Ticket #4832 - Freecad hangs loading step file.

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Ticket #4832 - Freecad hangs loading step file.

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I entered this bug in Tracker, but they closed it because i did not enter it here.

So here it is:

issue #0004832: Freecad hangs when trying to import a step file

The bug is trival to reproduce.
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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The Step file loads here fine. Although "fine" is an exaggeration, it took half an hour or so. So I guess it is a resource issue on your computer.

I would like to see another confirmation before closing the ticket.

OS: macOS 10.16
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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chrisb wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:46 am ...
I would like to see another confirmation before closing the ticket.
...
my system crashed after about 15 minutes with a memory overflow (16gb).

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (XFCE/xubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.27078 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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cdPrint wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:09 am .... Freecad hangs when trying to import a step file

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workaround: werner mayer's recommendation: loading difficult stp files into the varicad viewer and exporting them as stp also works here


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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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thomas-neemann wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:00 am workaround: werner mayer's recommendation: loading difficult stp files into the varicad viewer and exporting them as stp also works here
Just to note that Mac users don't have Varicad Viewer available to them.
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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Syres wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:41 am ...
Just to note that Mac users don't have Varicad Viewer available to them.
thanks for the hinseis, i assume it will run in a linux-virtualbox environment

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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.

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thomas-neemann wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:31 am my system crashed after about 15 minutes with a memory overflow (16gb).
I have 16G as well. Do we have a memory leak on Linux?
thomas-neemann wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:47 am
Syres wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:41 am Just to note that Mac users don't have Varicad Viewer available to them.
thanks for the hinseis, i assume it will run in a linux-virtualbox environment
... but virtual box is according to their website not running on current macOS either :? .
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chrisb wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:34 am ...
... but virtual box is according to their website not running on current macOS either :? .
it seems to work with 2019 mac os. is it possible to downgrade with current hardware?
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thomas-neemann wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:54 am it seems to work with 2019 mac os. is it possible to downgrade with current hardware?
From Arm based to X86? No Mr. John Wayne, who shoots first and ask then! :lol:
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