Dentistry

[stevenreedcurtis]

I am a prosthodontist. We need to be able to compare objects about 45 millimeters long down to about 10 microns. Our scanners support this level of accuracy. Can cloud compare compare our stl files?

[daniel]

Ah yes, normally it should. Ideally the coordinates/units should be in millimeters or microns?

[stevenreedcurtis]

Is cloud compare able to work on formats other than stl files?

[daniel]

Yes. See https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/i ... e=FILE_I/O

[stevenreedcurtis]

1. I'm attempting to load similar STL files for comparison.
2. I can open the by dragging and copying. The program will not read the files off my desk top
3. When I drag and paste the second, the program automatically compares the two files. From my use of geomagic, I know better alignment of the files is possible.

How can I separate the files to try a better alignment using the three point method?

[daniel]

I don't really understand, sorry... CloudCompare doesn't do 'automatic' comparison.