Optimizing Scripts Resources

So I'm working on a few scripts at the moment; each of them handling large sets of data.

They haven't bogged my [weak] machine down yet, but I noticed that when performing some of the same functions available through standard components, my scripts take significantly longer (e.g. 1.6s to find surface normals compared to 4ms with standard components.)

I know I could just use the standard components, but part of my goal is to clean-up the spaghetti for less-experienced users. OK, I could do this with clusters, but I like the scripting experience too.

Can anyone shed some light on script optimization techniques? Are there any resources available, or at least a handful of best practices?

Matt

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Ángel Linares on September 11, 2012 at 7:19am

Were the components written in vb.Net components or using Visual Studio?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 11, 2012 at 8:00am

Hi Matthew,

if this is a VB/C# script component, note that the first time it runs it will have to compile the code. This will take time. Press F5 a few times to see the real running time of your component.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Matthew Owens on September 12, 2012 at 4:20am