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Display Performance Window

Display Performance Window

Determines whether to show the performance window over the preview control.

True will show the performance window.

False will hide the performance window.

Property Type: Static

Default Value: No default value is applied to this property

Hierarchical Reference: ControlName.DisplayPerformanceWindow

The Performance Window

The Performance Window is displayed in the 3D Preview Control (when activated) in a browser or in any of the client modules of DriveWorks.

It can also be displayed when editing a DriveWorks 3D document by selecting Display Performance Window from the command bar.

It gives key information about the 3D model being displayed. This allows causes of lag in a 3D scene to be diagnosed.

The values given will differ depending on if it's being viewed inside a 3D Preview control in Administrator or in a browser, this is due to differences in how DriveWorks 3D is rendered.

The information shown includes:

• Counts

  Shows the following:

  • Lights - The number of lights rendered per frame
    • Directional Shadows - The number of directional shadows being cast.
  • Sprites - The number of sprites rendered per frame
  • Decals - The number of decals rendered per frame
  • Decal Batches - The number of decal batches used to render decals per frame
• Performance Statistics

  Shows the following:

  • FPS - Frames per second
  • Scene Size - The overall size of the scene

    When viewed in the DriveWorks 3D Document the scene size will include editor sprites (such as lights and cameras).

    When viewed in a DriveWorks 3D Preview Control (on a user form) these sprites are not visible and the scene size will reflect this.

  • Draw Calls - The number of times the CPU instructs the GPU to draw something per frame
  • Vertices - The number of vertices rendered per frame
  • Texture Bindings - The number of times the CPU uploads a texture to the GPU per frame
  • Shader Swaps - The number of times the CPU instructs the GPU to change active shader per frame
• Optimizations

  This displays all the optimizations that DriveWorks has performed on the 3D Document, including:

  • Dynamic Geometries - The number of geometries that are considered dynamic
  • Instanced Geometries - The number of dynamic geometries that have been included in instanced batches
  • Static Geometries - The number of static geometries that have been included in static batches
  • Instanced Batches - The total number of instanced batches
  • Static Batches - The total number of static batches

  Batches

  Batches are how DriveWorks 3D technology delivers optimal performance when loading 3D in a browser, see Render Batching for more information.

The values displayed will update on a per frame basis.