# HOOPS Exchange 2025.3.0

## Technology Update

### Format Updates

Format | Updated Version
--- | ---
STEP | AP 242 Ed2 and Ed3
IFC | 4x3 (Beta)
Parasolid | 37.1

See File Formats for the list of all supported formats.

Beginning with the 2025.3.0 release of HOOPS Exchange, STEP AP 242 Ed2 and Ed3 (which were in beta release) are now supported officially.

### Third-Party Library Updates

The following third-party libraries have been updated:

Library | New Version
--- | ---
OpenNURBS | 8.16

For more information about package content, see /guide/distributing.

### Platform Changes

The Android NDK used to build HOOPS Exchange has been upgraded from R18b to R27c.

Experimental Mac Catalyst (ARMv8-A) support had been added for HOOPS Exchange. The minimum supported OS is iOS 15 with XCode 15.1.

See our Supported Platforms page for details.

## New Features

The Rhino format is now supported on iOS.

## API Changes

- Added `m_bUseUNameAttribute` member for `A3DRWParamsExportParasolidData`.

## Fixed Bugs

Issue | Description
--- | ---
SDHE-22362 | Fixed unexpected behavior when importing an invalid CATIA V5 file.
SDHE-22305 | Fixed unexpected behavior on SolidWorks file
SDHE-22297 | Fixed the reading of the ellipse interval parameters in CATDrawing files
SDHE-22293 | Fixed garbled content in JT using PRC2XML sample
SDHE-22290 | Improvement of results when calling the function A3DProjectPointCloud3 with the m_bPreferFaceTowardScan option enabled
SDHE-22271 | Fixed A3DLIBS.dll not unloaded by A3DSDKUnloadLibrary on Windows
SDHE-22229 | Improved export of scaled model file into Acis file format
SDHE-22199 | Improved A3DProjectPointCloudManagerCreateFromModelFile with lower quality input data
SDHE-22166 | Avoid creation NURBS with out of range control points
SDHE-21917 | Fixed issue with PMI visibility in some configurations from SolidWork files
SDHE-21762 | Added export of non-ASCII names into SDL/TYSA_UNAME attributes with Parasolid
SDHE-21659 | Added support for text and splines in SolidWorks sketches
SDHE-21651 | Added standardized tolerances for hole diameters
SDHE-21430 | Surfaces intersection curve improvement to better handle surfaces singularities
SDHE-21371 | Improved the position field of the hole feature for Creo files in feature reading mode
SDHE-21082 | Added support for SolidWorks splines in sketches
SDHE-20852 | Improved behavior of A3DCompareFaces with flat cone surfaces
SDHE-20191 | Added management of the symbol <CF> in the 3DXML’s linear size PMI
SDHE-19176 | Fixed import of sketch spline

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