[Gmsh] gmsh crashes when importing an IGES file
Christophe Geuzaine
cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Fri Oct 17 22:16:21 CEST 2008
Mark van Doesburg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to import a simple IGES file into GMSH. Unfortunately GMSH
> crashes when reading the attached file, the file only contains a cylinder
> and was created with BRL-CAD.
>
> The program segfaults just after the message "- fixing spot and strip
> faces" should be displayed. Using the debugger I've been able to see
> that entity = 0xfefdfefdfefd0000 which means it was uninitialized,
> I am not sure where to look next.
>
If I uncheck the "Remove small edges/faces from OpenCascade models" in
Options->Geometry->General the file loads without warnings, but the
models appears to be empty...
As a general rule, try to avoid IGES files: they don't contain the
topology. If at all possible use STEP files instead.
> regards,
>
> Mark van Doesburg
>
>
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