No error message, if the file format is not supported

[dkowollik]

🔍 Before submitting the issue

• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

🐞 Description of the bug

There is no error message, that the file format is not supported by the GeometryService.

📝 Steps to reproduce

In [1]: from ansys.geometry.core import launch_modeler_with_geometry_service
In [2]: modeler = launch_modeler_with_geometry_service(hidden=True)
In [3]: model = modeler.open_file('any_existing_file.txt')
In [4]: print(model)
ansys.geometry.core.designer.Design 0x24bc89985b0
  Name                 : Design1
  Is active?           : True
  N Bodies             : 0
  N Components         : 0
  N Coordinate Systems : 0
  N Named Selections   : 0
  N Materials          : 0
  N Beam Profiles      : 0
  N Design Points      : 0

💻 Which operating system are you using?

Windows

📀 Which ANSYS version are you using?

Ansys 2024 R2

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.10

📦 Installed packages

aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.0
aiohttp==3.10.5
aiosignal==1.3.1
ansys-api-dbu==0.3.4
ansys-api-geometry==0.4.7
ansys-api-mapdl==0.5.2
ansys-api-mechanical==0.1.2
ansys-api-meshing-prime==0.1.3
ansys-api-platform-instancemanagement==1.1.0
ansys-dpf-composites==0.6.0
ansys-dpf-core==0.13.0
ansys-geometry-core==0.7.0
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ansys-math-core==0.1.5
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[RobPasMue]

Hi @dkowollik! Could you share as well the server logs (if you run this with the Geometry Service instead of Discovery)?

[dkowollik]

Hi @RobPasMue,

My mistake. I used the Geometry Service. I updated the python snippets above.
The log file shows nothing special, see below (I did not copy the entire path variable from the log file):

Licensing: ANSYS242_DIR already set to 'C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\ANSYS'
Licensing: Server.SetLicenseServer() has not been called.
License checked out in 1516 seconds
Modeler = Parasolid
ANSYS Stride 1.17.2.9183872
ModelerStarter Hoops 3: hoopsFolder=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride\Hoops
HOOPS Version: 24.1.0
HOOPS Folder: C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride\Hoops
Translator directory is set to:C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Translators
Parasolid version 36.0.198
Environment variable: PATH = C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride;...
gRPC services subscription done.
Server started. Listening on endpoint: localhost:56913

[RobPasMue]

No worries, this works, thanks @dkowollik! Can we try running again the same script with the following arguments in the launch method?

 modeler = launch_modeler_with_geometry_service(enable_trace=True, server_log_level=0)

This should provide us with more insights on what's happening on the solver (if we then look at the server logs) . I can try to run it on my side as well if you prefer.

[dkowollik]

Licensing: ANSYS242_DIR already set to 'C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\ANSYS'
Licensing: Server.SetLicenseServer() has not been called.
License checked out in 1391 seconds
Modeler = Parasolid
ANSYS Stride 1.17.2.9183872
ModelerStarter Hoops 3: hoopsFolder=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride\Hoops
HOOPS Version: 24.1.0
HOOPS Folder: C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride\Hoops
Translator directory is set to:C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Translators
Parasolid version 36.0.198
Environment variable: PATH = C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Stride;...
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Subscription for Dbu services has begun.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ApiGrpcServer: AddServerServicesDescriptors: Add services descriptor to use reflection begun. Services count: 6
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Subscription for Dbu services is done.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Subscription for Geometry services has begun.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ApiGrpcServer: AddServerServicesDescriptors: Add services descriptor to use reflection begun. Services count: 16
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Subscription for Geometry services is done.
gRPC services subscription done.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ApiGrpcServer : providing endpoint.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ServerPortProvider : parsing command line.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Command line options: C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v242\GeometryService\Presentation.ApiServerDMS.exe
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ServerPortProvider : get environment or default endpoint.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: gRPCServerStartupAddress value:
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: API_ADDRESS value: localhost
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: API_PORT value: 61235
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Environment parsed address: localhost:61235
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ServerPortProvider : parse endpoint.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Provided server's endpoint: localhost:61235
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Local adresses: IP Address 0: fe80::d918:d78a:2844:30a%4 IP Address 1: fe80::62d5:150f:4c8e:b7cf%10 IP Address 2: 192.168.56.1 IP Address 3: 10.255.144.77
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: ApiGrpcServer : provided endpoint.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Starting server routine begun. updating health status to "false".
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Starting server routine: Call "Stop" to stop the server if it's running.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Starting server routine: Create new server and bind services.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Descriptors added. Descriptors count: 22.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Services added. Services count: 21.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Starting server routine: new port added to the server: Grpc.Core.ServerPort.
Server started. Listening on endpoint: localhost:61235
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Admin.GetBackend request.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Admin.GetBackend response:{ "type": "WINDOWS_DMS", "version": { "majorRelease": 24, "minorRelease": 2 } }
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: CommandsService.UploadFile
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Upload file: C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\any_existing_file.txt
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Upload file: succeeded.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: Opened file's id: ~sE53637c73-55b2-46d6-88a2-43b0b03e4872.2__
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: CommandsService.UploadFile.Response:
-Result: { "filePath": "C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\any_existing_file.txt", "documentId": { "id": "~sE53637c73-55b2-46d6-88a2-43b0b03e4872.2__" } }
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: DesignsService.GetActive.
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: DesignsService.GetActive.Response:
-Design: { "id": "~sE53637c73-55b2-46d6-88a2-43b0b03e4872.2__", "isComplete": true, "mainPart": { "id": "0:2" }, "mainPartDisplaysFileName": true, "name": "Design1" }
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: DesignsService.GetAssembly.
-Request: { "id": "~sE53637c73-55b2-46d6-88a2-43b0b03e4872.2__" }
ApiServerAddin: ApiServerAddin: DesignsService.GetAssembly.Response:
-Response: { "parts": [ { "id": "0:2", "name": "Design1" } ] }

[RobPasMue]

Okay so the logs are not saying anything about the invalid file format. The service should definitely be checking it rather than the client. I will bring this to the dev team in charge of the Geometry Service. Thanks a lot for your inputs!

A quick workaround would be to implement the checks on the Python side but scaling would make it harder...