# HOOPS Exchange 2020

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.

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

## Removed ImageMagick

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)

See also

- Distributing Your Application

## Progress Bar improvements for the Parasolid bridge

We added the support for a progress bar for `A3DAsmModelFileTranslateToPkParts()`. This addition is mostly noticeable when used along with models which contain an important amount of representation items.

See also

- Using Progress Functions
- HOOPS Exchange for Parasolid Developers

## SolidWorks Holes as Assembly Features

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.

See also

- Feature Trees

## Internal changes on surface split

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

Bug fixes

The list of fixed bugs can be found on Fixed Bugs List.

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