hi
using apprentice 11.0.547 - mac
writing out a bgeo from disc to obj
bgeo point count from 458 pts to 17500pts
into a poly reduce set at keep 10%
then a facet - pre-compute normals
the rop out to obj

it's taking a minute per frame - even for the first few bgeo's…458pts???

seems like a loooong time…
I'm downloading 11.0.658 to see if there is any difference….

Recently, I've been hit by having too many groups in an object… Do you have more than 100 groups?

-j

no groups and the only attrib in N
just tried it with the latest prod build and get the same results…

If you just press “play” is it any faster?

Try pressing play with the perfomance monitor displayed, (Windows -> Performance Monitor), with “batch” and “sorted” on? This will give you a report of your slowest nodes after five frames.

I'll try that when I get home…