# Does Slicer have a way to read the stl file in the database

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicer-have-a-way-to-read-the-stl-file-in-the-database/26564>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicer-have-a-way-to-read-the-stl-file-in-the-database/26564 "2022-12-03T06:35:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicer-have-a-way-to-read-the-stl-file-in-the-database/26564/1 "2022-12-03T06:35:00Z")

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I put an stl file into the database, I don’t want to read it out and save it to the local and then load it through Slicer, does Slicer have a method to directly read the stl in the database