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joe_morton
18-Opal
joe_morton18-Opal
18-Opal
July 8, 2025
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Best practice for Creo Warning "Design Intent is Unclear"?

  • July 8, 2025
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hi,

We're using Creo 10.0.6.0. We have many models that while regenerating flag multiple warnings, "Design Intent is Unclear." We always ignore these. I'm wondering though if that's what we should be doing?

 

  • Many of the warnings seem dumb. Example: "The boundary of the highlighted surfaces was extended. Unexpected results are possible." If the extend feature should not be used, why does that feature exist?
  • I'm wondering if we should mark the "ignore" checkbox in the Geometry Checks window. Is Creo taking longer to regen the models due to these checks?
  • Is it possible to turn these checks off completely? (And would that be advisable?)
  • Are there cases where the warnings are actually valid and the part really should be remodeled?

All feedback is welcome!

Best answer by KenFarley

Personally, I never ignore these types of warning. The majority of the time, they're telling me I made a mistake or poor choice in how I modeled something. Often it's because a change to one feature has detrimentally affected another. I'll always look into what is going on and then decide if it's something to fix or just Creo being picky. For example, maybe I know I'm creating a small edge, but I anticipated that and am willing to live with it.

Leaving these problems there could mean someone in the future, maybe you, will be inheriting potential failures in the model.

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tbraxton
22-Sapphire II
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
July 8, 2025

For this specific warning: "The boundary of the highlighted surfaces was extended. Unexpected results are possible." I think if you check the models that this is the result of a merge feature and not an extend. I would not necessarily ignore it as in the context of a merge it can be significant when models are edited. In general, if it is the result of a merge quilt feature it is indicative of something that may regenerate but will possibly have undesired (unpredictable) results when the model regenerates with edits.

    KenFarley
    KenFarley21-Topaz IIAnswer
    21-Topaz II
    July 9, 2025

    Personally, I never ignore these types of warning. The majority of the time, they're telling me I made a mistake or poor choice in how I modeled something. Often it's because a change to one feature has detrimentally affected another. I'll always look into what is going on and then decide if it's something to fix or just Creo being picky. For example, maybe I know I'm creating a small edge, but I anticipated that and am willing to live with it.

    Leaving these problems there could mean someone in the future, maybe you, will be inheriting potential failures in the model.

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