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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dental-CAD
Designing a Restoration: Free and Open Source
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<blockquote data-quote="patmo141" data-source="post: 27045" data-attributes="member: 2560"><p><strong>The Necessary Tools</strong></p><p></p><p>For this I will be using 2 main pieces of software.</p><p></p><p>Blender <a href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">blender.org - Home</a></p><p></p><p><u>Pros</u></p><p>-free</p><p>-open source</p><p>-multi platform</p><p>-immense user community and tutorials</p><p>-powerful sculpting tools</p><p>-open API and python scripting (later for automation of steps!)</p><p>-powerful game/physics engine (later implementations of virtual articulation and collision detection)</p><p>-powerful rendering (for life like renders of proposed restorations)</p><p></p><p><u>Cons</u></p><p>-Awkward interface for some</p><p>-poor NURBS support</p><p>-lacking in some standard CAD tools</p><p>-no absolute scale</p><p></p><p></p><p>Meshlab <a href="http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">MeshLab</a></p><p></p><p><u>Pros</u></p><p></p><p>-free</p><p>-open source</p><p>-multi platform</p><p>-powerful analysis tools</p><p>-powerful cleaning and repairing tools</p><p></p><p><u>Cons</u></p><p>-TBA...this is a newer arrow in the quiver</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patmo141, post: 27045, member: 2560"] [b]The Necessary Tools[/b] For this I will be using 2 main pieces of software. Blender [url=http://www.blender.org/]blender.org - Home[/url] [U]Pros[/U] -free -open source -multi platform -immense user community and tutorials -powerful sculpting tools -open API and python scripting (later for automation of steps!) -powerful game/physics engine (later implementations of virtual articulation and collision detection) -powerful rendering (for life like renders of proposed restorations) [U]Cons[/U] -Awkward interface for some -poor NURBS support -lacking in some standard CAD tools -no absolute scale Meshlab [url=http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/]MeshLab[/url] [U]Pros[/U] -free -open source -multi platform -powerful analysis tools -powerful cleaning and repairing tools [U]Cons[/U] -TBA...this is a newer arrow in the quiver [/QUOTE]
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