---
title: initialize
framework: Compute Graph
role: symbol
role_heading: Namespace
platforms: [iOS 27.0+, iPadOS 27.0+, macOS 27.0+, tvOS 27.0+, visionOS 27.0+]
path: computegraph/initialize
---

# initialize

Nodes usable within the initialization stage of an element.

## Topics

### Functions

- [initialize::sourceElementIndex](computegraph/initialize/sourceelementindex.md)
- [initialize::spawnIndex](computegraph/initialize/spawnindex.md)

## See Also

### Built-in nodes

- [element](computegraph/element.md)
- [emitter](computegraph/emitter.md)
- [force](computegraph/force.md)
- [output](computegraph/output.md)
- [module](computegraph/module.md)
- [graph](computegraph/graph.md)
- [group](computegraph/group.md)
- [texture](computegraph/texture.md)
- [random](computegraph/random.md)
- [matrix4x4f](computegraph/matrix4x4f.md)
- [matrix4x4h](computegraph/matrix4x4h.md)