Platform Support Plans for HOOPS 2022

Owned by Michael Merrifield
Last updated: Nov 01, 2023
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The following details apply to the HOOPS Suite version 2022.

See https://techsoft3d.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPD/pages/2367881259 for details and definitions covering all versions.

Immediate Deprecations

Effective immediately, the following items are deprecated for the HOOPS 2022 products where they were previously supported.

Certain versions of Microsoft Windows

32-bit versions of Windows are deprecated. There is currently no timeline to stop delivering 32-bit Windows packages for the products that already provide them.

The following versions of Microsoft Windows are deprecated. These versions will be discontinued for the 2023 releases.

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows Server 2008 (HOOPS Exchange, HOOPS Publish, HOOPS Communicator)

OpenGL-ES 2.0

OpenGL-ES 2.0 is deprecated for HOOPS Visualize. HOOPS Visualize supports OpenGL-ES 3.0 or higher for Android and iOS.

Plans for the 2022 Releases of the HOOPS Suite

The table below shows our anticipated compatibility for the HOOPS products. These plans may change as circumstances change.

PLATFORM

ARCHITECTURE

MINIMUM SUPPORTED OS

COMPILER

PLATFORM

ARCHITECTURE

MINIMUM SUPPORTED OS

COMPILER

Windows

x64,

x86 (Deprecated)

Windows 10
Windows 2012 Server (HE, HP, HC)
Windows 7, 8.0, 8.1, and Server 2008 are Deprecated.

 

Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Visual Studio 2017 (HV)

Linux

x86, x64

CentOS 7 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc 2.17)

devtoolset 8 / GCC 8.2.3

MacOS

x64, ARM

MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)

Xcode 12.2 (LLVM)

Android

ARMv7A, ARM8, x86_64, x86

5.0 (API level 21)

Android NDK r21e (LLVM libc++)

iOS

arm64, x86_64

11.0

Xcode 12.2 (LLVM)