The Optical Cross: Learn how and why we draw the principle powers and meridians of a lens on paper.
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The Optical Cross:
The combination of a lens front base curve and its back curve (or curves) results in the total power of the lens. This power can be drawn on paper and it can include where on the lens the power is located. When we draw the total power(s) and position, or axis, on paper we call it drawing an optical cross. For optician training or ABO NOCE study, this lesson includes a bench session where we closely examine a sphero-cylinder lens marked with its two principle meridians. We then go on to draw an optical cross directly from an actual lens. We place powers on an optical cross and we learn to remove a written prescription from an optical cross.
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