# PPM crashes with very large result files when animating time increments **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643 "2026-09-03T14:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/1 "2026-09-03T14:41:43Z")
Hello Matey, i have large result files with hundreds of increments. PPM crashes when it tries to animate that increments. Is it possible to upload such an file (\> 1GB zipped) to you? Best regards, Frank ---
**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/2 "2026-09-03T14:42:47Z")
> [@febing](#): > > Is it possible to upload such an file (\> 1GB zipped) to you? Can you use some hosting website like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or even WeTransfer ? ---
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/3 "2026-09-03T14:45:10Z")
Hello, i do not want to post a public link here. How can i share the link with you or Matey? ---
**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/4 "2026-09-03T15:01:28Z")
I will send you a pm. Then you should be able to send them too. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/5 "2026-09-03T20:19:44Z")
You can send me a PM, and I will test it. Which version of PrePoMax do you use? ---
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/6 "2026-09-04T07:27:20Z")
Hello Matey, i use 2.6.1. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/7 "2026-09-06T12:11:59Z")
I can confirm the bug; it is a known issue. I think the problem is in the Kitware Actiwiz. The visualization layer over VTK that I cannot inspect/fix. I will try to limit the crashes if possible. On my PC, the animation runs for multiple minutes before it crashes. ---
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/8 "2026-09-06T16:36:13Z")
Hello Matej, on my PC PPM crashes before the animation starts. Just several seconds after clicking on “Time increments” checkbox. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/9 "2026-09-07T07:39:18Z")
Can you reproduce the crash consistently? It would also help to know how much RAM is on your computer (CPU/GPU). ---
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/10 "2026-09-07T11:39:55Z")
RAM is 128GB, but GPU has only 4GB. ---
**Author:** ![febing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@febing](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/febing)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/11 "2026-09-10T08:20:22Z")
Yes, the crashes are consistent. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/ppm-crashes-with-very-large-result-files-when-animating-time-increments/3643/12 "2026-09-11T11:53:35Z")
It is probably a memory problem. It is hard for me to determine it precisely since I cannot test it, but I will try to reduce the memory footprint of a single frame.