Modelling for a web-app

List of factors affecting the model speed on Packhunt.
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Models operate differently on the web compared to running locally. When building Grasshoper models for the web, you can take additional steps to optimise the model solving time for a performant web-app.

The time it takes for the model to solve and display geometry in the web viewer depends on several factors:

  • Loading the model
    The model file is loaded each time it solves in a web-app. If your Grasshopper file is large, loading will take longer. This loading time is comparable to opening your Grasshopper file for the first time.

  • Solving the model
    The model’s runtime depends on the performance of the Grasshopper definition. Simple numerical operations are typically fast, while geometric intersections take longer to solve.

  • Rendering the geometry in the Viewer
    Visualising the output geometry with materials and lighting also adds to the total duration. Some geometry types are lighter than others. For example, a box geometry is represented with less data than other geometry types in the background, therefore is faster.