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The SQLite database is extremely fast and very efficient and compact, even with very large amounts of data!
ZDBase is available in 6 languages (de, en, fr, it, es, pt), whereby the language is automatically recognized.
ZDBase DMS Document Management System
First things first: your existing folder structure will NOT be touched.
Everything remains as it is! The ZDB drawing management for Alibre Design EXP, PRO and Atom3D automatically reads the drawings into a fast SQLite database and also works without an Alibre licence (e.g. in Production planing).
With ZDBase Alibre Drawing Management you import all information from your drawing inventory into a super fast SQLite database. Individual Alibre files or directories with subdirectories can be imported fully automatically. All General Properties, Standard Properties AND Custom Properties are considered and imported cleanly into the database. This gives you the possibility to search for all contents within all Alibre files. Furthermore, information is displayed where a certain component has been used or where a 2D drawing of it already exists.
Another new feature is the option to sort by files with high activity. This means that the list of all files can be sorted according to the number of save operations. This gives you a good overview of which components and projects are being worked on and how much, especially in a multi-user environment.
New features in Release (October 2026)
ZDBase for Alibre EXP/PRO/Atom3D
Works with the latest version of Alibre (including future Alibre releases)
Welded assemblies are displayed correctly.
Completely redesigned user interface.
The importer is now significantly faster and...
... it now supports customizable real-time monitoring
Recommendation: Create a new SQLite database and import all the data from scratch.
The first import may take some time. After that, it's lightning fast :-)
- which parts you have defined with a certain material?
- which parts, assemblies, drawings all belong to project XY?
- what is the change index for part ABC?
- in which project was a certain part used?
- which manufacturer supplies what?
- which supplier delivers what?
- which is the largest file?
- which projects were processed in December 2020?
- Display of the standard properties
- Display of user-defined properties
Where used? Yes!
-> In which assembly was a certain part used?
-> Does a 2D drawing of a 3D part or assembly already exist?
-> In which 2D drawings was a particular part used?
You can search for any term and combination!
"We have been working with the ZDB-Tool Tool for a year now and are very satisfied with it. It speeds up the search considerably and reduces the error rate at the same time. We can only recommend it to everyone. Above all, it is already integrated in Expert, which is surprisingly positive anyway and has to be purchased at a very high price from our competitors. Personally, I can only recommend everyone to take a closer look at this lean and fast search tool :-)"