# Simplygon Grid
In Simplygon 9 we have simplified Grid and has removed a lot of overhead. Instead of a server/client based approch, Grid is now using mDNS broadcast to locate Grid agents.
To submit a processing job to available Grid agents on your network, all you need to do is to create a pipeline using C++, C# or Python or use the Simplygon UI in our integrations and select Grid as the distribution target.
Here is an example of a simple batch script using Grid.
This example shows how to do batch processing using Simplygon Grid.
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT license.
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <filesystem>
#include <future>
#include "SimplygonLoader.h"
void RunReduction(Simplygon::ISimplygon* sg, std::string inputFile, std::string outputFile)
{
// Create the reduction pipeline.
Simplygon::spReductionPipeline sgReductionPipeline = sg->CreateReductionPipeline();
Simplygon::spReductionSettings sgReductionSettings = sgReductionPipeline->GetReductionSettings();
// Set reduction target to triangle ratio with a ratio of 50%.
sgReductionSettings->SetReductionTargets( Simplygon::EStopCondition::All, true, false, false, false );
sgReductionSettings->SetReductionTargetTriangleRatio( 0.5f );
// Start the reduction pipeline.
sgReductionPipeline->RunSceneFromFile(inputFile.c_str(), outputFile.c_str(), Simplygon::EPipelineRunMode::RunDistributedUsingSimplygonGrid);
}
int main()
{
Simplygon::ISimplygon* sg = NULL;
Simplygon::EErrorCodes initval = Simplygon::Initialize( &sg );
if( initval != Simplygon::EErrorCodes::NoError )
{
return int(initval);
}
std::vector<std::future<void>> jobs;
for(auto& itr: std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator("../Assets/"))
{
if (itr.path().extension().compare(".gltf") != 0)
continue;
std::string inputFile = itr.path().generic_u8string();
std::string outputFile = itr.path().stem().concat("_LOD").concat( itr.path().extension().generic_u8string() ).generic_u8string();
jobs.push_back( std::async( [](Simplygon::ISimplygon * sg, std::string inputFile, std::string outputFile)
{
RunReduction(sg, inputFile, outputFile);
}, sg, inputFile, outputFile ));
}
for(auto& job: jobs)
{
job.wait();
}
Simplygon::Deinitialize(sg);
return 0;
}
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT license.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
public class Program
{
static void RunReduction(Simplygon.ISimplygon sg, string inputFile, string outputFile)
{
// Create the reduction pipeline.
using (Simplygon.spReductionPipeline sgReductionPipeline = sg.CreateReductionPipeline())
{
using (Simplygon.spReductionSettings sgReductionSettings = sgReductionPipeline.GetReductionSettings())
{
// Set reduction target to triangle ratio with a ratio of 50%.
sgReductionSettings.SetReductionTargets( Simplygon.EStopCondition.All, true, false, false, false );
sgReductionSettings.SetReductionTargetTriangleRatio( 0.5f );
}
// Start the reduction pipeline.
sgReductionPipeline.RunSceneFromFile(inputFile, outputFile, Simplygon.EPipelineRunMode.RunDistributedUsingSimplygonGrid);
}
}
static int Main(string[] args)
{
using (var sg = Simplygon.Loader.InitSimplygon(out var errorCode, out var errorMessage))
{
if (errorCode != Simplygon.EErrorCodes.NoError)
return (int)errorCode;
var inputFiles = Directory.EnumerateFiles("../Assets/", "*.gltf", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
Parallel.ForEach(inputFiles, (inputFile) =>
{
string outputFile = Path.Combine(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFile) + "_LOD" + Path.GetExtension(inputFile));
RunReduction(sg, inputFile, outputFile);
});
}
return 0;
}
}
# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
# Licensed under the MIT license.
import math
import os
import sys
import glob
import gc
import threading
from pathlib import Path
from simplygon import simplygon_loader
from simplygon import Simplygon
def RunReduction(sg: Simplygon.ISimplygon, inputFile, outputFile):
# Create the reduction pipeline.
sgReductionPipeline = sg.CreateReductionPipeline()
sgReductionSettings = sgReductionPipeline.GetReductionSettings()
# Set reduction target to triangle ratio with a ratio of 50%.
sgReductionSettings.SetReductionTargets( Simplygon.EStopCondition_All, True, False, False, False )
sgReductionSettings.SetReductionTargetTriangleRatio( 0.5 )
# Start the reduction pipeline.
sgReductionPipeline.RunSceneFromFile(inputFile, outputFile, Simplygon.EPipelineRunMode_RunDistributedUsingSimplygonGrid)
if __name__ == '__main__':
sg = simplygon_loader.init_simplygon()
if sg is None:
exit(Simplygon.GetLastInitializationError())
jobs = list()
inputFiles = glob.glob('../Assets/' + '/**/*.gltf', recursive=True)
for inputFile in inputFiles:
outputFile = Path(inputFile).stem + '_LOD' + Path(inputFile).suffix
job = threading.Thread(target=RunReduction, args=(sg, inputFile, outputFile))
jobs.append(job)
job.start()
for job in jobs:
job.join()
sg = None
gc.collect()