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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
1.1. Last update:
New releases are made public during the US Pacific Time Zone business day.
1.2. RELEASE PLAN
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.
See https://techsoft3d.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPD/pages/2367979552/Developer+Support+Policy#3.0-Product-Releases for more details.
1.3. RELEASE SCHEDULE
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HOOPS Platforms and Products includes Exchange, Visualize HPS, Communicator and Publish.
3DF 27-LTS will be released on-demand for critical issues in its final year of service according to Long Term Support policy.
1.4. Older versions can be found in the Dev Zone:
FORMAT UPDATES PLAN
Provisional plan – Subject to change
Format | Version |
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NX 2306 (2023 June version) | HE 2023 SP2 U1 |
JT 10.9 | HE 2023 SP2 U1 |
Revit 2024 | HE 2023 SP2 U2 |
Parasolid 36.0 | HE 2024 |
Solid Edge 2024 | HE 2024 |
SolidWorks 2024 | HE 2024.1.0 |
NX 2312 (2023 Dec. version) | HE 2024.1.0 |
Catia V5_6R2024 | HE 2024.3.0 |
Inventor 2025 | HE 2024.4.0 |
Acis 2024 | HE 2024.5.0 |
CREO 11 | HE 2024.5.0 |
Navisworks 2025 | HE 2024.5.0 |
NX 2406 (2024 June version) | HE 2024.6.0 |
Revit 2025 | HE 2024.7.0 |
SHORT-TERM PROJECTS
Projects planned to be delivered in next release (next 4 months)
Support of physical 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 months
New format support: 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 2022.
LONG-TERM PROJECTS
Longer term projects we are considering
New format support: QIF Writer
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: USD Writer