i think people in general need to stop comparing the scanners....it's two separate ideas...in that realm you'd have to compare Sirona X5 to 3Shape to be proper. I've used exocad for a few months - but paired with an open technologies scanner.... needless to say, the scan experience was horrendous.
from a CAD perspective, I would say EXOCAD software may seem more...clean? UI experience is just simple and straight forward.... whereas 3Shape you can see it is bogged down by the way its software infrastructure is set up.
I find that I can definitely carve and do more things in EXOCAD...but for high volume labs? 3Shape is simply i think the better way to go.
Personally? My favorite designer will always be the old Biodenta Software - it was done well, it's just old now.
the 3 Shape is strong with it's "clean up" compared to exocad i feel. (again not law, just how i feel.) - it's fit to contact and shaping of occlusion is done better than the way exocad does it.
However, from a cost perspective, which IS an important factor, but honestly shouldn't be used when doing a strict experience comparo IMO - if i were doing my own gig, I'd clearly never get a 3Shape unless I was already well established....just not enough bang for the buck.
If I were a 15MM lab - then yeah...i'd be doing what we've done now....two D900s just this past quarter. Barely anything to sniff at.
I mean..this is like people bitching about Win7 vs Win8 vs OSX Mavericks... I've been around computers long enough to be partial to windows OS, though I still think Linux should've been the way to go (anyway)..... my personal computer at home is a R-Macbook Pro and I thoroughly enjoy the OS....but then I have friends who are like NEIN NEIN NEIN!! Win7 64-bit 4 LYF!!!! -
or better yet.... those that have sworn off Win 8 (i was one of them actually) - but since 8.2 came out .... i am actually enjoying it more than Win 7 and it's touch UI is great.
While I love seeing the flame wars go on here, and I may or may not sometimes contribute
- we are way too close to chicago and honestly half of us will run into each other, the other half we'll pass and have no idea who the **** they are... but IMO let's just play it nice.... now go to the Chicago Lab Day thread and let's plan a parrrrtayy.
I hear this year Primus will host a swingers club event