HOOPS Exchange 2015 SP1

Format Updates

Format Updated Version
SOLIDWORKS 2015
JT 10
Parasolid 27
NX 10

Enhancements

CATIA V5

  • Dimensioning and markup/model links have been improved.
  • Piping elements are now supported.

Creo

  • User simplified representations are now managed.
  • Dimension positioning, markup/geometry links, and management of assembly part visibility by views has been improved.
  • Family tables are now supported.

NX

  • View filtering has been improved.

IFC

  • A new Boolean field, m_bFACETED_BREPAsOneFace has been added to A3DRWParamsIFCData. If this field is true, our reader will merge all facets in a face to a single face, which boosts performance when loading IFC files.

Parasolid Connector

  • Healing can now be enabled or disabled in A3DAsmModelFileTranslateToPkParts(). See field A3DRWParamsTranslateToPkPartsData.m_eHealing.
  • New enhancement to ensure Parasolid data remains unmodified when extracted from Parasolid-based formats (NX, SOLIDWORKS, and Solid Edge).
  • An option has been added to allow you to choose between loading “tolerant” or “accurate” entities. See field A3DRWParamsTranslateToPkPartsData.m_eComputeAccurateEdges.

Shattered assemblies

Our shattered assemblies function can now support:

  • NX models that contain reference sets
  • SOLIDWORKS files that contain configurations
  • Creo files that contain family tables

Point cloud projection

  • Instantiated data can now be managed using A3DProjectPointCloudManagerCreateFromRI().
  • Point clouds can now be projected onto tessellated meshes and edges.
  • A new API function is available to project point clouds - A3DProjectPointCloudOnModelFile().
  • Various bug fixes

Functional Changes

  • HOOPS Exchange now uses Visual Studio 2013. This means you need to include Visual Studio 2013 redistributables with your application.
  • Windows XP is no longer supported.