prescription.prescription

Prescription orchestrator.

Kramer Harrison, 2026

Classes

Prescription(optic[, sections])

Generates an optical prescription report from an Optic instance.
class Prescription(optic: Optic, sections: list[BaseSection] | None = None)[source]

Generates an optical prescription report from an Optic instance.

Parameters:

  • optic – The optical system to describe.

  • sections – Optional list of section instances. Defaults to the standard five-section set when None.

Raises:

NotImplementedError – If a MultiConfiguration object is passed.

build() → Document[source]

Build and return the Document model without rendering.

Returns:

Populated Document ready for a renderer to consume.

save(path: str | os.PathLike, renderer: BaseRenderer | None = None) → None[source]

Save the prescription to a file.

Parameters:

  • path – Output file path. Extension determines the renderer when renderer is None: .pdf → PDFRenderer, anything else → PlainTextRenderer.

  • renderer – Explicit renderer instance. Overrides extension inference.

view() → None[source]

Print the prescription to the console using ConsoleRenderer.