B9 Dent CAM

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Certain linked duplicate parts in particular positions caused the application to crash. This was a rare issue observed on only one STL that required significant repair during import.
• Fixed: Alt+dragging a support tip did not bypass the Supportable Angle check.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Importing an ASCII STL caused B9 Dent CAM to hang.

New Features

• For better clarity when using the choose slice thickness dropdown in B9 Dent CAM Professional, changing the printer model dropdown now resets the slice thickness to the default slice thickness for the selected printer model.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: If you did not have B9 Dent CAM Professional, when slicing you could erroneously see a popup asking to confirm slicing at 50 µm. This only occurred if you switched to the B9 Dent Lab printer model, then back to the B9 Dent XL. Despite the popup appearing, all 5 Series files sliced after seeing the popup were sliced with the proper 10 µm slice thickness.

New Features

• Linked duplicates make working with duplicated parts easier.
  • By default, duplicated parts are linked to the parent part and inherit the parent's supports and orientation. When you make support or orientation modifications to the parent part, its linked duplicates automatically update to stay in sync.
  • Clicking the Unlink icon for a linked duplicate breaks the inheritance, allowing the duplicate to be supported and oriented independently.
  • Linked duplicates are visually differentiated by showing a stripe pattern over the part's surface and an outline that highlights when the parent part is selected.
  • In Settings > Options > General > Performance, the Part Outline Rendering and Show supports on duplicate parts settings let you turn off render features that can become intensive if you have many complex duplicates.
  • Any duplicates you create starting B9 Dent CAM 3.11.0 will be linked duplicates. If you use B9 Dent CAM 3.11.0 to open a CPJx from an earlier version of B9 Dent CAM, any duplicated parts in that file will remain unlinked duplicates.
• With B9 Dent CAM Professional, choosing an alternate slice thickness lets you optimize CPJx file size.
  • By default, a CPJx is sliced using the minimum slice thickness for the selected printer model: 10 µm for 5 Series printers and 50 µm for 6 Series printers.
  • Choosing a slice thickness greater than the minimum has the benefits of faster slicing, reduced CPJx file size, and faster file transfer to your printer. The tradeoff is that the CPJx is only printable with material settings are divisible by your selected slice thickness. For example, if you choose a slice thickness of 60 µm for a CPJx and transfer it to your printer, that CPJx will only show material settings that are 60 µm, 120 µm, 180 µm, etc.
  • When a CPJx has been sliced, its slice thickness appears in the slice information section of the sidebar.
• Brim Foundations prevent the foundation from intersecting your part.
  • Brim Foundations are useful when a part is flat on the build table and has engraved features like text that would be filled in by a regular foundation.
• When right-clicking a part in Support mode, Select Part Supports allows you to select only the supports that meet certain criteria:
  • All
  • With Tip and Base
  • With Upper and Lower Tip
  • Without Tip or Base
  • Without Tip and Base
• You can convert a model-to-model support to a reinforcement bar.
  • Reinforcement bars keep their tips parallel to the shaft, ideal for creating horizontal supports.
  • To create a reinforcement bar:
    • Alt+click on the part where you want one tip of the reinforcement bar to be.
    • Drag the base of the created support up onto the part where you want the other tip of the reinforcement bar to be.
    • Right-click the support and choose Convert to Reinforcement Bar.
    • Optionally, Alt+click on the reinforcement bar's shaft to place additional supports directly on the reinforcement bar.
• In Support mode, Alt+clicking on a part allows you to create a support on surfaces that exceed the part's Supportable Angle property.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: In Settings > Options > Custom Materials, the upload button was always disabled so you could not upload custom materials.

New Features

• Printer Manager improvements

  • The Add to favorites star icon allows you to mark printers as favorited.

    • Favorited printers appear at the top of the printer list.

    • On launch, B9Create attempts to connect to each favorited printer, even if the printer was not picked up by the “Auto-detect printers on network” function. 

  • The Search bar allows you to filter the printer list and only show printers matching the entered name or IP address. Clear the search text to show all printers again.

  • The Printer settings icon opens a menu for configuring Printer Manager options.

    • “Clear favorite printers” unfavorites all currently favorited printers.

    • “Auto-detect printers on network” is enabled by default. It detects B9Creations printers on the same network as your computer and connects to them automatically.

    • “Use system proxy settings” is enabled by default. It is recommended to leave this enabled unless your IT has configured proxy settings that prevent you from accessing B9Creations printers.

  • If a printer is no longer connected but is either favorited or has been previously connected during your B9Create session, that printer will remain in the printer list with a Reconnect button, allowing you to easily attempt a reconnection.

  • The printer list is sorted alphabetically by printer name.

  • You can manually connect to a printer using its hostname, which identifies your printer on your network similar to an IP address. Hostname is derived from the printer's assigned Name and will be visible in a future firmware update for your printer.

• Auto Support and Auto Scaffold have a Cancel button to stop the operation without waiting for it to complete.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Box select only selected a support if the support's base was fully enclosed within the box selection.

• Fixed: When closing the auto support preset edit panel, a warning about losing unsaved changes was shown even when there were no unsaved changes.

• Fixed: In the auto support preset edit panel, toggling the Maxima or Grid checkbox off and then on did not properly assign a value to the Support Preset dropdown. Auto supporting using the preset could place malformed supports.

• Fixed: When a printer connected, occasionally the printer name was not populated.

• Fixed: Scaffolding selected supports could show an incorrect progress message.

• Fixed: B9Create could hang for up to 5 seconds after opening while printers were auto-detected.

• Fixed: For the B9 Model material, auto supporting a part using the Model indication generated supports. Now auto supporting a Model indication generates no supports, similar to how the Model Die indication behaves.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Auto support often did not use the correct support preset.

New Features

• The Scan2Print feature in B9 Dent CAM Professional automatically builds hollowed, printable models from dental scan STLs in one button click, no CAD required.
  • B9 Dent CAM automatically detects if an STL is a scan and performs several operations:
    • Edge smoothing
    • Base generation
    • Hollowing
    • Drain hole placement
    • Floor lattice generation
    • Text engraving
  • For the best results, use a well-captured scan that has been trimmed.
  • Click here to learn more about upgrading your license to B9 Dent CAM Professional.
• Support caps are optional objects that you can insert between the tip of your support and the part surface.
  • During support removal, the cap creates a positive artifact that can be filed down instead of a negative artifact that must be filled in. The support tip breaks away from the cap, and the cap remains attached to the part surface.
  • Add a support cap by selecting a support and changing the Cap Type.
  • Use the radius and penetration depth controls to fine tune your caps for optimal removal.