From 3709ea8f946fd6786efde01b722b40a5e58db71c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Lackner <clackner@cerbsim.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:16:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow reading of binary brep files

---
 libsrc/occ/occgeom.cpp | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libsrc/occ/occgeom.cpp b/libsrc/occ/occgeom.cpp
index 0d1c8c44..c942a50d 100644
--- a/libsrc/occ/occgeom.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/occ/occgeom.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "occgeom.hpp"
 #include "Partition_Spliter.hxx"
 
+#include <BinTools.hxx>
 #include <BOPAlgo_Builder.hxx>
 #include <BRepBndLib.hxx>
 #include <BRepBuilderAPI_Copy.hxx>
@@ -1638,8 +1639,12 @@ namespace netgen
 
       if(!result)
       {
-         delete occgeo;
-         return NULL;
+        result = BinTools::Read(occgeo->shape, filename.string().c_str());
+        if (!result)
+          {
+            delete occgeo;
+            throw Exception("Could not read BREP file " + filename.string());
+          }
       }
 
       occgeo->changed = 1;