https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35672#M7045 <BLOCKQUOTE>John wrote:<BR /> Would it be a lot faster? </BLOCKQUOTE> I did a little test:<BR /> moving 1000 lines to a different layer takes 0.2 seconds <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></E><BR /> 7 seconds to 0.2 seconds... yes it _is_ a lot faster <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></E><BR /> <BR /> cu Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:40:15 GMT Anonymous 2006-03-02T18:40:15Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35671#M7044 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content">Hi!<BR /><BR />The plugin i am coding has to move many Elements (Lines, Arcs, Polylines) to a different layer.<BR />I have wrapper-class for each element-type and each element-wrapper-object is synced with the ArchiCAD-Database using "ACAPI_Element_Change" after the layer-id has been changed.<BR />Moving the elements this way is _very_ slow <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span><BR />1000 lines : 7 seconds...<BR /><BR />Recently i found the API-Command "ACAPI_Element_ChangeParameters" which seems to change a amount of elements.<BR />I assume this way would be faster, but it would be difficult for me to change to this method, so i would like to hear about your experiences with that.<BR /><BR />Would it be a lot faster?<BR /><BR />Thanks for advices <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /><BR />regards,<BR />John</DIV> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:16:53 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35671#M7044 Anonymous 2023-08-07T09:16:53Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35672#M7045 <BLOCKQUOTE>John wrote:<BR /> Would it be a lot faster? </BLOCKQUOTE> I did a little test:<BR /> moving 1000 lines to a different layer takes 0.2 seconds <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></E><BR /> 7 seconds to 0.2 seconds... yes it _is_ a lot faster <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></E><BR /> <BR /> cu Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:40:15 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35672#M7045 Anonymous 2006-03-02T18:40:15Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35673#M7046 Wow, that is faster!! Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:59:51 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Element-Change-vs-Element-ChangeParameters-faster/m-p/35673#M7046 TomWaltz 2006-03-02T18:59:51Z