4.6 2013-11-27 * Added option extnodes. * Added option optdipolecomp. * Added option opttripolecomp. 4.5 2013-07-21 * Added option usewirestyle. * Added line style fade, with options fadeto, fadepoints, fadefunc, and fadefuncname. 4.4 2013-07-14 * Added component \transmissiongrating. * Modified innerlabel to explicitly set labelalign=c * Fixed trailing spaces in savebeampoints (and savebeam). * Allow Postscript code in angle. 4.3a 2013-07-02 * Fixed tripole alignment bugs introduced in version 4.3. * Again fixed the alignment of reflective \optprism. * Fixed improper alignment of \optprism label. 4.3 2013-06-28 * Added option raprismalign. * Fixed alignment of \rightangleprism and rotation of its label. 4.2 2013-06-07 * Added option startinsidecount. * Added option stopinsidecount. * Added option beampathcount. * Added option beamnodealign. * Added \oeBeamVecMedian. * Added \oeBeamCenter. * Modified the orientation of a reflective \optprism. * Fixed bug of \optprism and \rightangleprism inside an \env{optexp} environment. * Fixed bug of wrong \rightangleprism rotation in special cases. * Fixed buggy handling of multiple saved beams. 4.1 2013-05-21 * Added option prismtype. 4.0 2013-04-15 * Added electrical components. * Added wire connections with \drawwire. * Added component \optarrowcomp. * Added component \optbarcomp. * Improved \optdetector. * Extended \drawfiber to support component ranges. * Extended couplersep to support automatic calculation. * Fixed appearance of \optfiber. * Fixed extnodealign to affect also multipoles. * Fixed pswarning. * Removed old, buggy beam connection code. * Removed option conn. * Removed option connjoin. * Removed \newOptexpDipoleNolabel. 3.6 2013-03-20 * Added option compoffset. * Added option beampathskip. * Added option innercompalign. * Fixed some bugs in the raytracing and beam code. 3.5 2013-02-22 * Added option filterangle. * Fixed wrong output fiber style in \optcoupler * Fixed strange Postscript error which occured with some interpreters. 3.4 2013-02-03 * Fixed bugs when using fillstyle for some components. * Extended option switchsize. * Modified coupler center node to be on the base line. * Extended error checking for \drawbeam and \drawfiber. * Fixed some bugs in the connection code. 3.3a 2012-09-18 * Fixed bug which was exposed by an update of pst-node. * Fixed trailing spaces. 3.3 2012-08-17 * Extended \opttripole and \optdipole. * Modified reference angle for label of \opttripole. * Added option optdipolesize to support two interfaces for \optdipole. * Added option gratingalign. * Added option forcebeaminside. * Extended option mirrorradius. * Improved \drawbeam and \drawwidebeam to be able to use ArrowInside without linestyle. * Fixed orientation of \oenodeBeamUp and \oenodeBeamLow. * Fixed a bug related to beaminside and ambiguous components. * Fixed some trailing spaces. * Added more examples. 3.2 2012-07-26 * Added component \glanthompson. * Added access to beam vectors with \oeBeamVec, \oeBeamVecUp and \oeBeamVecLow. * Fixed wrong computation of node distance in \fiberbox * Fixed bug in \wdmsplitter for coupleralign=b and couplertype=none * Fixed bug when filling components placed with position=end/start * Added value absolute to parameter labelref. * Added examples. 3.1 2012-07-17 * Added component \fiberbox. * Extended connection macros to not required curly braces around node parenthesis any more. * Modified \fibercollimator to have allowbeaminside=false by default. * Extended fiber couplers to allow using only two nodes. * Fixed a bug concerning node expressions with \drawfiber 3.0 2012-07-09 * Modified beam connections with \drawbeam to support raytracing. * Added wide beams with \drawwidebeam. * Added \drawfiber for fiber connections. * Added optexp environment for layering of components and connections. * Added german documentation. * Modified naming of component nodes. * Modified extnode to work with more components. * Modified angle and rotateref to affect all components. * Modified endbox to affect all components. * Extended position by values start and end. * Extended abspos by values start and end. * Removed deprecated lens code which used lenswidth and lensheight for construction. * Added option platesize. * Added option phwidth. * Modified option caxislength. * Deprecated option lampscale. * Added style CrystalCaxis. * Added style CrystalLamp. * Added option optboxsize. * Extended option detsize. * Added style DetectorStyle. * Removed deprecated \detector, use \optdetector. * Extended option doveprismsize. * Added style Polarization. * Deprecated option pollinewidth. * Removed option polwidth. * Removed option pol. * Added style VariableStyle. * Added mirror type semitrans. * Renamed \optgrid to \optgrating. * Renamed optgridwidth to gratingwidth. * Renamed optgridheight to gratingheight. * Renamed optgriddepth to gratingdepth. * Renamed optgridcount to gratingcount. * Renamed optgridtype to gratingtype. * Renamed optgridlinewidth to gratinglinewidth. * Added option prismalign. * Modified faulty alignment of \rightangleprism. * Extended option optampsize. * Extended option optmzmsize. * Added option polcontroltype. * Extended option isolatorsize. * Added style IsolatorArrow. * Extended option fdlsize. * Added style FdlArrow. * Extended option fiberpolsize. * Added component \optcirculator. * Extended option couplersize. * Extended option couplertype. * Renamed option align to coupleralign. * Added style VariableCoupler. * Added style FilterStyle. * Extended option fibercolsize. * Removed deprecated option labelrelative. * Removed deprecated option iwidth. * Removed deprecated option owidth. * Removed deprecated option bswidth. * Deprecated \newOptexpDipoleNolabel, use \newOptexpDipole. * Deprecated option refractiveindex. * Deprecated option conn. * Extended option fiber. 2.1 2009-11-05 * Added component \optfiberpolarizer. * Added option compshift. * Added option label. * Added option connjoin * Added options addtoBeam and newBeam. * Added style OptComp and related options addtoOptComp and newOptComp. * Added option bsstyle. * Extended \fibercollimator to use up to four reference nodes. * Improved thicklens to work also with plain lenses. * Use pst-doc class for the documentation. 2.0 2008-07-27 * Added fiber-optical components. * Added component \optdiode. * Added component \pentaprism. * Added component \rightangleprism. * Added component \doveprism. * Added component \optprism. * Added \drawbeam. * Added component connections (options fiber, conn and beam). * Added option compname. * Added option extnode. * Renamed \detector to \optdetector. 1.2 2008-06-17 * Modified lens design to use interface curvatures. * Added options lensradiusleft and lensradiusright. * Added option thicklens. * Added option lenstype. * Added option mirrorradius (curved mirrors). * Added option optgridtype (binary gratings). * Added \newOptexpDipole. * Added \newOptexpDipoleNolabel. * Added \newOptexpTripole. * Added \newOptexpFiberDipole. * General improvements of \TeX{} and Postscript code 1.1 2007-09-06 * Improved labeling features. * Added parameter labelref. * Replaced labelrelative by labelref=relative. * Renamed \polarisation to \polarization. * Renamed polwidth to polsize. * Renamed pol to poltype. * Renamed bswidth to bssize. * Renamed iwidth to innerheight. * Renamed owidth to outerheight. * Added support for fillstyle for all components 1.0 2007-07-18 * First CTAN version