HOOPS Exchange 2025.3.0

Technology Update

Format Updates

Format Updated Version
STEP AP 242 Ed2 and Ed3
IFC 4x3 (Beta)
Parasolid 37.1

See File Formats for the list of all supported formats.

Beginning with the 2025.3.0 release of HOOPS Exchange, STEP AP 242 Ed2 and Ed3 (which were in beta release) are now supported officially.

Third-Party Library Updates

The following third-party libraries have been updated:

Library New Version
OpenNURBS 8.16

For more information about package content, see /guide/distributing.

Platform Changes

The Android NDK used to build HOOPS Exchange has been upgraded from R18b to R27c.

Experimental Mac Catalyst (ARMv8-A) support had been added for HOOPS Exchange. The minimum supported OS is iOS 15 with XCode 15.1.

See our Supported Platforms page for details.

New Features

The Rhino format is now supported on iOS.

Fixed Bugs

Issue Description
SDHE-22362 Fixed unexpected behavior when importing an invalid CATIA V5 file.
SDHE-22305 Fixed unexpected behavior on SolidWorks file
SDHE-22297 Fixed the reading of the ellipse interval parameters in CATDrawing files
SDHE-22293 Fixed garbled content in JT using PRC2XML sample
SDHE-22290 Improvement of results when calling the function A3DProjectPointCloud3 with the m_bPreferFaceTowardScan option enabled
SDHE-22271 Fixed A3DLIBS.dll not unloaded by A3DSDKUnloadLibrary on Windows
SDHE-22229 Improved export of scaled model file into Acis file format
SDHE-22199 Improved A3DProjectPointCloudManagerCreateFromModelFile with lower quality input data
SDHE-22166 Avoid creation NURBS with out of range control points
SDHE-21917 Fixed issue with PMI visibility in some configurations from SolidWork files
SDHE-21762 Added export of non-ASCII names into SDL/TYSA_UNAME attributes with Parasolid
SDHE-21659 Added support for text and splines in SolidWorks sketches
SDHE-21651 Added standardized tolerances for hole diameters
SDHE-21430 Surfaces intersection curve improvement to better handle surfaces singularities
SDHE-21371 Improved the position field of the hole feature for Creo files in feature reading mode
SDHE-21082 Added support for SolidWorks splines in sketches
SDHE-20852 Improved behavior of A3DCompareFaces with flat cone surfaces
SDHE-20191 Added management of the symbol <CF> in the 3DXML’s linear size PMI
SDHE-19176 Fixed import of sketch spline