js33

I assume you are the same Brad Carvey that worked on Newtek's video toaster? So you are working on Houdini Engine plugins for other programs? Do these by any chance include Lightwave and/or Modo?

Thanks

OK thanks. I'm still on 10.9.5. I was planning to upgrade soon anyway so I will try that.

Hi,

I installed Houdini apprentice the other day on my iMac. It installed fine but as soon as I try to do anything such as adding and moving a box it locks up and I have to do a hard reboot.

My system is old but according to the supported cards it should work.

My iMac is (21-inch, Late 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (256mb)
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.0
16 gb ram

Now I could tolerate a crash occasionally as it is 3D software after all but I can't do anything with Houdini right now.

In contrast I also use Lightwave and I can load and work with scene files with over 6 million polygons with the scene taking 8 gb of memory and my graphic card can handle that so I should be able to do at least simple scenes with Houdini.

I usually do 3D on my PC but right now it needs a new graphics card. I am thinking of getting either a 970, 980, Titan X or the upcoming 980 Ti. Will those work well with Houdini. I am sure they would fare better than my old 9400M.

Thanks,
JS