xtemp09

I agree with the author of this issue. What if the files are 500 MiB each? I used to open STL files about this size.

> Are you experiencing problems as well, [@xtemp09](https://github.com/xtemp09)? No. ---- Files may be stored in a network folder or being synced through services like _Dropbox_. Does the thumbnailer have any...

> There's a timeout per-process, so if the resource takes a long time to load that `f3d` process will get killed. Do you have an idea for a different way...

So, if a user opens several STEP files, _FreeCAD_ loads them all and renders their thumbnails. I would say that it is a waste of resources. I can say that...

Not reproducible on _Linux_ and _Windows_. I noticed that there are many issues reporting crash on _MacOS_, while they are not reproducible on other platforms. =] Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (KDE/plasma)...

@iAmVaeVictus, thank you for providing the crash reports. They are completely useless without the reproduction steps.

Windows reports ``` 22:37:54 ViewProviderSketch: Camera is nullptr! 22:37:59 Unhandled Base::Exception caught in GUIApplication::notify. The error message is: Access violation ``` ```ruby OS: Windows 10 build 19045 Word size of...

> Setting aside the crash itself, is the expected behavior here that when you close the tab with the 3D view in it, the task panel that had been associated...

@PaddleStroke, https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6045351b-c940-4015-95c4-2095c304b2d1 ```ruby OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (KDE/plasma/xcb) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 1.1.0dev.38991 (Git) Build type: Debug Branch: master Hash: ef2156d0f6d116b1642a5531a2d44fc6b7d17042 Python 3.12.3, Qt 5.15.13, Coin 4.0.2, Vtk...

@PaddleStroke, mimicking behavior of counterparts of _FreeCAD_ is the best choice, I think.