HOOPS Communicator 2025.5.0
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 2025.5.0 is based on HOOPS Visualize 2025.5.0, HOOPS Exchange 2025.5.0, and HOOPS Publish 2025.5.0.
Enhancements
Performance Improvement: Loading of SC data from converted IFC files has been drastically improved when loading the IFC relationship.
Measurements: It is now possible to get the computed length from wire in the 3D view.
WebViewer Updates
The WebViewer user interface (UI) is changing. Since the release of HOOPS Communicator 2025.2.0, a new UI for the WebViewer has been introduced, designed around Web Components.
HOOPS Communicator 2025.5.0 adds these new UI elements:
- a dedicated panel for CAD Configurations
- a dedicated tool panel regrouping selection tools, measurement tools, redline markup tools and note pin tools
For full details on the content and beta program, please visit Web Components Introduction.
Fixed Bugs
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| SDHC-20070 | Loading improvement on IFC. |
| SDHC-20066 | Resolved crash when reading SolidWorks’ material properties. |
| SDHC-20000 | Fixed sc_store_text sample debug Windows crash. |
| SDHC-18812 | Creo dimension references are now correctly handled. |
| SDHC-8311 | Draco compression for glTF reader has been enabled. |
