John Mather

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Since Aug 2019

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Multithreading over point groups(one thread - one group) July 6, 2026, 4:26 p.m.

Be sure to check this page: https://www.sidefx.com/docs/hdk/_h_d_k__g_a__using.html#HDK_GA_Using_Parallel [www.sidefx.com]

For foreach-style algorithms, the simplest approach is to use GAparallelForEachPage() which provides a higher-level API that is convenient to use with lambdas.

HDK (find neighbours) optimization June 29, 2026, 10:29 a.m.

That looks more or less correct. You can also use bvh.sortResultsto sort based on distance.

What a dissappointment June 26, 2026, 6:20 p.m.

You'll be happy to know that we continue to optimize for Arm platforms, both on the Apple silicon side and now on the Linux side as well.

Houdini 22 contains a number of improvements for Apple silicon that should make it even faster.