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|HCTHEN| 2024.8.0
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|HCTHEN| 2024.8.0 is based on HOOPS Visualize 2024.8.0, HOOPS Exchange 2024.8.0, and HOOPS Publish 2024.8.0.

Enhancements
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Support for screen-oriented markups and non-zoomable markups have been reactivated and fixed in the Web Viewer.


Documentation Changes
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HOOPSY
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We are excited to introduce **HOOPSY**, our new Documentation AI assistant. It is now available for |HCTHEN| users. This tool leverages advanced AI capabilities to help you find relevant information quickly and efficiently. It provides on-demand, multilingual support for your documentation needs.

.. rubric:: Key Features

- **Natural Language Processing (NLP):**  
  The assistant understands your queries in everyday language, delivering precise and contextually relevant answers.

- **Comprehensive Documentation Search:**  
  Searches across the |HCTHEN| documentation to retrieve the most relevant pages, ensuring you get accurate information for your queries.

- **Reference Links:**  
  Offers direct links to the original documentation, enabling deeper exploration and providing full context to enhance understanding.

- **Conversation Sharing:**  
  Easily share your AI assistant conversations with others for collaborative troubleshooting and knowledge sharing.

- **Multilingual Support:**  
  Supports multiple languages to cater to a global user base, allowing you to interact with the assistant in your preferred language.

- **Continuous Learning:**  
  The AI assistant continuously improves its responses based on user interactions, ensuring it becomes more helpful over time.


Fixed Bugs
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.. csv-table::
    :header: "Issue", "Description"

    "SDHC-19808", "Creating a WebViewer after deleting a WebViewer fails"
    "SDHC-19805", "Shadows are not projected correctly"
    "SDHC-19802", "Cannot create WebViewer after one viewer is shutdown"
    "SDHC-19801", "|HCTHEN| 2024.6.1 - pauseRendering on hoops viewer doesn't actually pause rendering"
    "SDHC-19759", "After shutdown streaming servers (CSR and SSR) in ts3d_sc_server.exe still remain "
    "SDHC-19750", "Model is not initially set as visible in the Web Viewer"
    "SDHC-19741", "convert_file.bat cannot launch converted_files.html starting from 2024.4.0. Why?"
    "SDHC-19717", "Unable to load multiple models asynchronously"
    "SDHC-19693", "Why do we see different colors between PRC and SCS renderings?"
    "SDHC-19675", "Converter cannot find custom textures"
    "SDHC-19652", "issues with the measurement tools used in hoops when opening up a dxf file"
    "SDHC-19585", "PMI is not converted to SC as NonZoomable"
    "SDHC-19517", "Problem using xml_settings in mini_converter."
    "SDHC-19464", "DWG file parsing error"