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Exportar

Para que operaciones como capturar, alinear y convertir sean validas, es fundamental enviar todas las informaciones a otro software. Las funciones de exportación se pueden utilizar para crear archivos que pueden ser importados a otro software.

OpticalRevEng Dental proporciona 2 tipos de exportacion: Manual y Automatica. La exportacion manual puede ser utilizad en cualquier momento y en todos los tipos de proyecto; la exportacion automatica puede variar en relacion con el proyecto. Las funciones de la exportacion automatica pueden ser configuradas en la ventana Opciones.

Formatos

OpticalRevEng Dental soporta los formatos siguientes:

• Capturas
  • 'Scan' : esta funcion crea un archivo (.cri) para cada imagen escaneada y un archivo adicional (.scan) con una descripcion de los datos. Puede ser utilizada solo con OpticalRevEng Dental y todos los archivos deben estar en la misma carpeta.
  • 'ZScan' : esta funcion contiene la misma informacion de la funcion Scan, pero comprime los archivos en un solo archivo.
• Mallas
  • 'STL ASCII/Binario' : el formato STL es el mas utilizado. Casi todos los software 3D pueden leer/guardar archivos STL. Como este formato no guarda todas las informaciones, por ejemplo los colores o la conexion entre cada cara, dos software distintos pueden leer el mismo archivo STL y mostrar resultados diferentes.
  • 'OFF ASCII' : el formato OFF es muy simple como descrito aqui [OFF Format]. Contiene mas informaciones que el formato STL
  • 'PLY ASCII/Binario' : el formato PLY, asi como el formato OFF, puede contener mas informaciones sobre los datos 3D pero no esta soportados por muchos software.
  • 'OBJ' : el formato OBJ es solo ASCII, contiene el mayor numero de informaciones, como el color, y es compatible con casi todos los software.

Si se quiere compatibilidad, el formato mejor es STL. Si se quiere una representacion precisa de los datos 3D, el formato OBJ es mejor.

Exportacion Manual

There are two ways to save the Acquisitions and the Meshes on disk.

Single Object Export

To export a single element from the project:

1. Right click on the element in the Project Tree
2. Select Export.. from the Context Menu
3. From the dialog that will pop up, select where to save the file, its name and format for the data.

Multi Object Export

To export more than one element of the project in the same file:

1. Select from the Project Tree all the data that have to be exported together
2. From the File menu, select the Export Visible function
3. From the dialog that will pop up, select where to save the file, its name and format for the data.

Automatic Export

To use the automatic export function, click on the Export To CAD button in the Main Toolbar. The software will then export all the project data, according to the selected Exporter Profile.

Exporter Profile

An exporter profile is a set of parameters that tells the software how to export the data for a specific Cad system. There could be up to 4 different Default Exporting profiles, on for each type of module (Prosthesis, Orthodontic, Impression and Scheletric). To make an example, the Exporter profile for the Scheletric Module will have as default format for Export the OBJ. In the Deluxe model the OBJ will be in color, in all other scanners will be in gray-scale allowing the recognition of the drawn lines by third parties softwares like Digisteel.

It is possible to modify, add or rename exporter profiles in the Options panel.

If only one profile, called "default", is available, it will be used automatically when clicking the Export To CAD button.

If more than one profile are available, a pop up will ask to select what profile to use.

By holding the Export Dialog will open and it will be possible to change the export profile only for that specific export.

Formats

The software exports 3D shapes of the acquired data, 2D images to document the articulation, and can export a thumbnail for every 3D object.

In this section it is possible select which format to use.

Check with the cad system in use which of the formats is more appropriate.

Options

Merge dies with healthy parts 

If this option is enabled the software will merge all the dies and the healthy parts and export only one file for the entire jaw; if it's disabled the software will export one file for every die and one file for the healthy parts of the jaw

Export implantPosition files 

If this option is enabled the software will export a special "implantPosition" file with the information about the alignment of an implant marker that can be imported by Exocad.

Cad Integration

Executable Path 

Select here the path to the Cad software to automatically launch it after exporting the data

Cad project extension 

Input the extension of the Cad project so the software can invoke the cad with the right project file

Auto Start Cad 

Check this box to start the Cad automatically after exporting the data

Auto Close Software 

Check this box to automatically close the scan software after exporting the data

Export Path

This section allows to choose where the exported files will be saved. There are 3 different path selections

Automatic 

The software will choose automatically the export folder. If a Cad project extension was selected, the file will be exported in the folder in which the cad project is stored, if available. If no cad project extension was selected, the file will be exported in the scan project folder

Ask 

The software will ask to define the export folder for every project

Fixed Folder 

The software will export to the same folder every time.

By checking "Auto Open Export Folder", the software will automatically open the export folder after exporting the data

File Name Generator

This section allows to choose how the software will name the exported files. There are 2 different generators

Default 

This generator will use the "Exocad" name format "projec name-reference jaw-item name-teeth.extension"

User Pattern 

This generator allows to use special tags to create file names. Each tag represents a different item.

An example of a user pattern is "%m/%p/%d/%j-%k-%t"

In a project with 2 stump on the lower jaw and an antagonist the exporter will:

• Create a folder with the name of the doctor
• Create a sub-folder with the name of the patient
• Create a sub-folder with the date
• Save the stumps as lowerjaw-stump-36.stl and lowerjaw-stump-35.stl
• Save the healthy parts as lowerjaw-healthy.stl
• Save the antagonist as upperjaw.stl

Available In

Each export profile can work in one or more different kinds of project.

The checkboxes allow to choose in which project this profile can be used.

Export Final Translation

In each system, a spacial reference for positioning of the objects is defined. Our system uses this reference:

• XY Plane as the Occlusion Plane.
• YZ plane as the Symmetric Plane.

Exocad uses this same reference system.

Many orthodontic software use the following reference:

• XZ Plane as the Occlusion Plane
• XY Plane as the Symmetric Plane

Here it is possible to select the reference system used by the CAD system in use, to shift the objects' positions in a correct view.