Bimba tutorials
Learn the basics before you start building.
Getting started
Launch Bimba and use add point object to place a light source.
Add a mirror, lens or interface from the object panel, then drag it into the beam's path.
Drag any element to reposition it, or use its handles to rotate and resize — the traced rays update instantly.
Turn on angle labels, the ruler or the paraxial overlay from the tools panel when you want to measure or verify what you're seeing.
More focused tutorials — mirrors, lenses, refraction, building a telescope — are coming as this section grows.