topic Re: Is it possible to disable the sketch update? in Inventor Programming Forum

Is it possible to disable the sketch update?

stefanome — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:25:05 GMT

I have a function that adds many entities and constraints to a sketch, and it's very slow because it updates the sketch after each constraint is created.

Is it possible to turn off the automatic update, add all the entities and constraints, then turn on the update?

Thanks,

Stefano

Re: Is it possible to disable the sketch update?

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:09:16 GMT

Use Sketch.DeferUpdates property

See also the sample "DeferSketchUpdate" in the Inventor API Help

Re: Is it possible to disable the sketch update?

stefanome — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:28 GMT

Thanks,

That's what I was looking for.

Unfortunately reduces the time from 2.9 to 2.3 seconds only, I was hoping on a bigger difference.

Re: Is it possible to disable the sketch update?

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:36:26 GMT

You may also try user interaction disabling

oApp.UserInterfaceManager.UserInteractionDisabled = True
... Place your code here ...
oApp.UserInterfaceManager.UserInteractionDisabled = False

This usually works in the out-of-process applications.

Be careful with possible errors because end user can do nothing in Inventor when this interaction is disabled