On Thu, 1 Sep 2016, 6:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I don't necessarily agree with the idea that an increase in cpu usage > dictates a performance increase in your node. Low cpu usage doesn't mean > your node or code is slow. cpu usage is not a very good way to gauge the > performance. Even frame rates would be better, but the profiler would be > ideal. >
Maybe I misunderstood, since I don't write deformers... But I read the original description in the opposite way. I read it as a custom node that is doing almost nothing for its logic using way more cpu than a builtin node doing alot more logic with less cpu. But the rest of this answer looks to be addressing the potential cause of excessive cpu utilization > are you using parallel evaluation? > > I would think the hit you're taking is not in retrieving an MMatrix, but > rather in the MItGeometry iterator being created for you. > > You also don't have to use the deform() method, and can do your > deformation within the compute. > > You're also using the inputValue, which could also cause everything > upstream to be recomputed. I think it's pretty common to use outputValue > from within the deform method. > > goodluck! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/322f1b59-7bb6-4e67-b76c-2c4c16f69295%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA0D0EibygJdFEQv9UxaYes_NnYDe00TG-bTS%2BDwKqq-7w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
