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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
See the HOOPS Target General Availability Dates.
FORMAT UPDATES PLAN
Provisional plan – Subject to change
Format | Version |
|---|---|
Parasolid 34.0 | HE 2022 |
SolidWorks 2022 | HE 2022 U1 |
Solid Edge 2022 | HE 2022 U1 |
NX 2007 (2021 Dec. version) | HE 2022 U2 |
REVIT 2022 | HE 2022 SP1 |
JT 10.6 | HE 2022 SP1 |
Catia V5_6R2022 | HE 2022 SP1 U1 |
Inventor 2023 | HE 2022 SP2 |
CREO 9 | HE 2022 SP2 |
Acis | HE 2022 SP2 |
NX (2022 June version) | HE 2022 SP2 U1 |
Parasolid | HE 2022 SP2 U1 |
Solid Edge 2023 | HE 2023 |
SolidWorks 2023 | HE 2023 |
REVIT 2023 | HE 2023 |
NX (2022 Dec. version) | HE 2023 U1 |
SHORT-TERM PROJECTS
Projects planned to be delivered in next release (next 4 months)
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.
The first version of the Navisworks Reader will be delivered as a Beta version during the first half of year 2022.
Introduce new options for point projection
Support Sphere projection
Ability to define preferred surfaces for projection calculation for thin parts
Hoops Exchange Parasolid bridge availability on Mac Intel & ARM
MID-TERM PROJECTS
Planned or on-going projects that might be delivered mid-term (in one or two releases) – After 4 months / before 12 months
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.
Official support for C# language bindings
New format support: DGN Reader
DGN MicroStation is a CAD software platform developed by Bentley Systems and used in the architectural and engineering industries.
Support DRACO compression for glTF format (Reader)
LONG-TERM PROJECTS
Longer term projects we are considering
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 2022.
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.