H20 - Is it possible to use GPU to speed up FLIPS or sp solv

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Is it possible in H20 to use GPU to speed up FLIP sim (in SOPS) or sparse pyro solver?

I've noticed my RTX 4090 is not being used at all during those heavy sims.

Been looking for that 'use OpenCL' checkbox...

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so far I can remember there is an option to solve viscosity with opencl. Which helps a bit on massive pointcounts.
But Flip Sims are per se slow to process.
Sparse Solver has a Minimal Mode that is solved with OpenCl. But that is quite tedious to set up.
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Is it possible in H20 to use GPU to speed up FLIP sim (in SOPS) or sparse pyro solver?

I've noticed my RTX 4090 is not being used at all during those heavy sims.

Been looking for that 'use OpenCL' checkbox...

Thanks

For FLIP Solver SOP, the OpenCL toggle is not exposed but in DOPs you can turn it on which will solve both viscosity and pressure on the GPU.

For Pyro, you can use the Minimal OpenCL sim type as sekow mentioned.
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