HOOPS Communicator 2024.2.0

HOOPS Communicator 2024.2.0 is based on HOOPS Visualize 2024.2.0, HOOPS Exchange 2024.2.0, and HOOPS Publish 2024.2.0.

Enhancements

ESM. HOOPS Communicator can now load Javascript via ESM. Details are available here. We also have a migration guide available. This functionality is being provided as a beta.

Note

In a future release, the current IIFE files for importing Web Viewer code will be deprecated. They are now replaced with other files which provide support for ESM, UMD, and IIFE versions of our Web Viewer. Please see the links above for details.

Functional Changes

We are removing the Converter option ifc_new_tessellation which was in beta.

Documentation Updates

Contact Us page added

Documentation now includes a new Contact Us page, pointing users to helpful links and contacts within Tech Soft 3D for information and product support. This page can be found at the bottom of the table of contents.

Fixed Bugs

Issue Description
SDHC-19409 Model views are oriented upside down in comparison to converted models in previous versions
SDHC-19400 SolidEdge 2024 exports JT files using Direct Model library version 10.4.0.0 leading to XT-BREP import failures in Exchange
SDHC-19385 After HOOPS Communicator is upgraded to 2024, the model is converted into a separate html file, and there is no model when opening the html
SDHC-19326 WritePNG failed in linux(WSL:Ubuntu2204): failed to get graph rgb color data(A3D_INVALID_COLOR_INDEX:-2101)
SDHC-19319 The position and orientation of the text annotations are inconsistent with NX
SDHC-19317 Dimensional plus and minus tolerances show size and position inconsistent with NX
SDHC-19268 Can’t load model if hoops_web_viewer.js is not included as the last script in the page
SDHC-19252 PMI overlap between dimensional tolerances and dimensional values