I own a copy of ExoCAD with the virtual articulator and implant module, but am looking into buying a different open scanner. My questions are to try to figure out if my copy of ExoCAD will work with another scanner and how difficult that integration might be. Currently, the scanner automatically imports the fused scans from the scanner. Will it have that same capability with a different scanner?
When you do a scan, it save the file into a folder. If you open exocad without integration, you will have a windows that tell you witch files do you want to import. Also you can do the import "without problem" but you could have some problem of placement, reference.
The work of the integration between exocad and different scanner, is just to create a file from the scanner with the name of the project of exocad + a small word. If you have scan a model you will have the name of the file like 2013-02-06-dentist-patient-001.stl
The integration will give you the information of upper or lower jaw, gingiva, ... but you can do it yourself without integration also if you change yourself the name of the stl files like for :
- upper jaw : 2013-02-06-dentist-patient-001-upperjaw.stl
- lower jaw : 2013-02-06-dentist-patient-001-lowerjaw.stl
- gingiva : 2013-02-06-dentist-patient-001-upperjaw-gingiva.stl
- situscan : 2013-02-06-dentist-patient-001-upperjaw-situ.stl
- ....
Also if you have no problem to manipulate the files into your Windows OS, you can do it yourself without paid the integration. Because some distributor need a paiement to do that like imetric for exemple but a lot do it for free.
With this solution, we have just done an integration between 3shape scanner and exocad ;-)
. Works great and takes seconds to do.
