Try the for loop inside the thread rather than a thread for each time it loops.
Maybe?
> On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:57 AM, Bram Buddingh <b...@postoffice.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am working on a python script that creates more than 25 read nodes with
> approximately 30 timeOffset nodes connected to each of them. So I end up with
> a script containing something like 1000 nodes. This could be extended later,
> depending on the needs.
>
> This is quite compute intensive to run. The main nuke thread/window freezes
> and you don’t know how long you have to wait until it’s finished. I am trying
> to put this in a separate thread with a status bar. The problem is that the
> threaded way is even slower than without putting it in a separate thread. To
> make it a bit clear, I wrote some python lines to demonstrate what I am
> trying to do:
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> import threading
>
> ### option 1: even slower than option 2 ###
> def createBlurNodes():
> task = nuke.ProgressTask("Create")
> task.setMessage("Creating blur nodes")
>
> for i in range(1000):
> nuke.executeInMainThreadWithResult(nuke.createNode, args = ('Blur',
> '', False))
> task.setProgress(i/10)
>
> threading.Thread(None, createBlurNodes).start()
>
>
> ### option 2: slow and I don't have visible feedback about the estimated
> calculation time. Plus nuke is freezing for a couple of seconds, depending on
> your machine specs. ###
> for i in range(1000):
> nuke.createNode('Blur', '', False)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Maybe it’s slow because nuke.createNode is always running in the main thread?
>
> Is this the correct way, or is there a better way to script this?
> Thanks for the help in advance!
>
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