Alias fails to open IGES files from One-Drive

[wild-hunt]

Hi folks,

Alias fails when trying to open IGES files from One-Drive, while it works fine when opening the same file locally:

Pretty annoying, when you work with two computers. 😕

Cheers,

GG

PS: The forum does not support to attach IGES files. If you should not be able to reproduce this, I can send the file via email, but the problem is not file specific.

[c3systems]

Hi GG,

Not able to reproduce this error.. using 2025.1. Although the file size was only 256 KB.

Does it also happens with small files.

[rauscht · Accepted solution]

Hi GG,

the reason for this surprising behavior seems to be the German Umlaut "ä" contained in your original file path.

Please try the following:

• Copy the original file from One-Drive folder having that Umlaut into a different folder on One-Drive which doesn't have a special character (no Umlauts, Accents etc.)
• Repeat the IGS import from that new One-Drive folder
  Expectation: this time the data comes in

Unfortunately, path names which special characters contained are not supported by data translators in general. This is a known limitation, I must admit.

Hth

Thomas

[wild-hunt]

Ah, yes, sorry, didn't recognize the root level folder "Selbstständigkeit", which I created several months ago, before I started using it also for Alias file exchange. Thanks, Thomas!