Does Connection Shape Affect Performance? Does the shape of connection lines in FME Workbench have an effect on the performance of the workspace? You bet! ALL PROOF IS in this video. With squ a re corners, the data is slowed when it reaches the corner. It can become bunched u p and affect the pe r formance of each transformer i t passes through. Curved l ines have a similar effect, although not as severe because their corners aren't as sharp. However, they are longer lines, and so the data takes more time to pass through. Straight lines have the bene f it of being the sh o rtest line and having no c o rners. As you'll see in the video, they are by far the best way to speed up your workspaces. It's not mentioned, but a l so be careful not to cross connections. Feature s can collide at the crossing, knocking off some of their vertices or attributes.
