See #7632. See #5848. Just disable indexed colour map loading for now, it's pretty rare.

Moult · Moult · commit 9dff1441d7b6 · 2026-02-03T18:23:39.000+11:00
Famous last words, at least the KDTree implementation is much faster.
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/project/prop.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/project/prop.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class BIMProjectProperties(PropertyGroup):
     load_indexed_maps: BoolProperty(
         name="Load Indexed Maps",
         description="Load indexed maps (UV and color maps)",
-        default=True,
+        default=False, # Very slow and hackishly implemented
     )
     links: CollectionProperty(name="Links", type=Link)
     active_link_index: IntProperty(name="Active Link Index")

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class BIMProjectProperties(PropertyGroup):`
`370`	`370`	`load_indexed_maps: BoolProperty(`
`371`	`371`	`name="Load Indexed Maps",`
`372`	`372`	`description="Load indexed maps (UV and color maps)",`
`373`		`- default=True,`
	`373`	`+ default=False, # Very slow and hackishly implemented`
`374`	`374`	`)`
`375`	`375`	`links: CollectionProperty(name="Links", type=Link)`
`376`	`376`	`active_link_index: IntProperty(name="Active Link Index")`