Hi all, and thanks for those who responded to my previous script performance post. Have finally gotten to the bottom of why scripts that should run in seconds were taking 30-60 seconds which I tried uninstalling RhinoCAM. I queried RhinoCAM and received the following information. I’d hoped they mi…

Hi Adrian - [image] agmckenna: Is there a way to Load/Unload the RhinoCAM plugin on the fly, so that Rhino doesn’t have to be restarted? I’m afraid not, no. Also see: [image] PlugIn.LoadPlugIn(****); Rhino Developer Once plug-ins are loaded, they cannot be unloade…

@agmckenna - I’m happy to give you a trial license to KaroroCAM: [image] KaroroCAM CNC / Gcode / CAM plugin for Rhino 8 A simple to use, cross platform, CNC / Gcode / CAM plugin for programming of 3 axis routers. To see if this is suitable for your workflow …

I was curious about this so I ran a few quick tests here. First I created a script to make an array of boxes, add them to the document and time the result in Python/Rhinocommon. This was done in wireframe to avoid generating meshe. The script below adds 2500 boxes, but you can change that. I ran…

I would expect this has to do with the script throwing events that RhinoCAM is watching for. So each time the database is updated RhinoCAm needs to do something. Does turning off display update during the script may also help? import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs rs.EnableRedraw(False)

@scottd - that doesn’t correspond with my results above, but I don’t know what types of objects are being added by @agmckenna 's script that might trigger an event or something.

Yeah, for instance if the objects happen to have RhinoCam plugin data on them? Then does Rhinocam need to update that data each time there is a commit to the object table?

Thanks David @kiteboardshaper Do you have any more screenshots or specificiations of this plugin? I’m needing something that is compatible with Drill banks if that is something it offers? RhinoCAM have offered to run my scripts and see if they can resolve whatever it going on, but ultimately we a…

Hi @agmckenna For a demo you can download the full application via the Rhino Package Manager: [Screenshot 2025-05-16 090230] The only thing that requires a license key is the final G-code export. For how to’s and real life applications you can check out the YouTube Channel: [image] Ka…

Thanks David @kiteboardshaper , We have a Woodtron machine. 3600x1800 with auto loading, labelling and a gang drill. Are you based in New Zealand? Watching a couple of clips and noted the accent. We are in Tasmania across the waters. So far our development is Python only and no grasshopper at th…

Hi Adrian, Yes, I am a kiwi - nice spotting of my accent - tho I am now based in Cape Town. For a bit of history, the first CNC I ever owned I paid for by contract cutting kitchens for the local kitchen shop in between shaping kitesurf boards - I’m more than familiar with your work flows. Karoro…

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Toggle RhinoCAM on/off - scripts run 10-20x slower

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