ya, geeze alan... what were you thinking!
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Actually, it'll be faster if we change the [] to a () so it's a generator
> instead of a full loop. My bad. I need coffee.
>
>
>
> coll = XSIFactory.CreateObject('XSI.Collection')
> coll.SetAsText('*.visibility.*')
>
> valueDict = dict(((x.FullName,x.Value) for x in coll))print valueDict
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> What if you use list comprehensions?
>>
>>
>>
>> coll = XSIFactory.CreateObject('XSI.Collection')
>> coll.SetAsText('*.visibility.*')
>> valueDict = dict([(x.FullName,x.Value) for x in coll])print valueDict
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Enoch Ihde <emi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> sorry, i wasn't really clear. i'm aware the tagging bit was slow, i
>>> couldn't be bothered to tag it object modelwise.
>>>
>>> i'm referring only to the value retrieval of the parameter. not the
>>> setup time.
>>>
>>>
>>> again:
>>> # INFO : 0.788785183814 seconds <--- accessing 3618 parameters's values
>>> by tag
>>>
>>> # INFO : 2.12563553863 seconds <--- accesssing 3618 parameters's values
>>> by GetPropertyFromName2(propertyname).Parameters(paramname)
>>>
>>> # INFO : 7.84713397563 <---- accessing 3618 parameter's values by
>>> Property(propertyname).Parameters(paramname)
>>>
>>> tagging is by far the fastest, but in imo, is unacceptably slow.
>>> compare that to a method such as IsSelected(), getting a report on a
>>> large number of objects is negligible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> The slowness is coming from using the Tag() command. Try using the
>>>> object model to cut out the middle man:****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> // Jscript****
>>>>
>>>> main();****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> function main()****
>>>>
>>>> {****
>>>>
>>>> var oItems = ActiveSceneRoot.FindChildren2();****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> LogMessage( oItems.Count );****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> for ( var i = oItems.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> var oItem = oItems(i);****
>>>>
>>>> var oParameter = oItem.Properties(
>>>> "Visibility" ).Parameters( "viewvis" );****
>>>>
>>>> oParameter.Tags = siTagNone;****
>>>>
>>>> }****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> return;****
>>>>
>>>> }****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> If the parameters you are attempting to modify have a large degree of
>>>> consistency in name and location, you can use some of Softimage’s wildcards
>>>> to find them faster:****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> var oParameters = XSIFactory.CreateActiveXObject( “XSI.Collection” );**
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> oParameters.Unique = true;****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> // Get viewvis and rendvis parameters of the visibility
>>>> property on each X3DObject****
>>>>
>>>> oParameters.items = “*.visibility.{viewvis,rendvis}”;****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> LogMessage( oParameters.Count );****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> If there is a large degree of consistency in the parameter fullname,
>>>> you can apply values to the parameters en masse very efficiently:****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> SetValue( “*.visibility.{viewvis,rendvis}", false );***
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Matt****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Enoch Ihde
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:55 PM
>>>> *To:* softimage
>>>> *Subject:* Re: fastest way through script to get all parameters in a
>>>> scene of certain value?****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> better stated: certain parameter name, not value, apologies, running
>>>> behind on sleep, words are challenging. ****
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 27, 2013 7:54 PM, "Enoch Ihde" <emi...@gmail.com> wrote:****
>>>>
>>>> these are the three methods i've tried.****
>>>>
>>>> using tags is the fastest, but a little prohibitive, as you have to
>>>> have anticipated needing to get a param quickly, so it must be tagged in
>>>> advance. also, even with getting by tags, performance imo is pretty poor.
>>>>
>>>> results on my machine from the code below:
>>>> # INFO : object count is 3618
>>>> # INFO : 0.788785183814
>>>> # INFO : tagged param count is 3618
>>>> # INFO : 2.12563553863
>>>> # INFO : 7.84713397563
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> is there a better way?****
>>>>
>>>> <snip>****
>>>>
>>>> import time
>>>> import win32com.client
>>>> xsi = win32com.client.Dispatch( "XSI.Application" ).Application
>>>> xsiPrint = xsi.LogMessage
>>>> from win32com.client import constants as c
>>>> items = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.FindChildren2()****
>>>>
>>>> ##### this bit is really slow****
>>>>
>>>> for item in items:
>>>> xsi.Tag(item.fullname + '.visibility.viewvis', c.siTag1)
>>>> xsiPrint('object count is ' + str(items.count))****
>>>>
>>>> #### and only needs to be run once****
>>>>
>>>> t = time.clock()
>>>> val = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.TaggedParameters(c.siTag1, False)
>>>> for v in val:
>>>> someStuff = v.value
>>>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)
>>>>
>>>> xsiPrint('tagged param count is ' + str(val.count))
>>>>
>>>> t = time.clock()
>>>> for obj in items:
>>>> vis = obj.GetPropertyFromName2("Visibility")
>>>> v = vis.viewvis.value
>>>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> t = time.clock()
>>>> for obj in items:
>>>> vis = obj.Properties('visibility').Parameters('viewvis').value *
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)****
>>>>
>>>> </snip>****
>>>>
>>>> tia,****
>>>>
>>>> enoch****
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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