Polygonica announces new reference app for medical implant design
Software developer MachineWorks Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK, has announced the availability of a new reference example for medical implant design, including orthognathic and craniomaxillofacial surgery planning. The source code for the app is available on an unsupported basis to existing licensees and evaluators of Polygonica, a component software library for working with polygon meshes.
The reference app demonstrates the use of a range of Polygonica functions, including mesh Booleans, sheet thickening, edge blending and 3D curve operations such as UV wrapping, imprinting, smoothing and offsetting.
The demonstrations also show how Polygonica’s shrinkwrapping can be used to create a nearly convex surface across large gaps in an effort to ensure that the resulting mesh implants are smooth and do not contain unnecessary bends or concavities.
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In the craniomaxillofacial workflow, Polygonica’s mesh registration is used to closely align a mirrored model of the skull with the original, to create a similar smooth surface on which to generate the skull cap implant geometry.
More information about the use of Polygonica in orthognathic and cranial surgery is available here.
