Automate is a self-service AI-powered dental design platform. Automate frees up time to focus on complex cases, while AI delivers your most common case types.
Website: https://www.3shape.com/en/services/automate
Sign Up: https://automate.3shape.com/Trial?lang=en
Support: automate@3shape.com
Important: When using 3Shape Automate, ensuring high-quality scans is essential for achieving precise and efficient dental designs. Clear scans without unnecessary data or holes are crucial for several reasons. They provide accurate details for optimal fit and aesthetics, help the system process data efficiently, and reduce errors or the need for manual corrections. Avoiding extra data ensures faster workflows, while complete, noise-free scans prevent software misinterpretation. Ultimately, investing in quality scans improves outcomes, reduces rework, and saves both time and costs, leading to better patient satisfaction and streamlined processes.
Workflow
1. Login into your account. https://automate.3shape.com
2. Click on the "Crowns" Tab.
3. Set Your Design Preferences and Turnaround Time.
4. Upload your order
Upload your orders from 3Shape Dental System.
- Upload via 3Shape Dental System Integration:
- Install Integration
https://support.fullcontour.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403351523355-3Shape-Automate-How-to-install-Update-3Shape-Automate-button-for-2021-or-newer
Step by Step on Uploading through Dental System Integration
https://support.fullcontour.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403351617179-3Shape-Automate-How-to-Upload-Download-Edit-a-3Shape-Automate-Design
- Upload via Drag and Drop:
- Install Integration
5. Review and approve your design
Note: If you have multiple computer setups or would like to separate the options of approving and downloading, please follow these steps https://support.fullcontour.com/hc/en-us/articles/30730710782491-3Shape-Automate-How-to-separate-the-steps-of-approving-and-downloading-CAM-files
After your designs are completed, you can preview a series of screenshots to approve their quality. After you approve, you may download and pay. With Automate, you only pay for designs you approve.
- Go to the "Results" page and click the "Review" button next to your case.
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Check the Quality Control Images
Each case includes automated screenshots covering all critical views necessary for a detailed assessment of your designs. These images include:
Distal/Mesial Marginal Ridge View: Offers a clear perspective of the marginal ridges.
Buccal View: Displays the outer surface of the tooth.
Lingual View: Shows the inner surface of the tooth.
Occlusal View: Provides a top-down view of the tooth's biting surface.
Cross Section with Antagonist: Shows a detailed cross-section, including the antagonist tooth for accurate occlusal analysis.
Heat Map: Displays neighboring and occlusal contacts with a numerical indicator, helping you assess contact points.
6. Modify and edit your design (Optional).
- 3D Viewer and Online Editor
You can check and adjust your design when needed.
Edit Anatomy
Repair Gingiva & Margins
Repair Bite Alignment
Once you are happy with the adjustments click on "Apply" or "Done" The system will generate a new design based on your changes.
You can generate new Quality control images if desired by clicking "Update Images".
Users with 3Shape Dental System 2021 or newer versions have the option to import the case back and modify/edit received designs. https://support.fullcontour.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403351617179-3Shape-Automate-How-to-Upload-Download-Edit-a-3Shape-Automate-Design
7. Reject or Accept and Download STL files and proceed with manufacturing
Once your design case is accepted, download the CAM file directly into your computer or generate CAM in 3Shape Dental Manager.
Whether producing internally or collaborating with 3rd party manufacturers, Automate CAM files are compatible with all milling and printing machines.
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Upload via Drag and Drop
If the case was uploaded via drag and drop, you will have the option to:
1. Reject the case (You don't get charged for it).
2. Order Models (The system will create a new order just for simple models based on the current case's scans, it will use your default preferences for this indication, this option is not available if the Object Type is set up as Model).
3. Accept, Download CAM (This will download the STL file/s)
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Upload through the integration
You will have the option to:
1. Reject the case (You don't get charged for it).
2. Order Models (The system will create a new order just for simple models based on the current case's scans, it will use your default preferences for this indication, this option is not available if the Object Type is set up as Model).
3. Accept as Is: If you choose the “Accept As Is” button, the moment you download the case back into your 3Shape it will produce a manufacturing file and place it in your manufacturing Directory.
4. Accept for Editing: If you choose the “Accept For Editing” button, after you download the case back into 3Shape you will need to generate CAM or send it to the manufacturer of your choice.
Step By Step on how to download the case and import it back into the Dental system: https://support.fullcontour.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403351617179-3Shape-Automate-How-to-Upload-Download-Edit-a-3Shape-Automate-Design
The 'Skip' button will either take you out of the Review page or, if there are additional cases pending review, it will move you to the next one, allowing you to review it at a later time.
Test Cases - Examples
Attached to this article you will find a couple of cases with its Original Scans, Quality Control Images, and CAM files for you to review. Settings used for test cases:
If you have any questions, our Customer Support team is here to help!
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