Start with the short version
OccluTrace runs in the browser. There is nothing to install for a normal case, and no dongle.
How much your own machine matters depends on the module. Alignment, print models and segmentation compute on our servers, so a modest office PC is enough. Crown and Split Bar compute in your browser, so there your machine's speed is the module's speed.
Check the workstation against this list
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Browser | A current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, kept updated. Chrome or Edge is the safest choice for the 3D modules, because the browser features these views use move quickly. |
| Graphics | The 3D views need WebGL 2, the browser's modern 3D interface. There is no 2D substitute: if it is missing or switched off, the viewport stays blank. |
| Processor | Any modern multi-core CPU. Split Bar spreads its heavy steps across up to 8 worker threads, one fewer than the cores it finds, so more cores help up to about nine of them and make no difference at all to work that runs on our servers. |
| Scan files | STL, OBJ, PLY, up to 100 MB each, and up to 10 000 000 triangles in an STL. |
| Desktop Connector | Optional, and Windows 10 or 11 64-bit only. It adds the exocad integration and Open with OccluTrace, and it covers alignment cases. There is no Mac build. |
Common questions about hardware
Yes, for everything you do in the browser. What a Mac cannot have is the desktop Connector, because it is a Windows build, so the exocad integration is unavailable there.
For reviewing a case and downloading results, yes. Designing is another matter: the crown and Split Bar workbenches are built around a mouse with a right button and keyboard modifiers, so a tablet is not a practical design device even though nothing blocks it.
Because that module does its work on your computer rather than ours. It scales on core count up to 8 worker threads. Where threading is unavailable, the identical single-thread engine runs instead: same result, more time.
That is usually WebGL 2 unavailable: a browser too old for it, or graphics acceleration switched off in the browser's settings. Update the browser first, then check that hardware acceleration is enabled.
A current version of Chrome or Edge, kept updated, because the 3D features move quickly.