FreeCAD crashes when batch producing three view drawing

[siyuan]

Hello all,

I am using FreeCAD 0.18.3 with python scripting to batch producing three-view line drawings (front, right, and top view) for 10,000 STEP files. The script runs well. However, when the FreeCAD python console runs for long time, like several hours, the FreeCAD will crash and quit suddenly. I have no idea since python does not require release memory manually, and I am not sure where I might make a mistake. For your convenience, I pose the core part of my code as follows:

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import FreeCAD, Part, Draft, Drawing, DrawingGui, TechDraw, TechDrawGui

def export_three_view(x,filepath):
    a=FreeCAD.getDocument("Unnamed").getObject(x)
    TechDrawGui.exportPageAsSvg(a,filepath)
    del a

for file in dirs:
    ImportGui.open(file)
    App.setActiveDocument("Unnamed")
    App.ActiveDocument=App.getDocument("Unnamed")
    Gui.ActiveDocument=Gui.getDocument("Unnamed")
    Gui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")

    Gui.Selection.clearSelection()

    #compound all the parts to a whole object...

    App.activeDocument().addObject('TechDraw::DrawPage','Page')
    App.activeDocument().addObject('TechDraw::DrawSVGTemplate','Template')
    App.activeDocument().Template.Template = "my/path/A3_Landscape_blank.svg"
    App.activeDocument().Page.Template = App.activeDocument().Template
    App.activeDocument().addObject('TechDraw::DrawProjGroup','ProjGroup')
    App.activeDocument().Page.addView(App.activeDocument().ProjGroup)

    #Front
    #TODO: set the front perspective...

    export_three_view("Page", MY_PATH)

    break

Notice the indent cannot be shown here.
Thanks so much if you have any suggestions!

[microelly2]

I have added the code tag to your post, so the source is displayed with intents.

[wandererfan]

I have no idea since python does not require release memory manually, ...

The python code is supported by lots of C++ in the background. It might have nothing to do with your Python code.

Will have to set up a test for this.

[wandererfan]

I am using FreeCAD 0.18.3 with python scripting to batch producing three-view line drawings (front, right, and top view) for 10,000 STEP files. The script runs well. However, when the FreeCAD python console runs for long time, like several hours, the FreeCAD will crash and quit suddenly.

I'm still investigating, but if I understand your code correctly, at some point you will have 1000's of documents open. Not sure anybody has tried that. The first change I would suggest is to close the document created by "ImportGui.open()" at the end of each iteration.

[siyuan]

I am using FreeCAD 0.18.3 with python scripting to batch producing three-view line drawings (front, right, and top view) for 10,000 STEP files. The script runs well. However, when the FreeCAD python console runs for long time, like several hours, the FreeCAD will crash and quit suddenly.

I'm still investigating, but if I understand your code correctly, at some point you will have 1000's of documents open. Not sure anybody has tried that. The first change I would suggest is to close the document created by "ImportGui.open()" at the end of each iteration.

Thanks so much for your investigation! Do you have any suggestions that which code I need to use to close it? I found several codes online, but not sure. I will report the result as soon as I re-run.

[wandererfan]

Thanks so much for your investigation! Do you have any suggestions that which code I need to use to close it? I found several codes online, but not sure. I will report the result as soon as I re-run.

This is the code I've been testing with. It is a mix of your code and the test script for ProjectionGroups (I didn't have 10000 step files handy!). It has been up to 1000 iterations so far - it slows down sometimes (~300 iterations?) then speeds back up.

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# test script for STEP export macro crash
# see: https://www.forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=42475#p360848

import FreeCAD, Part, TechDraw, TechDrawGui, Import, ImportGui

def export_three_view(x,filepath):
    a=App.activeDocument().getObject(x)
    TechDrawGui.exportPageAsSvg(a,filepath)

templateSpec = '/usr/share/freecad/Mod/TechDraw/Templates/A4_LandscapeTD.svg'
exportSpec = '/home/huxster/Documents/CAD/TDFiles/pageExport'
maxPages = 1000
infile = '/home/huxster/Documents/CAD/TDFiles/pageImport/box.step'

#doc = FreeCAD.newDocument()

for x in range(0,maxPages):
    #get a step file
    ImportGui.open(infile)
    doc = App.ActiveDocument
    docName = doc.Name
#    Import.insert(infile, doc.Name)
    cube = doc.getObject("Solid")    #not sure if this is always the objectName?

    print("making a page: {}".format(x))
    page = doc.addObject('TechDraw::DrawPage','Page')
    template = doc.addObject('TechDraw::DrawSVGTemplate','Template')
    template.Template = templateSpec
    page.Template = template

    print("making a projection group")
    doc.openTransaction("Create Proj Group")
    pGroup = doc.addObject('TechDraw::DrawProjGroup','ProjGroup')
    page.addView(pGroup)
    pGroup.Source = [cube]
    front_view = pGroup.addProjection("Front")
    pGroup.Anchor.recompute()
    doc.commitTransaction()
    print("projection group created")

    #add some more views
    left_view = pGroup.addProjection("Left")
    top_view = pGroup.addProjection("Top")

    pageName = page.Name
    export_three_view(pageName, exportSpec + "/expFile" + str(x) + ".svg")

    print("removing page")
    doc.removeObject(page.Name)

    print("removing step object")
    doc.removeObject(cube.Name)

    App.closeDocument(docName)
    print("end of iteration: {}".format(x))

[vocx]

...Do you have any suggestions that which code I need to use to close it?...

Wandererfan just says that you have to close the active document. When you are iterating, you are opening a document in each iteration. So, just close this file at the end of the cycle; maybe that helps avoid consuming all memory in the system.

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ImportGui.open(file)
...
App.closeDocument(App.ActiveDocument.Name)

If this still triggers a crash, maybe there is a memory leak somewhere.