Updating graph data in a loop

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Hello everyone,

Maybe it will be useful for somebody:)
So I was missing the possibility to update output of the graph continuously in a loop. (or maybe just didn’t know how to do it).
I have managed to come up with a possible workflow with serializing and buffering data in a file (tried in a memory - didn’t work out so far).
I have created two helper ZeroTouch nodes for that, but it is also possible with Python nodes using pickle.

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So, the first node (LoopStart) tries to read data from previous iterations and if they are not present it uses init data.
The second node (LoopEnd) writes the data back - after it has been modified by the script within the loop.
Everything is running in the periodic mode with datetime.now as a trigger.

This configuration enables Dynamo to run stuff like generic algorithms and preview each step.
Below an example of a classic Game of Life application:
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It is possible that I might share this in a node package. Let me know if you find it useful or interesting :slight_smile:
It should accept different kinds of data, but I haven’t tested it heavily yet.

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Very interesting to see this. If you could really loop the entire script this can be extremely usefull!

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I pushed those nodes on Saturday to the Dynamo package manager - so you can try it :slightly_smiling_face:
It is part of the Onion package.
If you test it or run into any problems let me know!