Model Builder

Manufacture lab models locally saving time

3Shape's Model Builder™ allows technicians to design lab models for an extensive range of indications including implant models, directly from intraoral scans, physical impression scans, and gypsum scans. Easily produce all lab models locally - either in-house or through your manufacturing center - and completely bypass slow and expensive manufacturing services bound to the scanner device.

Optimized for user-friendly models
Automatic addition of extremely precise friction bars that hold the dies firmly in their shaft during articulation and handling. Users can engrave case data virtually on the model, such as the order number or the patient's name. Select the right articulator interface and add to the design so the model can be used with a physical articulator after manufacturing.

Fast and intuitive model design workflows
Supports semi-automatic virtual sectioning and trimming for designing removable dies. Detects and suggests margin lines and die insertion directions that can be fine adjusted by the user. Automatically builds a virtual model base and articulator base with articulation pins positioned for perfect occlusion.

Precise implant models
Model Builder™ enables model design for implant cases. Based on integrated implant position detection, users can virtually add interfaces for implant analogs directly in the model design. Support for both integrated implant analogs and gluein implant analogs.

One solution for all
Labs can receive 3D input from a wide range of digital impression taking solutions and produce optimized output for any working 3D printers or milling machines. A lab can invest in a single model-making machine to produce models for all its dentist-customers.

Shorten the workflow and reduce turn-around time
Model Builder™ cleans and optimizes the scan, preparing it for direct utilization in the CAD design. The highly accurate digital lab model design can be manufactured in parallel with the CAD design steps and used when finalizing the crown.