HPS 2023

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 Android iOS Notes
HOOPS Exchange 2023 supported supported supported supported supported Android simulator support is limited. See this explanation.
HOOPS Publish 2023 supported supported unsupported unsupported unsupported Requires SSSE3 instruction set support, Linux support is limited to C++
HOOPS Communicator Sprocket 2022 SP1 U2 supported unsupported unsupported supported supported  
.NET Framework 4.0 supported unsupported unsupported unsupported unsupported 4.5 required when using D3D_IMAGE_CANVAS
Parasolid 32.0.x supported supported supported unsupported supported For iOS platforms, support is limited to 64-bit platforms for the Parasolid Sprockets (hps_sprk_parasolid and hps_sprk_exchange_parasolid).
RealDWG 2019 supported unsupported unsupported unsupported unsupported RealDWG 2019 works with Visual Studio 2017 Update 2 and Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Qt 5.12.7 supported supported supported unsupported unsupported  
SketchUp 2021 supported unsupported unsupported unsupported unsupported VS2019 Redistributable required, and only x64 Sketchup is supported

Enhancements

Custom shaders. Custom shaders are now available. Shader definition and attributes can now be saved and read from HSF/HMF files.

VS2019. Visual Studio 2019 is now supported.

Selection culling. Selection culling can now be respected for both front and back faces in HPS::SelectionOptionsKit.

Functional changes

VS2015. Support for Visual Studio 2015 is retired.

Fixed bugs

Issue number Description
19615 Text w/ transform ON not rendering with Segment Display List
19593 Errors and warnings when opening a file containing directions
19592 Deleting Modern Shader on Shell Edges freezes all Shaders
19591 Strange artifacts while rotating the view with applied HighlightOptionsKit to ShellKit
19558 crash when importing a CAD model with Exchange using the HPS Exchange sprocket (regression with HOOPS 2022 SP2 U1)
19541 Crash when reloading HPS::Exchange::Component twice from 2022 SP2
19536 HSF doesn’t open
19517 Modern Shaders on Edges cannot access per-vertex Data
19498 Text unexpected jumps when zooming camera
19491 Memory leak from HOOPS 2022 SP2
19407 Strange lines appear with color index interpolation
19401 Severe regression in Text zoom performance and display quality introduced in Visualize 2022
19216 CAD face color is different in HPS 2021 SP2 U1 (Follow up)
19123 Questions about OOC import of multiple point clouds
10858 The decimal places of the tolerance cannot be displayed
10187 Creo colors are still wrong : exact RGB color value in Viz