Chapter: Flair Crashes¶

Overview¶

Flair application crashes, hangs, and unexplained closures across both Flair Classic and Flair 7. Crash types range from specific reproducible triggers (opening Graph View with an invalid axis type, saving from the DMX popup) to intermittent crashes under time pressure (rapid speed warning dismissal). FBX-related crashes have their own dedicated issues in the CGI Motion chapter.

Most crash conditions are Flair Classic-specific. Flair 7 is generally more stable, and for several issues (including FBX import) switching to Flair 7 is the primary workaround.

Crash Recovery¶

After any Flair Classic crash: 1. Check "current job" — the last loaded job may be preserved in memory if Flair was writing to the current job buffer before the crash 2. Check the most recently saved .job file — if you saved to disk before the crash, that version is safe 3. If both are gone, the move data is not recoverable — save frequently, especially on location

Issue Index¶

Issue	Status	First Seen
Debug Assertion Dialog - Abort / Retry / Ignore	FIELD GUIDANCE	2023-03-16
Graph View Crash — Axis Type 'Unused'	RESOLVED	2023-03-18
Speed Warnings Crash — Move Lost From Current Job	ONGOING	2023-04-26
FBX Import Crashes Flair Classic	ONGOING	2026-02-12
DMX Popup Crash — Missing Driver Files	RESOLVED	2020-12-15

FBX Crash Notes¶

FBX export crashes in Flair Classic (pre-Dec 2022) are documented separately: - CGI-fbx-crashes-after-export.md — export crash, fixed in Classic 7.2 (17 Dec 2022) - CRASH-fbx-import-crashes-classic.md — import crash, ongoing as of 2026

Official Documentation References¶

Document	Notes
Flair Linux Setup v1.4 — whole document	Linux installation / startup reference
Flair 7 Operator Manual - PDF p.1: startup and basic operation	General startup and operator reference