What if you use list comprehensions?
coll = XSIFactory.CreateObject('XSI.Collection')
coll.SetAsText('*.visibility.*')
valueDict = dict([(x.FullName,x.Value) for x in coll])print valueDict
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Enoch Ihde <[email protected]> wrote:
> sorry, i wasn't really clear. i'm aware the tagging bit was slow, i
> couldn't be bothered to tag it object modelwise.
>
> i'm referring only to the value retrieval of the parameter. not the setup
> time.
>
>
> again:
> # INFO : 0.788785183814 seconds <--- accessing 3618 parameters's values by
> tag
>
> # INFO : 2.12563553863 seconds <--- accesssing 3618 parameters's values
> by GetPropertyFromName2(propertyname).Parameters(paramname)
>
> # INFO : 7.84713397563 <---- accessing 3618 parameter's values by
> Property(propertyname).Parameters(paramname)
>
> tagging is by far the fastest, but in imo, is unacceptably slow.
> compare that to a method such as IsSelected(), getting a report on a large
> number of objects is negligible.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The slowness is coming from using the Tag() command. Try using the
>> object model to cut out the middle man:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> // Jscript****
>>
>> main();****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> function main()****
>>
>> {****
>>
>> var oItems = ActiveSceneRoot.FindChildren2();****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> LogMessage( oItems.Count );****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> for ( var i = oItems.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> var oItem = oItems(i);****
>>
>> var oParameter = oItem.Properties(
>> "Visibility" ).Parameters( "viewvis" );****
>>
>> oParameter.Tags = siTagNone;****
>>
>> }****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> return;****
>>
>> }****
>>
>> ** **
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>> ** **
>>
>> If the parameters you are attempting to modify have a large degree of
>> consistency in name and location, you can use some of Softimage’s wildcards
>> to find them faster:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> var oParameters = XSIFactory.CreateActiveXObject( “XSI.Collection” );****
>>
>> oParameters.Unique = true;****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> // Get viewvis and rendvis parameters of the visibility
>> property on each X3DObject****
>>
>> oParameters.items = “*.visibility.{viewvis,rendvis}”;****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> LogMessage( oParameters.Count );****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> If there is a large degree of consistency in the parameter fullname, you
>> can apply values to the parameters en masse very efficiently:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> SetValue( “*.visibility.{viewvis,rendvis}", false );****
>>
>> ** **
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>> ** **
>>
>> Matt****
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>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Enoch Ihde
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:55 PM
>> *To:* softimage
>> *Subject:* Re: fastest way through script to get all parameters in a
>> scene of certain value?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> better stated: certain parameter name, not value, apologies, running
>> behind on sleep, words are challenging. ****
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2013 7:54 PM, "Enoch Ihde" <[email protected]> wrote:****
>>
>> these are the three methods i've tried.****
>>
>> using tags is the fastest, but a little prohibitive, as you have to have
>> anticipated needing to get a param quickly, so it must be tagged in
>> advance. also, even with getting by tags, performance imo is pretty poor.
>>
>> results on my machine from the code below:
>> # INFO : object count is 3618
>> # INFO : 0.788785183814
>> # INFO : tagged param count is 3618
>> # INFO : 2.12563553863
>> # INFO : 7.84713397563
>>
>> ****
>>
>> is there a better way?****
>>
>> <snip>****
>>
>> import time
>> import win32com.client
>> xsi = win32com.client.Dispatch( "XSI.Application" ).Application
>> xsiPrint = xsi.LogMessage
>> from win32com.client import constants as c
>> items = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.FindChildren2()****
>>
>> ##### this bit is really slow****
>>
>> for item in items:
>> xsi.Tag(item.fullname + '.visibility.viewvis', c.siTag1)
>> xsiPrint('object count is ' + str(items.count))****
>>
>> #### and only needs to be run once****
>>
>> t = time.clock()
>> val = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.TaggedParameters(c.siTag1, False)
>> for v in val:
>> someStuff = v.value
>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)
>>
>> xsiPrint('tagged param count is ' + str(val.count))
>>
>> t = time.clock()
>> for obj in items:
>> vis = obj.GetPropertyFromName2("Visibility")
>> v = vis.viewvis.value
>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)
>>
>>
>> t = time.clock()
>> for obj in items:
>> vis = obj.Properties('visibility').Parameters('viewvis').value ***
>> *
>>
>> xsiPrint(time.clock() - t)****
>>
>> </snip>****
>>
>> tia,****
>>
>> enoch****
>>
>>
>>
>> ****
>>
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