V7_0_0

Version 7.0.0 - April 5, 2016.

Major release to include complete code refactoring, elimination of CDL and WOK. Highlights (see also Release Notes):

Configuration

• Conversion of CDL classes to plain C++
• Use of CMake as main build system, replacing WOK

Foundation Classes

• New implementation of shared pointer (Handle)
• Redesign of OCCT type system

Modeling algorithms

• Refactoring of B-Spline evaluation
• Ability to perform Boolean expressions on an arbitrary number of arguments
• Intersection of surfaces produces more accurate b-spline curves
• More predictable offset of 3D shapes with a large offset value in “Intersection” mode

Visualization

• Activation of selection modes without opening the local context
• OpenGL graphic rendering methods exposed to the client code
• Support of zoom persistent selection
• Configurable font orientation
• Direct3D integration toolkit
• Support of antialiasing using multisampling technique (MSAA)

Application framework

• Interface for reading / saving documents from / to arbitrary C++ stream
• Main OCAF toolkits are made independent on Visualization toolkits

Data exchange

• Support of reading and writing semantic PMI entities for STEP AP242 format
• Optimization of shape triangulation export to STL and VRML

Products

• ACIS SAT Import-Export: new geometrical entities and color attributes supported
• DXF Import-Export: improved translation of UNICODE text
• BestFit: improved calculations with non-null offset on two-sided models
• Mesh Framework Kernel: accelerated interfaces to STL and OBJ formats
• Advanced Samples: new WPF Import/Export sample added to the Advanced C# Wrapper tool