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Creating a new implant library
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<blockquote data-quote="CoolHandLuke" data-source="post: 320337" data-attributes="member: 4850"><p>in dcm files, if you are working in conjunction with 3shape you may create a lock for the file; think of it like a second layer to the file. </p><p></p><p>what you can do to strip this away is to convert the dcm to stl </p><p></p><p>then, when you import the new stl to 3shape's implant library wizard your file will be in dcm format, as this is the only format that the system will register as "your" library. the importer creates that secondary layer of information as attributes: created by you.</p><p></p><p>all of this is for information entering3shape via the importer - but for information exiting 3shape through the export or f7 process for manufacturing, the internal dcm format is converted to any other manufacturing format you require (in the manufacturing options) if you select CADoutputRAWstl.dll you will receive STL data (barring proprietary dcm format locks like the ones used by locked manufacturers for things like titanium abutments)</p><p></p><p>in creating your own library you must overcome these data hurdles by initially converting all of the dcm files in the library to stl, because in so doing you will see which files in the library are copyproof.</p><p></p><p>alternately (but not what you desire) is to re-use the same library with added scan bodies; this will allow you to send the files to the same people but bypass the requirement to use the scan bodies from a new system that you would not have on hand. this means practically that you can add all the scan bodies from all the compatible systems and accept scans from any dentist and still operate on your desired platforms; i.e. you can accept an iTero scan with a Nobel scan body and manufacture in house. </p><p></p><p>now, why you cannot make this straumann bar is probably because the library was simply copied, the new scan bodies added, but nothing was changed; this violates the internal export functions of 3shape. you must literally convert all the library files to stl, add them back to a new library one by one, and bypass the adding of the SRA to the model (as that is a locked file) by swapping the abutment file for the abutment spacer file.</p><p></p><p>the way Straumann set the library up makes it so that you can't manufacture in house - on purpose. they want to be the ones making these all on 4's. you need to use a bit of engineering ingenuity to pull the ol switcharoo on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoolHandLuke, post: 320337, member: 4850"] in dcm files, if you are working in conjunction with 3shape you may create a lock for the file; think of it like a second layer to the file. what you can do to strip this away is to convert the dcm to stl then, when you import the new stl to 3shape's implant library wizard your file will be in dcm format, as this is the only format that the system will register as "your" library. the importer creates that secondary layer of information as attributes: created by you. all of this is for information entering3shape via the importer - but for information exiting 3shape through the export or f7 process for manufacturing, the internal dcm format is converted to any other manufacturing format you require (in the manufacturing options) if you select CADoutputRAWstl.dll you will receive STL data (barring proprietary dcm format locks like the ones used by locked manufacturers for things like titanium abutments) in creating your own library you must overcome these data hurdles by initially converting all of the dcm files in the library to stl, because in so doing you will see which files in the library are copyproof. alternately (but not what you desire) is to re-use the same library with added scan bodies; this will allow you to send the files to the same people but bypass the requirement to use the scan bodies from a new system that you would not have on hand. this means practically that you can add all the scan bodies from all the compatible systems and accept scans from any dentist and still operate on your desired platforms; i.e. you can accept an iTero scan with a Nobel scan body and manufacture in house. now, why you cannot make this straumann bar is probably because the library was simply copied, the new scan bodies added, but nothing was changed; this violates the internal export functions of 3shape. you must literally convert all the library files to stl, add them back to a new library one by one, and bypass the adding of the SRA to the model (as that is a locked file) by swapping the abutment file for the abutment spacer file. the way Straumann set the library up makes it so that you can't manufacture in house - on purpose. they want to be the ones making these all on 4's. you need to use a bit of engineering ingenuity to pull the ol switcharoo on them. [/QUOTE]
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