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News in Facad, version 3.3

Released in June 2009.

  • Quick access to certain tools
    • Some new keyboard accelerators have been introduced for zooming and contrast/brightness adjustment.
    • Quick switching between certain tools enables a fast method of placing markers or teeth, and then adjusting the last placed marker or tooth.
  • Importing images
    • Paste an image from the Windows clipboard.
  • Printing
    • Smarter positioning of traced images and superimpositions on printouts.

News in Facad, version 3.2

  • Windows Vista
    • Facad is now also available for Windows Vista.
      Released in April 2009 (version 3.2.0.8 A)

News in Facad, version 3.1

Latest version 3.1.0.3 F, released in March 2009.

  • DICOM
    • Connection with PACS systems having Dicom Send abilities,
      Facad = Image Storage SCP.
  • Activity logging (optional)
    • Who has accessed which patients and images, where (from which computer) and when (time stamp)?
  • More languages
    • Facad is translated into French, Spanish, Dutch, and Danish.
  • Plugin programs
    • A dedicated plugin program for CliniView (Instrumentarium Imaging).
    • A dedicated plugin program for DentalEye.
    • A dedicated plugin program for Romexis (Planmeca).

News in Facad, version 3

  • New toolbars, icons and symbols
    • The symbols in toolbars and icons have been graphically enhanced.

  • Multiple language support
    • Facad 3 is completely prepared for several languages. Each user can easily select his/her preferred language.
      English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish.
  • New Image/Tracing Manager
    • Visual overview (with image thumbnails) and management of a patient's images, tracings, treatment plans, and superimpositions.
  • Image Calibration
    • The routine for calibration of images has been improved. Now you first specify which calibration method you want to use, and after that you make the calibration according to your specification.
  • Image types
    • More differentiated image types have been introduced.
  • Image Viewer
    • In the new Image Viewer it is possible to view an image, adjust its brightness and contrast, calibrate the image, and perform interactive measurements without having to open or create a tracing.
  • Resize and Rotate
    • Resizing and rotation of graphic objects is now easily performed by adjusting resize corners and rotation handles:

  • Resize and rotate teeth.
  • Planned rotation of teeth and hard tissue segments.
  • Place and position the soft tissue profile line.
  • Cephalometric analysis
    • An analysis is now selected from a list of available analyses. There are two lists available; one for the standard analyses that come with Facad and one for the custom made analyses, the so-called local analyses.
    • New standard analyses (see full list of standard analyses)
      • McGann
      • Jefferson modified Sassouni
      • Trygde-analysen
      • Ricketts Frontal
    • Create your own analyses from a measurement library in the new Cephalometric Analysis Editor.
    • Values in the analysis window are now presented together with a symbolic presentation of the value’s deviation from the norm value.
  • Treatment planning
    • Soft tissue profile prediction can now be turned on/off with just a checkbox.
  • Superimposition
    • A superimposition is now regarded as a special form of tracing. A superimposition is thus named and saved and will be found among other tracings.
    • New standard colors for included tracings in a superimposition.
    • Manual alignment of included tracings, using anatomical structures.
  • Plugin programs
    • The Sidexis-Facad plugin can now automatically calibrate lateral x-ray images from both Sirona Orthophos systems XG and DS/3DS.
    • The Dimaxis-Facad plugin can now correctly convert the birth dates that are exported from Dimaxis.
  • Miscellaneous
    • When entering decimal values, Facad now accepts both . and , as the decimal sign.
    • Send support messages, error reports and suggestions for new features directly to Ilexis AB from within the Facad program.