Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
11 Months active
Languages Used
C++CMakeCMakeScriptGLSLUSDCJSONObjective-C
Technical Skills
Build SystemBuild System ConfigurationBuild SystemsC++C++ DevelopmentCMake
Patrick Hodoul
PROFILE
Patrick Hodoul
Patrick Hodoul focused on maintaining build compatibility for the Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox repository during March 2025. He addressed a critical build break caused by Xcode 16 by introducing a targeted diagnostic pragma in the C++ codebase to suppress -Wshorten-64-to-32 compiler warnings. This approach ensured that the core functionality remained unchanged while stabilizing the continuous integration pipeline and supporting the scheduled release cycle. Patrick’s work demonstrated a careful balance between resolving build system issues and preserving existing behavior, leveraging his expertise in build systems and compiler warnings to deliver a non-invasive solution that reduced CI failures and maintained project stability.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
77%Features
Repository Contributions
53Total
Bugs
7
Commits
53
Features
23
Lines of code
32,501
Activity Months11
Your Network
94 peopleWork History
February 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 (2026-02) monthly summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Delivered Rendering Performance Measurement by introducing in-code performance macros to measure the execution time of rendering tasks (run()) and enable profiling and optimization of the rendering pipeline. This work establishes observability foundations, supports data-driven performance improvements, and aligns with project standards for future reuse across the repo. No major bugs fixed this month; stability was maintained while instrumentation groundwork was put in place.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 (2026-02) monthly summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Delivered Rendering Performance Measurement by introducing in-code performance macros to measure the execution time of rendering tasks (run()) and enable profiling and optimization of the rendering pipeline. This work establishes observability foundations, supports data-driven performance improvements, and aligns with project standards for future reuse across the repo. No major bugs fixed this month; stability was maintained while instrumentation groundwork was put in place.
February 2026
January 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Key features delivered include multi-scene AOV display in the viewport toolbox and GPU-accelerated depth visualization in VisualizeAOV. Major reliability improvements were implemented for the viewport tests by adjusting MSAA thresholds and expanding framing test coverage. The work features cross-scene accuracy, rendering performance, and a more robust test suite.
January 2026
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Key features delivered include multi-scene AOV display in the viewport toolbox and GPU-accelerated depth visualization in VisualizeAOV. Major reliability improvements were implemented for the viewport tests by adjusting MSAA thresholds and expanding framing test coverage. The work features cross-scene accuracy, rendering performance, and a more robust test suite.
December 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025Month: 2025-12. For Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox, delivered targeted improvements in rendering fidelity, test reliability, and build portability. Key outcomes include: 1) SSAO rendering stability and visual quality enhancement through changing random number generation for sampling patterns and updating the hash function to improve random value distribution, resulting in higher SSAO image quality (commit dd1b02c50fd296c643121cca79b700d45a93c2ad; OGSMOD-8261). 2) Depth AOV display improvements via fixes across two frame passes and a new depth-copy shader to improve depth visualization and management (commit 458cccab29f5461ef1f47691afc31d6670263469; OGSMOD-8260). 3) Rendering test reliability and infrastructure improvements, including MSAA/WebGPU threshold adjustments, centralized test asset paths, and SkyDome test validation (commits ea196005fbf11cc43cb6da75f03ed53980614773; 69f3d674e35a22769bd4e34d536bf0f21f0bf877; f25c4c7073e1d03c6aafa0220d25510716ff98e5; OGSMOD-117, OGSMOD-114, OGSMOD-122). 4) Build system compatibility and library linking fixes to ensure correct static/shared linking and improved Emscripten compatibility via CMakeLists updates (commit 41516c14a8669ed4c525be8710063d8009e2bea9; OGSMOD-8343). These workstreams collectively increase rendering quality, reduce flaky tests, and streamline cross-platform builds, delivering tangible business value through stability, performance, and maintainability.
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025Month: 2025-12. For Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox, delivered targeted improvements in rendering fidelity, test reliability, and build portability. Key outcomes include: 1) SSAO rendering stability and visual quality enhancement through changing random number generation for sampling patterns and updating the hash function to improve random value distribution, resulting in higher SSAO image quality (commit dd1b02c50fd296c643121cca79b700d45a93c2ad; OGSMOD-8261). 2) Depth AOV display improvements via fixes across two frame passes and a new depth-copy shader to improve depth visualization and management (commit 458cccab29f5461ef1f47691afc31d6670263469; OGSMOD-8260). 3) Rendering test reliability and infrastructure improvements, including MSAA/WebGPU threshold adjustments, centralized test asset paths, and SkyDome test validation (commits ea196005fbf11cc43cb6da75f03ed53980614773; 69f3d674e35a22769bd4e34d536bf0f21f0bf877; f25c4c7073e1d03c6aafa0220d25510716ff98e5; OGSMOD-117, OGSMOD-114, OGSMOD-122). 4) Build system compatibility and library linking fixes to ensure correct static/shared linking and improved Emscripten compatibility via CMakeLists updates (commit 41516c14a8669ed4c525be8710063d8009e2bea9; OGSMOD-8343). These workstreams collectively increase rendering quality, reduce flaky tests, and streamline cross-platform builds, delivering tangible business value through stability, performance, and maintainability.
December 2025
November 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 contributions focused on developer experience, stability, and maintainability in Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Delivered API/docs enhancements, cross-platform test reliability improvements, and code simplifications to reduce complexity while preserving rendering quality and performance. These efforts lower onboarding time, improve CI reliability, and streamline future feature delivery.
November 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 contributions focused on developer experience, stability, and maintainability in Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Delivered API/docs enhancements, cross-platform test reliability improvements, and code simplifications to reduce complexity while preserving rendering quality and performance. These efforts lower onboarding time, improve CI reliability, and streamline future feature delivery.
October 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month 2025-10 — Focused on stabilizing cross-platform builds for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox and modernizing the CMake-based build system. Delivered fixes to macOS unit tests, improved OpenUSD linking, and completed a comprehensive CMake cleanup to enhance maintainability and multi-configuration support. These changes reduce CI noise, accelerate onboarding, and provide a more reliable foundation for future features.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month 2025-10 — Focused on stabilizing cross-platform builds for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox and modernizing the CMake-based build system. Delivered fixes to macOS unit tests, improved OpenUSD linking, and completed a comprehensive CMake cleanup to enhance maintainability and multi-configuration support. These changes reduce CI noise, accelerate onboarding, and provide a more reliable foundation for future features.
October 2025
September 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Focused on stabilizing the build system, enabling Emscripten, and ensuring reliable baseline through a controlled rollback. The changes improve build reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and future feature velocity by providing a cleaner CMake configuration, exported libraries, and robust module path handling. The rollback prevents downstream breakages from a prior merge while keeping Emscripten support ready for wasm workflows.
September 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Focused on stabilizing the build system, enabling Emscripten, and ensuring reliable baseline through a controlled rollback. The changes improve build reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and future feature velocity by providing a cleaner CMake configuration, exported libraries, and robust module path handling. The rollback prevents downstream breakages from a prior merge while keeping Emscripten support ready for wasm workflows.
August 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-08 focusing on key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated. Highlights include framing API introduction replacing deprecated viewport with PXR_NS::CameraUtilFraming in ViewParams, and documentation cleanup for FramePass. Committed changes demonstrate disciplined engineering with clear, auditable diffs.
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-08 focusing on key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated. Highlights include framing API introduction replacing deprecated viewport with PXR_NS::CameraUtilFraming in ViewParams, and documentation cleanup for FramePass. Committed changes demonstrate disciplined engineering with clear, auditable diffs.
August 2025
July 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Focused on strengthening CI/CD readiness and test reliability, with targeted improvements to frame-based rendering tests and data structures. Delivered two primary features with traceable commits and implemented fixes that reduced test flakiness and merged conflicts for smoother integration.
July 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Focused on strengthening CI/CD readiness and test reliability, with targeted improvements to frame-based rendering tests and data structures. Delivered two primary features with traceable commits and implemented fixes that reduced test flakiness and merged conflicts for smoother integration.
May 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Delivered foundational architectural improvements and expanded image I/O capabilities, enhancing maintainability, isolation, and test reliability. Implemented a versioned HVT_NS namespace across the codebase to prevent naming conflicts and clarified usage in documentation. Integrated stb_image/stb_image_write for reliable image loading/writing with centralized implementations and expanded tests. Strengthened the unit test framework and coverage, driving higher quality and faster iteration for future features.
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox: Delivered foundational architectural improvements and expanded image I/O capabilities, enhancing maintainability, isolation, and test reliability. Implemented a versioned HVT_NS namespace across the codebase to prevent naming conflicts and clarified usage in documentation. Integrated stb_image/stb_image_write for reliable image loading/writing with centralized implementations and expanded tests. Strengthened the unit test framework and coverage, driving higher quality and faster iteration for future features.
May 2025
April 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on stabilizing and modernizing the Hydra viewport toolbox, delivering a more robust build system, improved rendering interoperability, and initial test infrastructure. Key outcomes include cross-toolchain build reliability (Xcode 16 and Unix), a dedicated CMake configuration for the library, and assets to reduce maintenance risk through code cleanup and visibility improvements. AOV render buffer sharing was introduced to improve resource management across render delegates, while a unit test framework was established to enable future regression coverage. Additional simplifications removed internal, ADSK_OPENUSD_PENDING code, tightening the codebase. These efforts position the project for easier submodule usage, better observability via OpenUSD log helpers, and more predictable binary behavior across platforms.
April 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on stabilizing and modernizing the Hydra viewport toolbox, delivering a more robust build system, improved rendering interoperability, and initial test infrastructure. Key outcomes include cross-toolchain build reliability (Xcode 16 and Unix), a dedicated CMake configuration for the library, and assets to reduce maintenance risk through code cleanup and visibility improvements. AOV render buffer sharing was introduced to improve resource management across render delegates, while a unit test framework was established to enable future regression coverage. Additional simplifications removed internal, ADSK_OPENUSD_PENDING code, tightening the codebase. These efforts position the project for easier submodule usage, better observability via OpenUSD log helpers, and more predictable binary behavior across platforms.
March 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Delivered substantial OpenUSD integration, robust cross-platform build readiness, and rendering enhancements, with a clear focus on business value through reliability, maintainability, and feature parity for USD-based workflows.
12 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/hydra-viewport-toolbox. Delivered substantial OpenUSD integration, robust cross-platform build readiness, and rendering enhancements, with a clear focus on business value through reliability, maintainability, and feature parity for USD-based workflows.
March 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness88.8%
Maintainability86.8%
Architecture85.8%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage23.0%
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Programming Languages
CC++CMakeCMakeScriptGLSLJSONObjective-CUSDYAML
Technical Skills
3D RenderingAPI DesignAPI DevelopmentBuild ConfigurationBuild SystemBuild System ConfigurationBuild SystemsC++C++ DevelopmentC++ developmentCI/CDCMakeCode RefactoringCompiler FlagsCompiler Warning Management
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