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Exciting Upgrades Coming in OCCT 7.8.0 Release

Mark your calendars for the fourth quarter of 2023, as we are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of OCCT 7.8.0! The OCCT development team has been hard at work, and this release promises a host of new features and enhancements that will undoubtedly elevate your experience with OCCT. Let's dive into the intriguing details of what's in store:

Open CASCADE Technology 7.7.1 maintenance release

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Open Cascade is pleased to announce that the next Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) maintenance release (version 7.7.1) is prepared. The sources of Open CASCADE Technology 7.7.1 are available under the V7_7_1 tag in the OCCT repository.

This maintenance release fixes the following problems:

Open Cascade Platform components are updated to OCCT 7.7.0!

We are pleased to announce that the new versions of added-value components are available under Open Cascade Platform. All components were ported and certified to Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) v.7.7.0. The new release of Open Cascade Platform components provides around 100 bug fixes over the previous release 7.6.0.

Open Cascade updates OCCT research & science publications collection

Open Cascade updates Open CASCADE Technology Research and Science publications collection on the OCCT Development portal. The catalogue was enriched with 2021–2022 (till the end of August) works, adding to the collection almost 200 new research articles from prominent universities, scientific institutions, and R&D departments of commercial companies.

Open Cascade updates OCCT-based research & science publications report

Open Cascade presents a new OCCT (Open CASCADE Technology) research and science publications infographics report. The updated version includes 2021-2022 data (till the end of August), adding almost 200 new research articles from world-class universities, scientific institutions, and R&D departments of commercial companies.

New version of the report includes more than 900 articles and research projects conducted by 600+ organizations in 55 countries. In 2021 scientists set the record for the maximum articles number, adding 181 publications to the collection.

OpenCascade's XDE for DXF drawing generator

Author: Sergey Slyadnev

Preface

XDE stands for the eXtended Data Exchange module provided by the open-source OpenCascade kernel for representing CAD assemblies and engineering metadata. Other names that are sometimes used for the same thing are XCAF, and even DECAF (Data Exchange CAF).

Open CASCADE Technology 7.6.3 maintenance release

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Open Cascade is pleased to announce that the next Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) maintenance release (version 7.6.3) is prepared.

The sources of Open CASCADE Technology 7.6.3 are available under the V7_6_3 tag in the OCCT repository.

This maintenance release fixes the following critical problems:

Open CASCADE Technology 7.6.2 maintenance release

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Open Cascade is pleased to announce that the next Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) maintenance release (version 7.6.2) is prepared.

The sources of Open CASCADE Technology 7.6.2 are available under the V7_6_2 tag in the OCCT repository.

This maintenance release fixes the following critical problems:

Open Cascade is hiring in France and Portugal

Open Cascade, which is a part of Capgemini Engineering, opens up job opportunities in the company’s new office in Portugal as well as on existing sites in France. This is a great chance to work with the company’s breakthrough technologies.

Take the opportunity to work on unique projects in digital engineering and manufacturing! Deep industrial expertise allows Open Cascade to work with the world’s leading players in Oil and Gas, Marine, Energy, Special-purpose Machinery, Metrology and Quality Control or Telecommunications sectors.