# Dynamo script takes too long to open

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310 "2020-08-21T11:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![theshysnail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/theshysnail/32/146653_2.png) [@theshysnail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/theshysnail)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/1 "2020-08-21T11:32:31Z")

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Recently, I have been seeing some of my scripts takes too long (~10 minutes) to open. I face the same issue on different systems.  
I found that if I do not group the nodes together the script runs fine. I usually group my nodes using Monocle.

Dynamo version: 2.0.4  
Revit 2019.2

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**Author:** ![theshysnail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/theshysnail/32/146653_2.png) [@theshysnail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/theshysnail)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/2 "2020-08-21T11:44:01Z")

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Attached dyn file

[Place Points\_2.0.4.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/2HNU9bsuVQqiwVnh0rWHsxIyedm.dyn) (32.2 KB)

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**Author:** ![AmolShah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/amolshah/32/103244_2.png) [@AmolShah](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/AmolShah)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/3 "2020-08-21T13:27:20Z")

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Hi @theshysnail,  
It took a while for me to open as well.  
It might not be because of Monocle. There is a possibility it’s because of some binding (or some technical term like that).

Workaround for me was  
Original file had:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/a/e/ae9516e003309f047bd3945687f43806dca3df7a.png)

If I delete these lines and make it as:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/a/d/ad5cfdf97ab7911409b6dd694f85c81231ff7757.png)  
It opens just fine (\<5 secs)

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**Author:** ![theshysnail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/theshysnail/32/146653_2.png) [@theshysnail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/theshysnail)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/4 "2020-08-21T16:10:36Z")

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Makes me wonder what could cause these GUID sort of codes?  
Maybe the dyn file is somehow storing the Revit elements’ data history?

But it worked fine in higher version of D4R for me, in Revit 2020.

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/5 "2020-08-22T20:08:43Z")

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> [@theshysnail](#):
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> Maybe the dyn file is somehow storing the Revit elements’ data history?

Yes. This is how element binding works.

This post has more info: [Element Binding in Revit](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-binding-in-revit/31612)

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**Author:** ![SeanP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/seanp/32/42560_2.png) [@SeanP](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/SeanP)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/6 "2020-08-22T22:12:57Z")

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Seems like the splash screen for Dynamo should have HUGE letter that talks about Element Binding. So many questions related to it even after you and others have written about it so many times.

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**Author:** ![theshysnail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/theshysnail/32/146653_2.png) [@theshysnail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/theshysnail)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-script-takes-too-long-to-open/54310/7 "2020-08-23T17:30:33Z")

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Thanks for sharing this well documented resource especially the AU class. It’s definitely new for me.
