Ticket #4832 - Freecad hangs loading step file.
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Ticket #4832 - Freecad hangs loading step file.
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.
So here it is:
issue #0004832: Freecad hangs when trying to import a step file
The bug is trival to reproduce.
Last edited by Kunda1 on Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
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
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.27078 (Git)
Build type: Release
Python version: 3.9.9
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.3
Locale: C/Default (C)
I would like to see another confirmation before closing the ticket.
OS: macOS 10.16
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.27078 (Git)
Build type: Release
Python version: 3.9.9
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.3
Locale: C/Default (C)
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
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
Branch: (HEAD detached at bcdd926)
Hash: bcdd926686f2245fe60baface1cce1ab3dff7a5b
Python version: 3.9.9
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.3
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
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My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
workaround: werner mayer's recommendation: loading difficult stp files into the varicad viewer and exporting them as stp also works here
Gruß Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Neemann
https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad
My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad
My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
Just to note that Mac users don't have Varicad Viewer available to them.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
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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
thanks for the hinseis, i assume it will run in a linux-virtualbox environment
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Gruß Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Neemann
https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad
My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad
My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
I have 16G as well. Do we have a memory leak on Linux?thomas-neemann wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:31 am my system crashed after about 15 minutes with a memory overflow (16gb).
... but virtual box is according to their website not running on current macOS eitherthomas-neemann wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:47 amthanks for the hinseis, i assume it will run in a linux-virtualbox environment

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Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
it seems to work with 2019 mac os. is it possible to downgrade with current hardware?
Gruß Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Neemann
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My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad
My workflow is not mainstream, it is optimized for speed and stability.That doesn't mean that the mainstream workflow is bad
Re: Freecad hangs loading step file.
From Arm based to X86? No Mr. John Wayne, who shoots first and ask then!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?

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