Is it possible to disable the sketch update?

[stefanome]

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

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Use Sketch.DeferUpdates property

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

[stefanome]

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.

[Anonymous]

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