Hello, I would like to know what tools and techniques to use in order to have the smallest and the most optimized Dynamo file possible? Does code blocks work faster and smoother comparing to nodes? What about python script? What are the things to avoid when creating a graph in order to have a “healt…

zero touch will give you the best performance don’t return geometry or items which are tessellated into the graph don’t return extremely large lists that need to be displayed in the preview bubble don’t expand entire csvs or excel files - stream them using a stream reader check out https://github.c…

I cant give you an answer about Codeblocks and speed of dynamo graph, because i simply dont know if this speeds up the graph performance. But I started writing my graphs exclusevly in Codeblock, because graph becomes more structured. Also it is great, because you can start nesting different functio…

i like to look at what person needs a graph and what the can read. can the read code blocks or do the need nodes? and i ask myself, if i would leave this company, can they still tweak my scripts?

I would say Python and the fewer nodes possible is best, however, I agree with @Marcel_Rijsmus , you should still make the graph editable to novice users. I usually wrap most my python in Custom nodes and they do a specific function (I try and avoid putting any python in the graph). Code blocks I gen…

Before you think about optimization you should understand what your script is doing and all the steps involved, because if it is working with text or numbers then any optimization will be negligible. Though if you are working with geometry then it will be best to look at good practices on trimming …

[image] Brendan_Cassidy: Though if you are using python you need to add in garbage collection into the python code to dispose of geometric information that is not part of the output. in master (2.5) daily builds we do this automatically now, of course you can still dispose manually for full c…

sorry, I may have mis-read the question, are you concerned about performance or file size?

I would add to be sure to remove unnecessary element binding, but I feel like I a broken record in doing so. :cd: Seriously though, make sure the stuff in your ‘all projects’ and ‘Dynamo player’ libraries have no bindings in them.

Thank you all for very useful tips! Definitely a lot to keep in mind in the future. @Michael_Kirschner2 , I was concerned about both the performance and file size, and I am sure there is a strong connection between those two. I am also very excited to hear about https://github.com/DynamoDS/TuneUp …

If your file size of dynamo is getting over between 100-200KB then i would suggest you are creating/using revit elements within and therefore dynamo is probably doing “Element Binding” which @jacob.small has a post somewhere about this subject. Any file size less i wouldnt even bother worrying abou…

This MIT open courseware lecture has a great explanation on some strategies for reducing computational complexity (and therefore runtime). Worth watching the whole thing (the entire lecture series) if you’re into this stuff.

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