HOOPS Exchange 2015

Format Updates

Format	Updated Version
Autodesk Inventor	2015
Solid Edge	ST7
CATIA V5-6	2014
Creo	Parametric 3.0

Enhancements

Parasolid

A new Parasolid bridge is available which leverages the native Parasolid binaries to provide healing as a part of the export process. The result is a higher quality model. You are also able to export directly to an open Parasolid session. See HOOPS Exchange for Parasolid Developers for details.

SOLIDWORKS

Our SOLIDWORKS reader now supports diffuse textures and views. Improved support for PMI.

IFC reader

Our IFC reader has a new option pertaining to faceted B-rep. Previously, a single face would be generated for each triangle imported as a part of a faceted B-rep structure. Now, the reader will merge collections of faceted triangles into a single entity by default. You can control this behavior by altering the m_bFACETED_BREPAsOneFace member in the A3DRWParamsIFCData structure.

NX9

Our NX reader PMI support is improved.

Creo

Better management of markup data positioning.

JT

Our JT file reader now supports ULP (Ultra-Lightweight Precise) B-rep as well as LODs.

Autodesk Inventor

The Autodesk Inventor reader now supports diffuse textures.

Functional Changes

IFC Improvements

• GUIDs are now included with the minimal set of attributes when loading IFC files.

• Performance has been improved.

Parasolid export

When exporting Parasolid models, we now keep the topology as close as possible to the original topology in order to prevent topological artifacts.