[2025 update: McNeel no longer suggests or supports this compilation method in new versions of Rhino] GhPython in Rhino WIP ships with an all-Rhino Python compiler that can be used to create .Net compiled assemblies containing compiled instructions. Unlike other methods that are based on embedding a…

Hi Giulio, I’m going off on a tangent now, but can you elaborate on the possibilities to compile standalone IronPython scripts this way. For a while now I’ve been pondering how I can gain speed and get some form of compiling to protect the code from prying eyes ( at least get some level of hiding …

Hi @PaulPoinet [image] PaulPoinet: do you think if it is possible to compile directly within Visual Studio? If you have exactly the same version of IronPython as the one that ships with Rhino, I think it should be possible. [image] PaulPoinet: GhPython and ghpythonlib assemblies. […] I …

Hi Willem [image] Willem: can you elaborate on the possibilities to compile standalone IronPython scripts this way. As it was stated earlier, it is possible to use clr.CompileModules() to compile any module. You will have to solve a series of technical hurdles that the GHPY solution provides…

Thanks for the locations. I should have dig a bit more… It works well from VS :slight_smile:

Yay :slight_smile: all working! Many thanks for setting this up for us Giulio! Just as a matter of feedback. The workflow does it all for us, and since this is so accessible now, it would be nice to comment what the classes that assemble and the functionality that defines a component do. There may …

[image] Compliling Components using GHPython and PyDev Grasshopper Developer PyDev for compilation: Tick! [image] Thank you!

Hi @Mostapha I made changes to the compiling SDK and the last set of addition (ability to call from code the same compiler tool that is used in the wizard) is in the Rhino WIP of last week – 6.0.17010.13211. I am attaching here a definition that shows how that works. Please let me know if this is…

Hi @piac , This is very helpful. Thanks!

A word of advice, in case anyone else is having the problem I had earlier… I was getting a trace error, something along the lines of: Void Microsoft.Scripting.Utils.ExceptionUtils.RemoveData(System.Exception, System.Object) Installing the latest IronPython fixed this issue

Hi @Matthew_Breau , in general there should be no need to install IronPython separately. You were doing that for other reasons, right?

Tutorial: creating a Grasshopper component with the Python GHPY compiler

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Tutorial: creating a Grasshopper component with the Python GHPY compiler

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