Method for improving the performance of browser-based, formula-driven parametric objects

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• receive an attribute for a formula of a parametric object, the formula using the attribute;
• convert the received attribute and the formula from a first format to a second format corresponding to a function parameter of a design system;
• draw the parametric object within a graphical user interface of the design system by calling a function corresponding to the function parameter of the design system and passing one or more of the converted attribute and the converted formula to the function as the function parameter;
• generate procedural code from the function call, wherein generating procedural code comprises compiling at least one of (i) the attribute and (ii) the formula using the attribute, such that the procedural code, when executed, re-draws the parametric object within the graphical user interface of the design system using an updated attribute;
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• execute the procedural code using the updated attribute for each subsequent re-drawing of the parametric object within the graphical user interface of the design system.

A system for generating procedural code from initial function calls, the initial function calls for drawing a parametric object within a graphical user interface of a design system and the parametric object including an attribute and a formula using the attribute, the system comprising:

• a processing device, including:
• a processor;
• and
• memory, wherein one or more modules are stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the modules including:
• a parametric object database interface module that interfaces with a parametric object database storing a plurality of parametric objects, each parametric object having an attribute and a formula describing graphic features of the parametric object;
• a modeling module having an API defining a plurality of functions that graphically process the parametric objects according to the attributes and formulas of each parametric object;
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• a formula parser module that generates procedural code from a plurality calls to the API functions, wherein the procedural code comprises at least one of (i) a compiled attribute and (ii) a compiled formula, such that the procedural code, when executed, re-draws the parametric object within the graphical user interface of the design system using an updated attribute.