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HOOPS Visualize 3DF Release Notes

NOTE:

The release notes do not include bug fixes. For a list of bug fixes, see this page.

Service Pack 21.56

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2018 SP2 U1        
HOOPS Publish 2018 SP2 U1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.56 is a bug fix release only.

Changes to Face Displacement Behavior. Significant changes to the Face Displacement design were introduced in v21.53. Those changes have been reverted to the pre-21.53 behavior. Partners who need the Face Displacement behavior from versions 21.53 to 21.55 will need to upgrade to version 22.00 or newer.



Service Pack 21.55

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2018 U1        
HOOPS Publish 2018 U1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.55 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.54

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2017 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2017 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.54 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.53

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2017 SP1 U1        
HOOPS Publish 2017 SP1 U1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.53 is a bug fix release only.

Important: Starting with this release, the header file visualize_license.h has been replaced by hoops_license.h. Please replace your header files when upgrading your license. A new header file can be generated on the Developer Zone. By 2018, licenses for all HOOPS products will be replaced with this single unified license.

Package Changes

  • The Qt sample application has been split into two separate applications: qt_simple_4 and qt_simple_5.

    Qt 4 applications should use qt_simple_4, and Qt 5 applications should use qt_simple_5.



Service Pack 21.52

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2017 U1        
HOOPS Publish 2017 U1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.52 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.51

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2017 U1        
HOOPS Publish 2017 U1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.51 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.50

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2016 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2016 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.1        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.50 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.42

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2016 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2016 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.42 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.41

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2016 SP1        
HOOPS Publish 2016 SP1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.41 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.40

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2016 SP1        
HOOPS Publish 2016 SP1        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 28.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2017, 2016       RealDWG 2017 is supported in Visual Studio 2015
RealDWG 2016 is supported in Visual Studio 2012
There is no support for RealDWG in Visual Studio 2013
SketchUp 2015        

Enhancements

  • A variety of minor enhancements related to performance.
  • Visual Studio 2015 is now supported.
  • HOOPS Exchange 2016 SP1 is now supported.
  • HOOPS Publish 2016 SP1 is now supported.
  • Parasolid 28.0 is now supported.
  • RealDWG 2017 is now supported.


Service Pack 21.32

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2016        
HOOPS Publish 2016        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.32 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.31

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.31 is a bug fix release only.



Service Pack 21.30

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.30 is mainly a bug fix release.

Enhancements

  • A QTSimple5 project has been added.


Service Pack 21.21

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.21 is a bug-fix release only.


Service Pack 21.20

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

Enhancements

  • A new 3D sphere marker is available.
  • The fixed-framerate functionality in HOOPS/MVO has been tuned to reduce flickering and provided better visual fidelity. The timed-update functionality in HOOPS/3DGS has been similarly improved.
  • A new HOOPS/OOC API, ooc::RGBColor const & ooc::query::QueryIterator::GetNodePointColor() const is now available which returns color information from a point cloud point.
  • New HIC functions have been added: HIC_Set_Selectability, HIC_Show_Selectability, HIC_Set_Selectability_Even_Invisible, and HIC_Show_Selectability_Even_Invisible.



Service Pack 21.13

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.13 is a bug-fix release only.



Service Pack 21.12

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2        
HOOPS Publish 2015 SP2        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

Functional changes

  • The Exchange interface has been upgraded to HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP2.
  • A new option is available that controls tessellation when using the Parasolid bridge.

Service Pack 21.11

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015        
HOOPS Publish 2015        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

HOOPS Visualize 21.11 is a bug fix release only.


Service Pack 21.1

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015        
HOOPS Publish 2015        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp 2015        

New features and enhancements

  • A new field called HInputHandlerOptions::m_bDwgSkipUnreferencedBlocks has been added to the DWG importer. This field contols whether geometry which is not referenced anywhere in the drawing will be imported.
  • The HOOPS Publish interface is now supported on Linux

Functional changes

  • The HOOPS 3D Stream Control is no longer guaranteed to be hosted by Tech Soft 3D. If you are using the control in your end-user application, you should host it in your location.
  •  Removed fields pertaining to the legacy DWG importer


Minor Release 21.01

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1      
HOOPS Exchange 2015 Service Pack 1      
HOOPS Publish 2015 Service Pack 1      
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0      
Qt 4.4.1      
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp SDK v7      

Functional changes

  • The Linux compiler requirement has been changed to g++ 4.8.2

Major Release 21.0

Library compatibility information

Library nameVersionWindowsLinuxOS XNotes
DGN Direct 3.8.1        
HOOPS Exchange 2015        
HOOPS Publish 2015        
.NET Framework 4.0       v4.5 required for wpf_image
v4.5 required for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 23.0        
Qt 4.4.1        
RealDWG 2015       Visual Studio 2012 only
SketchUp SDK v7        

New features and enhancements

  • All 3D shader drivers now have support for rendering transparent backgrounds to an offscreen window target.
  • The visual selection algorithm has been enhanced to take advantage of available hardware acceleration on shader based drivers, improving selection performance.
  • There is a new quick moves heuristic, inplace, which is useful when using a transparent highlight style with quick move geometry.
  • Capping geometry can now be extracted to another segment.
  • You can now use selection culling to enable or disable selection of culled geometry.
  • Performance of view-dependent vertex markers (splat-rendering using filled circles and filled squares) has been improved in the DirectX 11 driver. See section 2.8.2.1 of the Programming Guide for details about vertex markers.
  • The performance of patterned line and edge drawing in the DX11 and OpenGL2 drivers has been improved by up to 15x. The reference manual entry for HC_Set_Line_Pattern contains further details.
  • You may now set a soft memory limit, which triggers an event when Visualize allocates more memory than specified.
  • Rendering performance when using static model has been improved for a wide variety of scene graph organizations.
  • File loading performance for IFC files loaded through the HOOPS Exchange interface has been significantly improved.
  • There is a new 'strength' parameter for eye-dome lighting, which helps to smooth out any graphical anomalies in the image.
  • The double-precision rendering logic has been enhanced to take advantage OpenGL hardware acceleration when such acceleration is available. This will result in greatly improved rendering performance for double-precision primitives. More information is available in the OpenGL2 section of the Device Guide.

Functional changes

  • The HIO_DWG2 interface has been renamed to HIO_DWG. The legacy HIO_DWG interface that was deprecated and replaced by HIO_DWG2 in version 20.00 is no longer provided.

  •  Project changes