How to Plan a Knee Surgery in Materialise Mimics Core

Customizing your knee planner tab:

1. Click the Edit tab.
2. Select the tab you'd like to save a tool from, choose the tool you'd like to add to your custom tab, and click the right arrow to add it.
3. Repeat as needed.

Creating primitives:

1. Use the Create Primitives tool, select Sphere under Type, and use the Fit to surface method.
2. Set a Diameter in the Mark field, select the chosen area, and name it.
3. Click Create to finalize.

Creating an origin point:

1. Use the Create Primitives tool, select Point under Type, and use the Midpoint method.
2. Select points A and B.
3. Name the primitive and click Create to finalize.

Creating the mechanical access:

1. Use the Create Primitives tool, select Line under Type, and use the Through 2 points method.
2. Select points A and B through the origin point and the femoral head.
3. Name the primitive and click Create to finalize.

Cutting the preoperative femur:

1. Select the Cut tool.
2. Select the femur in the Objects pane, then choose the planes you'll be Cutting with.
3. Click Cut to cut all planes at once.

Snapshotting:

1. Select the eye icons for the parts in the Object pane that you'd like a snapshot of.
2. Click the plus icon in the Snapshots pane and rename the snapshot.
3. Repeat the process to make snapshots as needed.