[DYN-8894]-Performance improvements after hide proxy ports and group auto layout

[ivaylo-matov]

Purpose

This PR is related to DYN-8894 and DYN-7845.

Changes in code revert performance degradation

Loading Manekin.dyn:

• DYN-8843 Code only Annotation View #16252 ~ 22 sec
• [DYN-8894] When groups expand, auto layout relocates adjacent groups/nodes to avoid overlaps #16333 ~ 31 sec
• this - 23 sec

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• Is documented according to the standards
• The level of testing this PR includes is appropriate
• User facing strings, if any, are extracted into *.resx files
• Snapshot of UI changes, if any.
• Changes to the API follow Semantic Versioning and are documented in the API Changes document.
• This PR modifies some build requirements and the readme is updated
• This PR contains no files larger than 50 MB
• This PR introduces new feature code involve network connecting and is tested with no-network mode.

Release Notes

Changes in code revert performance degradation

Reviewers

@DynamoDS/eidos
@zeusongit
@reddyashish

FYIs

@dnenov
@achintyabhat

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See the ticket for this pull request: https://jira.autodesk.com/browse/DYN-8894

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR implements performance improvements for group annotations by adding controls to hide proxy ports and enable minimal size auto-layout. The changes restore performance levels after previous degradation, reducing loading time for Manekin.dyn from ~31 seconds back to ~23 seconds.

Key changes include:

• Added new preference settings for controlling collapsed group port visibility and minimal size behavior
• Enhanced group annotation view with toggle buttons for optional input ports and unconnected output ports
• Implemented automatic layout adjustments when groups expand to prevent overlaps

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 18 out of 19 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
test/settings/DynamoSettings-NewSettings.xml	Added default settings for new port collapse preferences
test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/AnnotationViewModelTests.cs	Updated test to handle additional undo step and use UnconnectedOutPorts collection
src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/Menu/PreferencesView.xaml	Added UI controls for collapsed group port preferences
src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/Core/AnnotationView.xaml.cs	Major refactoring to support port categorization and toggle functionality
src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Menu/PreferencesViewModel.cs	Added properties for new port collapse preferences
src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/Converters/SerializationConverters.cs	Added serialization for port toggle state properties
src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/AnnotationViewModel.cs	Enhanced with port categorization, layout management, and preference handling
src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Converters.cs	Enhanced color converter and added angle converter for toggle buttons
src/DynamoCore/Graph/Annotations/AnnotationModel.cs	Added properties for port collapse states and layout management
src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs	Added new preference properties for port collapse behavior

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• src/DynamoCoreWpf/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs: Language not supported

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/AnnotationViewModel.cs:147

• The field name 'hasToggledOptionalInPorts' should follow PascalCase naming convention to be consistent with other boolean fields. It should be 'HasToggledOptionalInPorts'.

            }

src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/AnnotationViewModel.cs:871

• The word 'thoese' is misspelled and should be 'those'.

            // as we need those later for when we

[Copilot]

[nitpick] The comment mentions 'batch layout updates' but the code only performs a single layout update operation. The comment should be more accurate about what the dispatcher call is achieving.

Suggested change

	// Use Dispatcher.BeginInvoke to batch layout updates
	// Use Dispatcher.BeginInvoke to schedule layout updates on the UI thread