Reports & Presentations

Current

  • OpenCSP Team. OpenCSP Contributor’s Guide
  • OpenCSP Team. OpenCSP Code Documentation
  • OpenCSP Base Classes and Ray Tracing
  • OpenCSP Portfolio
  • SOFAST 2.0 User Guide and Technical Description
  • OpenCSP Deflectometry Technical Description
  • OpenCSP Camera Calibration
  • SOFAST CAD Layout Tool Overview and User Guide
  • NSTTF Technical Information for OpenCSP

By Date

  • Optical Effects of Temperature Change for Heliostat Mirrors
  • High-Speed UAV Assessment of Heliostat Fields
  • Interactive CAD Layout of Reflection-Based Mirror Metrology Systems
  • Distortion Effects in CSP Mirror Reflections
  • Challenges and Solutions in Heliostat Optical Metrology
  • Interactive Heliostat 2-d Ray Trace Tool
  • Equinox Data Set Analysis
  • Dual-Image Color Normalization to Enable High-Performance Concentrating Solar Optical Metrology
  • Revisiting the BCS, a Measurement System for Characterizing the Optics of Solar Collectors
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