HPS 2022

Library compatibility information

Library name	Version	Notes
HOOPS Exchange	2022	Android simulator support is limited. See this explanation.
HOOPS Publish	2022	Requires SSSE3 instruction set support, Linux support is limited to C++
HOOPS Communicator Sprocket	2021 SP2
.NET Framework	4.0	4.5 required when using D3D_IMAGE_CANVAS
Parasolid	32.0.x	For iOS platforms, support is limited to 64-bit platforms for the Parasolid Sprockets (hps_sprk_parasolid and hps_sprk_exchange_parasolid).
RealDWG	2019	RealDWG 2019 works with Visual Studio 2017 Update 2 and Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Qt	5.12.7
SketchUp	2021	VS2019 Redistributable required, and only x64 Sketchup is supported

New features and enhancements

Front face culling. HOOPS Visualize 2022 now includes a front face culling mechanism which provides additional control to selectively expose internal geometric features.

Metal-compliant driver. Support for the Metal graphics driver is now provided to give customers an alternative to OpenGL on Apple platforms.

OpenGL driver deprecated. OpenGL on Apple platforms is planned to be deprecated in HPS 2022 SP2.

ARKit support. ARKit, Apple’s augmented reality platform for iOS, is now supported.

Initialization function. A new static function, HPS::World::IsInitialized(), is now available. The function is used to query whether the HOOPS Visualize system has been initialized.

Text metrics. A new set of functions related to text metrics has been added, which can be used to determine the overall size of text, including ascenders and descenders. See HPS::KeyPath::ComputeTextMetrics and HPS::TextMetrics::Options for details.

Functional changes

HOOPS Exchange. HOOPS Visualize now works with HOOPS Exchange 2022.

HOOPS Publish. HOOPS Visualize now works with HOOPS Publish 2022.

Vulkan driver. The Vulkan driver has been removed.

Windows minimum version. For developers targeting Windows, Windows 10 64-bit is now the minimum version. Support for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, and all Windows 32-bit operating systems is deprecated.

iOS minimum version. For developers targeting iOS, iOS 11.0 is now the minimum version. The minimum required compiler is now Xcode 12.2 (LLVM).

macOS minimum version. For developers targeting macOS, macOS 11.0 is now the minimum version. The minimum required compiler is now Xcode 12.2 (LLVM).

Apple sandbox. The driver used in the sandbox is now selectable on Apple systems.

Hardware accelerated text. Hardware accelerated text is now on by default. Note: Known issue - when hardware acceleration is enabled in combination with text anti-aliasing of transformable text and the text background and window background are different color, then a fringe exists matching the background color around the text.

Fixed bugs

Issue number	Description
SDHV-10995	orbit mode becomes slow after hiding lines
SDHV-10955	Text right aligned staggers on right side depending on letters in line
SDHV-10915	Apply color to nearest faces returned by ComputeRelation on Shell
SDHV-10871	Performance of Text Rendering (5K)
SDHV-10812	Text region has different behavior since HPS 2021 SP2
SDHV-10719	Line is disappearing at specific camera
SDHV-10709	Using Algorithm.Visual mode no longer select points
SDHV-10700	Unable to import JPG file
SDHV-10689	Some text are blurry
SDHV-10585	Model moves with delay when panning camera compared with 2018SP2
SDHV-10557	dashed line pattern, dashes lose effect as camera orbits
SDHV-10375	back face coloring not working on some models when moving to HPS 2021
SDHV-10904	Hang in HOOPS HPS 2021 SP2 UP
SDHV-10611	Flat lighting does not work on geometry with face colors set
SDHV-10499	Missing points in point cloud
SDHV-10443	Highlighting of CylinderKey with 0 radius