2024

HOOPS Communicator 2024 is based on HOOPS Visualize 2024, HOOPS Exchange 2024, and HOOPS Publish 2024.

Enhancements

API additions. New API functions in Model to customize the Phong material properties:

specular color:

  • setNodesFaceSpecularColor

  • unsetNodesFaceSpecularColor

  • setNodesFaceSpecularIntensity

  • unsetNodesFaceSpecularIntensity

ambient color:

  • setNodesAmbientColor

  • setNodesAmbientMix

emissive color:

  • setNodesFaceEmissiveColor

  • unsetNodesFaceEmissiveColor

API additions. New API in Model to retrieve capping geometry from nodes (beta)

  • getNodeCappingMeshData

  • getNodesCappingMeshData

API additions. New API functions in View for a better lights management in the scene, now allows easy deletion and modification of lights and their properties

  • getLightKeys

  • getLight

Exchange ID. Exchange IDs are now uniform accross Exchange and Communicator. There is a new function, Communicator.Utils.exchangeIdEqual, that can be used to compare exchange IDs. Models need to be converted again to generate new Exchange ID format.

Fixed bugs

Issue number

Description

19302

Regarding the difference in the amount of events generated for each point when swiping two points on the iPad at the same time

19281

getNodeProperties slowdown - execution time seems to be dependent on number of node children now

19277

Revit Section Boxes Not Displaying Properly

19253

Regarding the SC conversion option equivalent to ‘ConstructionAndReferences’ when importing PRC to DemoViewer

19221

Using getNodeProperties in a loop is slow in 2023 SP2, was quick in 2023 SP1 U1

19192

Resetting model colors turns floorplan background red.

19137

Events not getting fired properly in case of Multi Touch Input

19097

Drawing sheets are not getting displayed after the Use of mode.createNode API

19096

Reseting Model After Isolating Nodes Showing Non-default Nodes

19089

HOOPS Communicator exposes a function called ‘SaveAs’ in the global name space

19079

HOOPS Communicator generates wrong geometry for Valid IFC.

19042

[Hoops Web Viewer] Compare two node error.

18972

New bug with ovals in the viewer

18930

HOOPS Communicator is not able to convert valid IFC file.

18910

Select by Point When Selecting Near an Edge/Face Can Cause Selection to Choose something down the Z Stack

18873

HOOPS Communicator (HC2023) is not able to convert the valid IFC files.

17902

HOOPS Communicator is not able to convert valid IFC file.