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When you want these made you can contact www.partmaker.com.au
They make all sorts of dental components to order
Wouldn't you prefer something more CNC friendly than STL ? The guys I'm dealing with always want IGES or Parasolid...
This is pretty much a dedicated script for implant abutments. Does it store a database of past jobs to look at???
Is it now time for your own scan body collection?
Well done...
...unfortunately there is no way to converte it to exocad or 3shape proprietary format to let you use it with dental-cad. Even when you design a one-piece-abutment you need to replace your redesigned geometry in the *.stl file.
The output file is lightly modified and won't fit because the implant companys don't want you to mill their connections. In case you can do that replacement precisely, at least you or the dentist will loose warranty for the implant - that's the real hassle...;-)
I did that several times with a rotating base for bridges and bars. For that it's not dangerous because of the missing lock. I'm using rhino to realize that. I think it's easier and more intuitive in using than writing command-lines.
...and with 1000 $ it's not that expensive - but very powerful.
Greetz
Yes, I did understand that it does STL export. But what does iit help you, Zero? Do you have a converter for .STL to .sdfa, the proprietery format of exocad? Without that in your library no chance to design an abutment. I'm a Beta-Tester of exocad, running release 6004 and, by the way, exoplan (inkl. the implant editor) which is a magnificent planning software. If you've got a workaround that would be very interesting for me. Still looking for a method to create individual healing caps! Could you please let me know or give me a link to your post with the cap?It does export STL's (in case you missed the first post) I've used it quite a few times with Exo...and when it comes to milling most CAM will recognize the implant geometry and will replace it with a precise parametric analogue so it will be cut to the mill tolerances (see the healing caps I made, they fit without adjustments).
If you designing with Rhino (or any other CAD app) you'd still have to type in all the parameters when you creating primitives then type again to rotate/move the components, and start all over again when you design a slightly different part vs. reusing the code written once...unless you're good with Rhino script