HOOPS Communicator 2025.4.0

Attention

For Windows users only

HOOPS Communicator 2025.4.0 has been superseded by HOOPS Communicator 2025.4.1 due to a digital signature expiration. Non-Windows platforms are unaffected and need not update.

Please refer to the patched documentation version here.

For more information, please visit our dedicated support page.

Note

Upcoming Change to Product Package Names

To improve clarity and consistency, HOOPS will adopt a unified naming scheme across all products. New package names will include product, version, platform, architecture, and compiler details. This change will take effect no earlier than the 2025.7.0 release in mid-September 2025.

HOOPS Communicator 2025.4.0 is based on HOOPS Visualize 2025.4.0, HOOPS Exchange 2025.4.0, and HOOPS Publish 2025.4.0.

Technology Updates

Functional Changes

HOOPS Server on Windows Server

A breaking change affects the Node.js spawner server on Windows due to the update of the embedded Node.js version (see below) where unmaintained third-party components were removed. Wrappers like PM2 continue to function normally. A custom JavaScript script is provided as an alternative for users not using wrappers.

For more information, visit Running as a background process.

Node.js

The supported Node.js version has been updated to the current LTS v22.

Third-Party Library Updates

Library	New Version
express	4.21.2
node-http-proxy	1.18.1
os-service	removed

The removal of os-service affects the HOOPS Server behavior on Windows Server. For more information, visit Running as a background process.

Enhancements

The WebViewer user interface is changing. Since the release of HOOPS Communicator 2025.2.0, a new UI for the WebViewer has been introduced, designed around Web Components.

In HOOPS Communicator 2025.4.0, a minimalistic HTML template for HTML export is introduced.

For full details on the content and beta program, please visit Using HOOPS Web Components.

Fixed Bugs

Issue	Description
SDHC-20019	Rely on PROXYGRAPHICS dwg global attribute to show or hide proxy entities.
SDHC-19933	One component could not be loaded correctly.
SDHC-19929	Add new optional XML attribute ‘autoUnitScale’ for externals that permit ignoring automatic scaling. If not present will be set to true by default.
SDHC-19918	Handle inherit flag in NX.
SDHC-19882	Add new optionnal XML attribute ‘autoUnitScale’ for externals that permit ignoring automatic scaling. If not present will be set to true by default.