OpticalModeler is an evidence-first Agent Skill for reconstructing laboratory optical paths in Blender. It treats optical topology, real apertures, manufacturer CAD, fasteners, load paths, fiber routing, and artifact lineage as hard acceptance gates—not decorative details.
Independent community project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Thorlabs, Inc. Product names identify compatible hardware only. A rendered CAD assembly is not a mechanical, spectral, laser-safety, or experimental certification.
| Physical assembly | Optical truth | Fail-closed evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Post-first placement, real table holes, fasteners, load paths, and supported hardware. | Centered apertures, splitter planes, branch continuity, internal fine beams, and fiber bend constraints. | Reopened-scene audits, ray/BVH checks, hashes, manifests, annotated renders, and explicit PASS / BLOCKED / UNVERIFIED states. |
| Original schematic | Annotated 3D reconstruction |
|---|---|
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The sanitized G1/G2 case study includes the original 2D input, editorial 3D renders, and a machine-readable acceptance record. Vendor STEP/CAD files and the large laboratory .blend are intentionally excluded.
With a compatible Agent Skills installer:
npx skills add k-telux/OpticalModelerOr copy skills/thorlabs-blender-optical-path into your agent's skills directory.
Send message below to your agent:
Use $thorlabs-blender-optical-path to reconstruct this 2D schematic in Blender.
Audit this optical table for real post/load paths, centered apertures, beam clearance, fiber bend radius, and stale evidence.
The skill guides the agent to:
- map schematic nodes to experimental roles, real assets, ports, and support paths;
- solve optical centers, surfaces, splitter planes, and branch continuity;
- assemble hardware post-first from verified table holes;
- prove one representative instance before propagation;
- reopen the saved scene and run mesh, ray, and BVH checks;
- package visual, GLB, report, manifest, hash, and rule-compliance evidence consistently.
- Manufacturer CAD is an asset source, never proof of correct assembly.
- Free-space rays, guided fiber, and electrical cables remain semantically distinct.
- Whole-project success requires an active-rule compliance matrix; scoped evidence stays
PARTIAL/SCOPED. - The repository excludes third-party CAD, private paths, oversized Blend files, and unsupported real-world performance claims.
- Every release is checked for skill metadata, links, file size, privacy leaks, forbidden CAD binaries, and acceptance-state consistency.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for rule proposals and case-study submissions, and SECURITY.md for responsible disclosure.
Maintained by telux. Released under the MIT License.