Mode > Alignment

Alignment mode

The Alignment mode provides various tools to align target and reference data.

1. Select the 3D data that you want to assign to the reference and click “Assign as Reference” or drag and move it with your mouse. Alternatively, right-click the mouse to access the data assignment options.

2. Next, assign the target data.

3. Click "Confirm."

In the case that you wish to align the target data separately to the reference, choose "Align Target Data Separately”. If you choose "Align Target Data in Group”, the target data will be aligned as a group.

• Data alignment one by one

• Aligned in a group

 

❏ Toolbox

• Reassign data: Used to reselect target and reference data for alignment.
• Automatic alignment: Used to align the data automatically without any user-defined points.
• Manual alignment: Used to align the data manually using user-defined points.
• Align with selected area: Used to align the reference and target data only within a selected area.

 💡 The following tools appear under the Align with Selected Area function.

 ▪︎  Smart teeth selection: Used to automatically select all teeth of the arch leaving out gingiva.

 ▪︎ Smart single tooth selection: Used to automatically select the area of a single tooth leaving out gingiva parts. Click and drag the mouse on the tooth.

 ▪︎ Polyline selection: Used to select all entities within a polyline shape drawn on the screen.

 ▪︎ Brush selection: Used to select all entities on a freehand drawn path on the screen. Only the front face will be selected. The brush comes in three different sizes.

 ▪︎ Selection/deselection: Used to select/deselect the area using various tools.

 ▪︎ Clear all selection: Used to clear all selected areas.

• Detach data: Used to detach the aligned data and to take it to the original position.

 

❏ Alignment options

Medit Design provides three alignment options to choose from:

1. Automatic alignment
2. Manual alignment
3. Alignment with a selected area.

• To align data manually, click the Manual Alignment button and mark three matching points on both target and reference data. The points can be deleted and set again after clicking the Delete Alignment Points button.
• The Align with Selected Area tool allows for selecting the specific part of the data needed to be aligned. Use the selection tools to mark the area on both target and reference data.
• If you would like to select one or several teeth easily, use the Smart Single Tooth Selection tool.
• If the data you are working on was acquired via scanning in Medit Scan for Clinics, Smart Teeth Selection is a handy tool to select all arch teeth, leaving out the soft tissue data.

• Check: Click on the Check button to finish the selection and align the selected data with the selected area.

Swap target and reference data by using the Realign Target and Reference Data button at the bottom of the window. You can come back to this option during working in any mode.