From c3ec0b7c49cb505dc0195699a6e0be9b0e2f4e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 16:27:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FEM: work around a crash with vtk9 on export of a
 vtkUnstructuredGrid

---
 src/Mod/Fem/App/PropertyPostDataObject.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/App/PropertyPostDataObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/App/PropertyPostDataObject.cpp
index 1f57f41612..c4945d182b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/App/PropertyPostDataObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/App/PropertyPostDataObject.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ void PropertyPostDataObject::SaveDocFile (Base::Writer &writer) const
     xmlWriter->SetFileName(fi.filePath().c_str());
     xmlWriter->SetDataModeToBinary();
 
+#ifdef VTK_CELL_ARRAY_V2
+    // Looks like an invalid data object that causes a crash with vtk9
+    vtkUnstructuredGrid* dataGrid = vtkUnstructuredGrid::SafeDownCast(m_dataObject);
+    if (dataGrid && dataGrid->GetPiece() < 0) {
+        std::cerr << "PropertyPostDataObject::SaveDocFile: ignore broken vtkUnstructuredGrid\n";
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if ( xmlWriter->Write() != 1 ) {
         // Note: Do NOT throw an exception here because if the tmp. file could
         // not be created we should not abort.