In this release of HOOPS 3DF, there are a number of new features, enhancements and interface changes. This document identifies key areas that may affect your upgrade process. In addition to the topics highlighted, individual release notes are available for components of the application framework like HOOPS/3dGS, HOOPS/MVO and HOOPS/Stream.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

In this release of HOOPS 3DF, we officially support both 32-bit and 64-bit version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

HOOPS/3dGS

Deprecated Functions

A number of functions have been deprecated.

For a full list of deprecated routines, please see our HOOPS/3dGS Release Notes.

Stand Alone Window Events Handling

Stand alone window event handling functions have been moved to a separate header. You can find a list of all the these functions in the events reference index.

HOOPS For C# Developers

A number of functions have been deprecated. Please see the HOOPS/Winform and HOOPS/WPF Release Notes for more information.

HOOPS For Java Developers

A number of functions have been deprecated. Please see the HOOPS/Java Release Notes for more information.

HOOPS/HIO Components

We have upgraded our support for a number of 3rd Party integrations. Some of these changes mean that certain HIO modules will no longer be supported on some platforms. For instance, HIO U3D is no longer supported. However, the U3D format is still supported via HIO 3DX. To see what version of the 3rd party libraries HOOPS supports, you can check the list of supported file formats and read more about our support for third party toolkits in their individual HIO programming guides: