3DF 27.20

Welcome to our new documentation

We are pleased to announce the release of our new documentation!

It comes with a new look-and-feel and a better navigation interface. The search feature is faster now. And in the next releases, we will be adding more fine-grained controls such as whole-word match and fuzzy search. More to come!

Library Compatibility Information

Library Name Version Windows Linux OS X Notes
DGN Direct 4.2 supported unsupported unsupported  
HOOPS Communicator 2022 SP1 supported unsupported unsupported  
HOOPS Exchange 2022 SP2 U1 supported supported unsupported  
HOOPS Publish 2022 SP2 U1 supported supported unsupported Requires support for SSSE3 instruction set.
.NET Framework 4.0 supported unsupported unsupported v4.5 required for wpf_image and for WPF over Remote Desktop
Parasolid 32.0.x supported supported unsupported  
Qt 5.12.7 supported supported unsupported Visualize is compatible with Qt 5.4 on OSX
RealDWG 2019 supported unsupported unsupported RealDWG 2019 is compatible with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and Visual Studio 2017 Update 2
SketchUp 2021 supported unsupported unsupported 64-bit Windows only. Requires Visual Studio 2019 Redistributable.

New Features

Custom Shaders. Standard lighting functions can be provided to shaders. Shader debugging API is now available. Shader definition and attributes can now be saved and read from HSF/HMF files.

Text Rendering Quality. Anti-aliased text appears more clearly and crisply defined.

Fixed Bugs

Issue Number Description
SDHV-19486 Modern Shader not working depending on Topology of Mesh
SDHV-19485 Text greeking doesn’t work
SDHV-19452 text greeking no longer works as expected
SDHV-19435 About Highlighting Multiple Point Cloud Data
SDHV-19427 Deleting Modern Shader Instances deletes expired Shader Attributes
SDHV-19425 edge pattern dashed isn’t visible in far zoom
SDHV-19414 Zlib vulnerability (220701-000003)
SDHV-19404 Incorrect image color when applying as texture
SDHV-19401 Severe regression in Text zoom performance and display quality introduced in Visualize 2022
SDHV-19397 Erratic mouse click event handling
SDHV-19350 Save HOOPS data from middle of segment tree
SDHV-19345 Perf Regression in V27.00 OpenGL2 w.r.t v24.41
SDHV-19344 Exception with Hoops 3DF 2700 in std_draw_tree.cpp
SDHV-19341 Image driver not rendering markers nicely
SDHV-19340 Image driver lighting is not consistent
SDHV-19333 Limitation on the number of spot light?
SDHV-19323 Transparency algorithm Depth peeling not working as expected
SDHV-19301 Text not showing on some specific positions.
SDHV-19277 Incorrect animated trail when running multiple sequential animations that contain HBhvInterpolatorTrail
SDHV-19218 Washed-out text with text anti-aliasing
SDHV-19216 CAD face color is different in HPS 2021 SP2 U1
SDHV-11024 Color has no diffuse component
SDHV-10985 Text alignment issue with one character in a line
SDHV-10270 Performance issue while selecting all cad model faces on 2590