Creating bands in Meshmixer

[Anonymous]

Hello

I am beginner in Meshmixer and I have one question. Is it possible to create something like in this pictures. Design and export in stl format and then printed in metal.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Yep, think I know some workflow to construct such braces. But it's not a one click think. One needs to jump through many tools... Can you post/send an example of such an interoral scan?

[Anonymous]

Ok, found a scan at thingiverse and did the attached result (I'm no dentist so I'm not sure how to set the wires) but the attached file should match to the thingiverse download.

All done in Meshmixer.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much.

[Anonymous]

How can i create an archwire with circular section of 1 mm constant?Is possible?

[hfcandrew]

Yes. Do you also want the arch wire also molded to the teeth?

[Anonymous]

it would be great

[hfcandrew]

Here ya go!: https://autode.sk/3aDotV7

[Anonymous]

Perfect,a little bit difficult for me but i can work on it.With  the same process i can also create a lingual arch like that in the upper of the post?

[hfcandrew]

Yep or course. With the same process you could even create a archwire whale!: https://youtu.be/wuBKYiCYJMU?t=141

I can do it for you if you want, only takes me about 10 mins as you saw, and like millions of people right now I got nothing but time. But of course learning to do it yourself is beneficial depending on how often this may come up for you. Cause ya know, give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish...

[Anonymous]

i would like make something like that,and yes i like to fish

[hfcandrew]

Okay so same as MagWeb did above.

So for that, the red wire part will be the same process as my video, for those blue tooth pieces it will be a separate selection, then a boolean union of the red part and blue parts,

Will be something like

1. Select the teeth
2. Offset 0.1mm
3. Offset 1mm (check connected)
4. Select all
5. Smooth
6. Select both the red and new blue parts with Shift+Click
7. Boolean union

Happy 'fishing'!

[Anonymous]

Hello!
Could you share the orthodontic appliance model and the tooth model please?:)

[anichou82]

Hello, i m looking for the method to create custom orthodontic bands as attached file. but i don't manage to make it solid without Meshmixer filled the ring. can you help me please ?

[Anonymous]

MakeSolid is the wrong tool to construct a solid ring from a surface loop.

You want to use SELECT>Edit>Offset instead.

Here's a possible workflow:

1. To get a nice result later on you should remesh your surface loop first. So SelectAll (Ctrl+A) and run SELECT>Edit>Remesh. Note: I switched the BoundaryMode to FreeBoundary here to recalculate the normal directions at the open boundaries. Otherwise the later Offset will show distortions at its edges.
2. All still selected go to SELECT>Edit>Offset and set the desired thickness in Distance:
3. Select the extruded surface regions as shown:
4. Run SELECT>Deform>Smooth to smooth the exterior surface:

[anichou82]

so easy... with the right tool

thanks a lot for help

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