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HOOPS Exchange 2020
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.. rubric:: Format Updates

+------------+-------------------+
|   *Format* | *Updated Version* |
+============+===================+
|         NX |              1872 |
+------------+-------------------+
| Solid Edge |              2020 |
+------------+-------------------+

.. note::

   The support for the latest version of SolidWorks (2020) is under process and our team is doing its maximum to release it in a short period of time.

   .. rubric:: Platform Changes

* **Linux**:
  
  * Minimum OS version for _CentOS_ upgraded from 6.x to **7**
  * Compiler toolchain version upgraded from GCC 6.5 to **GCC 8**
* **Android**:

  * Compiler toolchain version upgraded from NDK 11c to **NDK R18b**

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Removed ImageMagick
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HOOPS Exchange does not require ImageMagick any longer.
Thus the following libraries are not part of the package anymore and can be
safely removed from your distribution:

* Windows
  
  * ImageMagick.dll
* Unix

  * libImageMagick.so

Because of the removal of ImageMagick, the following image formats are not
supported anymore by our readers:

* Autodesk Animator (CEL)
* Enhanced MetaFile (EMF, only supported on Windows platforms)
* Interleaved Bitmap (ILBM)
* PiCture eXchange (PCX)
* Adobe PhotoShop (PSD)
* Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

.. rubric:: See also

- :doc:`/distributing`

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Progress Bar improvements for the Parasolid bridge
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We added the support for a progress bar for :func:`A3DAsmModelFileTranslateToPkParts`.
This addition is mostly noticeable when used along with models which contain an important amount of representation items.

.. rubric:: See also

- :doc:`/guide/basic_operations/using_progress_functions`
- :doc:`/guide/parasolid/overview`

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SolidWorks Holes as Assembly Features
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Hole Wizard is a SolidWorks tool which allows to create holes at part or assembly level without the need of drawing or using complex features combinations.

In a context of supporting assembly-level hole features, we added the support for SolidWorks Hole Wizards upon reading.

.. rubric:: See also

- :doc:`/guide/feature_trees`

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Internal changes on surface split
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Internal changes have been made to improve overall stability and performances of splitting bi-periodic surfaces.

.. rubric:: Bug fixes

The list of fixed bugs can be found on :doc:`/fixed_bugs`.



