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A .zar archive is most commonly a compressed archive used by multiple applications, with one of the most prominent being Zemax OpticStudio’s ZAR archive format for optical designs. Within the Zemax OpticStudio ecosystem, .ZAR serves as a project archive that wraps the optical model and all required configuration and analysis files into one portable container. …
The .ZAR file extension is best understood as a multi-purpose compressed container that different tools use, notably Zemax OpticStudio’s project archive format. For optical engineers, .ZAR is most often seen as a Zemax archive that collects the lens design plus all its related project data so the entire system can be moved or restored in …
The .ZAR file extension is best understood as a compressed archive used by multiple applications, with one of the most prominent being Zemax OpticStudio’s ZAR archive format for optical designs. In Zemax, a .ZAR file bundles the main optical design together with supporting files—lens data, configuration settings, and ray-tracing assets—into a single archive for easy …