Fix #3788. Fix crash when opening drawing SVGs using webbrowser module which is not recommended and the file is on a Dropbox synced external drive. Now replaced with generic os.startfile / xdg-open / open commands.

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/csv/operator.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import json
 import ifccsv
 import logging
 import tempfile
-import webbrowser
 import ifcopenshell
 import blenderbim.tool as tool
 from blenderbim.bim.ifc import IfcStore

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/operator.py

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import shutil
 import hashlib
 import shapely
 import subprocess
-import webbrowser
 import numpy as np
 import multiprocessing
 import ifcopenshell

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/fm/operator.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import bpy
 import json
 import logging
 import tempfile
-import webbrowser
 import ifcopenshell
 import blenderbim.tool as tool
 

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/sequence/operator.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import time
 import calendar
 import isodate
 import pystache
-import webbrowser
 import blenderbim.core.sequence as core
 import blenderbim.tool as tool
 import blenderbim.bim.module.sequence.helper as helper

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/drawing.py

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import bmesh
 import shutil
 import logging
 import shapely
+import platform
 from shapely.ops import unary_union
 import mathutils
-import webbrowser
 import subprocess
 import numpy as np
 import blenderbim.core.tool
@@ -834,7 +834,12 @@ class Drawing(blenderbim.core.tool.Drawing):
                 command[0] = shutil.which(command[0]) or command[0]
                 subprocess.Popen([replacements.get(c, c) for c in command])
         else:
-            webbrowser.open("file://" + path)
+            if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+                subprocess.call(("open", path))
+            elif platform.system() == "Windows":
+                os.startfile(path)
+            else:
+                subprocess.call(("xdg-open", path))
 
     @classmethod
     def open_spreadsheet(cls, uri):