# \#casting

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## [Casting text to points is slower than text manipulation and create point?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/casting-text-to-points-is-slower-than-text-manipulation-and-create-point/204638)

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**Author:** [@Intuos](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Intuos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/casting-text-to-points-is-slower-than-text-manipulation-and-create-point/204638 "2025-05-19T08:57:51Z")

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I am actually rather surprised to see that casting a User Text Point value to a point parameter for 24 points is computationally so expensive. Let this sink in, casting 24 points as text to a point parameter may take up …

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## [BUG - BETA - Multiple Casting Errors (Model Objects)](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/bug-beta-multiple-casting-errors-model-objects/165908)

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**Author:** [@michaelvollrath](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/michaelvollrath)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/bug-beta-multiple-casting-errors-model-objects/165908 "2023-09-20T17:19:13Z")

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Hello, In testing the latest Beta build there are multiple errors when casting between various Model Objects. Failures discovered so far: -Model Point → Plane -Model Curve → Curve I can put a Point container between…