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JD_987652710-Marble
10-Marble
Apr 14, 2021 3:18 PM UTC
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Turn off Intent Manager in Creo 7 to import DWG with a lot of elements (lines, arcs).

I am using Creo Parametric - Release 7.0 (connected) 7.0 7.0.0.0

Importing a DWG file into sketcher which is very large (a lot of line, arc segments) and the message tells me it will take a long time with Intent Manager turned on. How do I turn this off temporarily so it wont try to resolve the sketch to try to dimension every single element?

How do I turn off Intent Manager in Creo 7?

Here are the errors that I faced
You are attempting to import too many entities into Sketcher. With Intent Manager turned on, processing this amount of entities may take very long time. If you wish, you may hit the Select button to open a subwindow and select entities you wish to be imported
    JD_9876527Answer
    10-Marble
    Apr 14, 2021 7:01 PM UTC

    The only way I could fix this is to go into AutoCAD and trace over the original drawing with splines, lines and arcs to reduce the number of elements.  I had to "explode" it first.  Delete all the original geometry and then reimport it as fewer elements.

     

    Initially, I tried the "Select" option but I couldn't line up the parts of the sketch perfectly; so, that idea was a "non-starter".

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    StephenW
    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    Apr 14, 2021 3:37 PM UTC

    I don't know how to turn off intent manager.

    My work-around is to NOT import directly in to sketcher.

    I import in to the part directly. Then I can see the sketch, no worries about resolve mode or entity count.

    I will the use the import edges as reference or whatever other purpose I need.

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      KenFarley
      KenFarley21-Topaz II
      21-Topaz II
      Apr 14, 2021 4:29 PM UTC

      Strongly agree with this. I've gotten system layouts and facility drawings that we wanted to use to sketch stuff in Creo and it never works. The line counts in a drawing from, for example AutoCAD, are extreme. The import always chokes to death on all the entities.

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        JD_987652710-MarbleAuthorAnswer
        10-Marble
        Apr 14, 2021 7:01 PM UTC

        The only way I could fix this is to go into AutoCAD and trace over the original drawing with splines, lines and arcs to reduce the number of elements.  I had to "explode" it first.  Delete all the original geometry and then reimport it as fewer elements.

         

        Initially, I tried the "Select" option but I couldn't line up the parts of the sketch perfectly; so, that idea was a "non-starter".

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        pausob19-Tanzanite
        19-Tanzanite
        Apr 14, 2021 8:14 PM UTC

        FYI, if you need a cosmetic sketch, not a regular sketch, then you can activate "under-constrained mode" under sketch-setup fly-down.  That will basically turn off the intent manager (for the cosmetic sketch)

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