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Desktop Log file

This page documents how to get a clean logfile for iTwin Capture Manage and Extract and Orbit 3DM Publisher products.

Troubleshooting issue

When contacting Bentley Support to troubleshoot an issue please provide:

Clean Log File

The logfile contains valuable information about completed actions and ongoing processes and might be requested by the Bentley support team to troubleshoot a problem.
A logfile contains all information from the start of the application.
For a clean logfile, restart the application and complete the steps to reproduce the issues with a minimum number of actions/clicks.

iTwin Capture Manage and Extract App

Restarting the Desktop apps will replace the logfile, delete the previous and create a new one.

Steps to create a clean log file

  1. Close all itwin Capture Manage and Extract apps
  2. Start one iTwin Capture Mange and Extract app
  3. Reproduce the issue with a minimum number of actions/clicks.
  4. Share the logfile
    1. From Desktop > Mail Toolbar > Help Menu > Open Logfile …
    2. From Operating System Temp Folder > %temp%\orbit_3dm_<product>.log or %temp%\itwin_capture_<product>.log

Orbit 3DM Publisher server

Steps to create a clean log file

  1. Stop Orbit Publisher Service
  2. Delete logfiles
    1. <Install Dir>/Orbit 3DM Publisher Service Data/log/eos/*.log
  3. Start Orbit Publisher Service
  4. Reproduce the issue with a minimum number of actions/clicks.
  5. Share logfiles
    1. <Install Dir>/Orbit 3DM Publisher Service Data/log/eos/*.log

Java Crash Logs

When the Java Runtime crashes, a Java Fatal Error log file is created.

Search for “hs_err_pid[xxx].log” in the Orbit startup bin folder.