Page Comparison

Last Updated: 14 18 Apr 20212024

This page provides you with some insights about the HOOPS Exchange roadmap. If you are interested in providing input or collaborating on any of the projects below, please contact HOOPS Exchange's Product Manager or Tech Soft 3D support.

RELEASE PLAN

HOOPS Exchange release schedule consists in a major release and two service packs per year.

Minor updates might be released in between according to needs:

• Fix regressions or high priority issues

• Deliver updated formats to reduce availability delays

RELEASE SCHEDULE

Provisional dates – Subject to change

...

Version

...

Release Date

...

HE 2021 SP1

...

2021/04/13

...

HE 2021 SP1 U1

...

2021/05/20

...

HE 2021 SP2

...

2021/07/06

...

HE 2021 SP2 U1

...

2021/07/27

...

HE 2022

...

2021/12/14

The HOOPS Platform has been delivered during the last years as “Major”, “Service Pack” and “Update” releases with rules in terms of API continuity, license compatibility and content.

Starting with the first release in calendar year 2024, the HOOPS Platform will follow a 6-week release cadence, shipping any available content on the scheduled release dates over the year.

The name of each release will follow the pattern using the year, release number of the year and patch level.

For example, the first minor release of the calendar year 2024 will be named HOOPS 2024.1.0.

Note that:

• The major versions will indicate a breaking change (the next major release will be the 2025.1.0, targeted 2025 Jan. 14th)

• Minor releases might still contain breaking API changes (e.g. 2024.1.0), but this will be minimized as much as possible

• Patches (e.g. 2024.1.1) will only be bug fixes without API changes or new features. The “patches” releases will be produced only when required and might not even be the full HOOPS Suite.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

FORMAT UPDATES PLAN

Provisional plan – Subject to change

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

Projects planned to be delivered in within the next release (next 4 months)

...

• Support of

  additional classes and information that will help model analysis and querying:

  • Spatial relationships: Project, Site, Building, Story, Spaces, Walls.

  • New classes: Openings.

  New platform: Support of Apple Silicon platformphysical material definition

• Standard tessellation improvements

• Support of DRACO compression for glTF format (Reader & Writer)

MID-TERM PROJECTS

Planned or on-going projects that might be delivered mid-term (in one or two releases) – After 4 months / before 12 monthsup to12 months)

• New format support: PLM/XML reader

  • PLM/XML format is an XML-based file format designed by Siemens PLM Software to facilitate interaction in product lifecycle management.

  New format support: Navisworks Reader

• Navisworks is a 3D design review solution used primarily in construction industries.

This project will focus on the NWD format which corresponds to a publishing of a project, including all loaded models, the environment, views and saved viewpoints

DGN Reader

• DGN MicroStation is a CAD software platform developed by Bentley Systems and used in the architectural and engineering industries.

• New format support: IFC Export

  • This new export capability will help design applications in manufacturing, plant design, ship building spaces to share their data with BIM applications. For example, an assembly designed in a CAD software will be shared with a BIM application to federate models. The first version of the IFC Writer will support a subset of the IFC classes and will be delivered as a Beta version during the year 2021.

  Semantic data: support of visual models

  • The support of visual models’ appearances (material, textures, decals) is meant for high fidelity rendering and full-color printing of parts and will serve PLM/Visualization as well as Manufacturing as a Service applications. The scope of this project is to improve the support of SolidWorks appearances by adding the surfacic projection for textures as well as decals.2024.

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

Longer term projects we are considering

• New format support: QIF Writer

• New format support: DGN Reader

  DGN MicroStation is a CAD software platform developed by Bentley Systems and used in the architectural and engineering industries.

  PLM/XML reader

  • PLM/XML format is an XML-based file format designed by Siemens PLM Software to facilitate interaction in product lifecycle management.

• New format support: USD Writer