Preparing chairsidecam
Before productive use, you must prepare chairsidecam .
Some of the following links lead to help articles for dentalcam. They also apply without change to chairsidecam.
Schritt 1: Installation
With Z4 machines, dentalcam & dentalcnc is pre-installed on the CAM computer
The computer that is connected to your machine and which runs dentalcam and dentalcnc. supplied.
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For other machines, install DentalCAM & DentalCNC 8: Installing dentalcam & dentalcnc
chairsidecam and 3Shape Produce
chairsidecam is particularly suitable for use with the 3Shape Produceworkflow.
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New users of Z4 machines set up 3Shape Produce during machine start-up.
Recommendation: After connecting your Z4 machine, read: Set up the CAM computer
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Existing users of Z4 machines and users of other machines configure their existing software accordingly.
Cross-machine help article: Setting up and using 3Shape Produce workflow
Schritt 2: Activate chairsidecam
If you have not already enabled chairsidecam during the setup of 3Shape Produce , do so now:
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Open the dentalcamapplication settings window with the following icon in the main icon bar:
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Open the View for general settings with the following icon in the program settings icon bar:
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Activate the Activate ChairsideCAM option.
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Save your changes with the following icon:
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Restart dentalcam.
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dentalcam starts as chairsidecam.
Schritt 3: Configure blank types
Limit the list of available blank types to the materials you actually use. This speeds up material selection for each job.
Customizing the material list
Schritt 4: Set root folder for STL data
Set a root folder for your STL files. This allows you to import objects with just a few clicks.
Schritt 5: Store tools used
For all machines except Z4 , you must configure your tools in dentalcnc .
Adding / removing tools and resetting tool life values
Schritt 6: (Optional) Additional configuration steps
Advanced users can make further adjustments:
General application settings of dentalcam
The configuration of the optional tools can improve your machining results:
Editing machining parameters and optional tools
What's next?
Import your STL file.
