Sofware to read and open exocad database

[tehnik]

Hi

Currently we are using exocad demo dongels to access database for getting files to print and to mill. As the last demo version of exocad is 3.0 and it is never updated, we are having problems with the software to just close while searching patients. I am wondering if there is software that can read the sqlite database of the exocad and can open the corresponding folder for files...

 

[McTechnician]

I'm a little confused, do you not just have access to the files created by exocad? I believe the SQlite db is specifically to help exocad sort through the files, but I for example can just search through the CAD-Data folder by case number in windows explorer and grab the files I need for printing etc.

 

[Davidkamaa]

Hi

Currently we are using exocad demo dongels to access database for getting files to print and to mill. As the last demo version of exocad is 3.0 and it is never updated, we are having problems with the software to just close while searching patients. I am wondering if there is software that can read the sqlite database of the exocad and can open the corresponding folder for files...

Have you tried my tool? If it doesn't fix your database, feel free to PM me I’ll make a custom solution for you, free of charge.

 

[tehnik]

I'm a little confused, do you not just have access to the files created by exocad? I believe the SQlite db is specifically to help exocad sort through the files, but I for example can just search through the CAD-Data folder by case number in windows explorer and grab the files I need for printing etc.

Well as we have only numbers for folder names, it is too much extra work to identify the files. Our milling and printing persons do not design, so they don't have non other than demo exocad to search the files by name. And as the demo is failing more and more, I need a simple solution.

 

[tehnik]

Have you tried my tool? If it doesn't fix your database, feel free to PM me I’ll make a custom solution for you, free of charge.

Hi, I have not used the tool, so I don't know if it has what I need, but I don't actually need to rename the folders. I just need to access the files similarly to the exocads own exocad db.

 

[Gru]

Hi

Currently we are using exocad demo dongels to access database for getting files to print and to mill. As the last demo version of exocad is 3.0 and it is never updated, we are having problems with the software to just close while searching patients. I am wondering if there is software that can read the sqlite database of the exocad and can open the corresponding folder for files...

Do you have a valid paid exo license? It should be able to open files up to the expiration of the valid license. A demo version isn't designed to allow production use and is probably encrypted to prevent it.

 

[tehnik]

Do you have a valid paid exo license? It should be able to open files up to the expiration of the valid license. A demo version isn't designed to allow production use and is probably encrypted to prevent it.

Demo license does not allow to save designed files, everything else is working, including adding jobs to database. As said, we are using demo dongels only to access folders of the projects, all the designers have full licenses for design and save.

 

[zero_zero]

we have only numbers for folder names

I guess now you know what to do

 

[Affinity]

jetbrains by dotpeek, but you wont be able to edit anything, just look

 

[erzdaemon]

Exocad naming can be configured to use e.g. patient name in folder/file name, can check later wherre to do that

 

[erzdaemon]

In DentalDB\config\settings-db.xml

AFTER CHANGING YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO OPEN ODLER CASES ( you can import from folder ofc, backup settings-db.xml

there's a part with in my case

<FilenameTemplate>%l_%tc</FilenameTemplate> ( patient lastname, toothcolor)
<PathTemplate>%f_%l_%d_%n-%s</PathTemplate>


placeholders are:

%d: date
%n: practice number
%p: practice name
%f: patient first name
%l: patient last name
%c: country
%s: Schalennr
%tc: tooth color for whole job ( the one entered bottom left below Tooth-Scheme in order form )

 

[cadfan]

Maybe the fastest way

 

[Josh Claxton]

I'd probably suggest modifying your naming convention to include pt First and Last name. This WILL break all of your current file structure. They will not reference back to the old files because now they're looking for a different name in the folders. Your reseller should have given you a few options for naming structure when installing to avoid future issues like this, but many don't have very knowledgeable installers. Another one to avoid is date/time type naming structures, because if you modify the case (add a tooth or whatever to the setup in the DB) when you save the project it will modify the time, breaking the link to the old case files again.

If you decide to go the naming structure change route, you can import active cases and start fresh with your DB. You can also utilize 2 different installs to still see the old names to the cases, while utilizing the new DB with proper naming to create new cases

 

[ANoobTech]

I like to do practice name, pt first name, last name, schalennr