Object reference not set to an instance of an object when migrating to 6.3.1

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Hello, We are migrating from 5.19 and receive the following error when trying to open the project: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Mendix.Modeler.Integration.ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.UpdateAssociations(IObjectMappingElement objectMappingElement, IElement rootElement) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Integration-Modeler\src\modeler\Mendix.Modeler.Integration\Conversions\ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.cs:line 38 at Mendix.Modeler.Integration.ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.PerformConvert(IMappingDocument mappingDocument) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Integration-Modeler\src\modeler\Mendix.Modeler.Integration\Conversions\ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.cs:line 30 at Mendix.Modeler.Integration.ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.Convert(IProject project) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Integration-Modeler\src\modeler\Mendix.Modeler.Integration\Conversions\ConvertChoiceInheritanceAssociations.cs:line 21 at Mendix.Modeler.Projects.Conversions.ProjectConversion.PerformOneTimeConversion(IOneTimeConversion oneTimeConversion) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Projects\Conversions\ProjectConversion.cs:line 53 at Mendix.Modeler.Projects.Conversions.ProjectConversion.DoOneTimeConversions() in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Projects\Conversions\ProjectConversion.cs:line 37 at Mendix.Modeler.Projects.Project.<Convert>b__116_0() in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Projects\Project.cs:line 245 at Mendix.Modeler.Projects.Project.HackProjectInstance[T](Func`1 func) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Projects\Project.cs:line 279 at Mendix.Modeler.Projects.Project.Convert() in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Projects\Project.cs:line 243 at Mendix.Modeler.Storage.Operations.UnitLoader.<>c__DisplayClass18_0.<IsConversionNeeded>b__0(IStorageObject o) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Storage\Operations\UnitLoader.cs:line 242 at Mendix.Modeler.Storage.Operations.TypeWalk.ForEachObjectDo(IStorageObject root, Func`2 work, Boolean skipExcludedObjects) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Storage\Operations\TypeWalk.cs:line 87 at Mendix.Modeler.Storage.Operations.UnitLoader.IsConversionNeeded(IStorageUnit rootUnit) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Storage\Operations\UnitLoader.cs:line 240 at Mendix.Modeler.Storage.Operations.UnitLoader.Load[T](IProgressInfo info, Dictionary`2 _knownUnits, Boolean& conversionNeeded) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Storage\Operations\UnitLoader.cs:line 48 at Mendix.Modeler.Operations.Loader30.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<DoLoad>b__0(Database database) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Operations\Loader30.cs:line 22 at Mendix.Modeler.Utility.DbConnectors.DbConnector.WithoutTransactionDo[TResult](Func`1 action) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Utility\DbConnectors\DbConnector.cs:line 64 at Mendix.Modeler.Utility.DbConnectors.SQLiteConnector.Do[TResult](String filePath, Boolean useTransaction, Func`2 action) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Utility\DbConnectors\SQLiteConnector.cs:line 58 at Mendix.Modeler.Storage.Database.Do[TResult](String filePath, Boolean useTransaction, Func`2 action) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Storage\Database.cs:line 0 at Mendix.Modeler.Operations.Loader30.DoLoad(IProgressInfo info, String filePath) in C:\jenkins\workspace\AppStudio-Modeler\src\Mendix.Modeler.Core\Operations\Loader30.cs:line 18 Did anyone else encountered this issue?
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This exception is caused by excluded documents being present during the conversion. Exporting and delete them and then try to convert again. We will, of course, provide a proper fix in an upcoming Mendix release but at least there is a workaround.

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