# 2022 Community Wrap -Up **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 13, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/2022-community-wrap-up/1298 "2023-01-13T19:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gabriel.peragine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.techsoft3d.com/gabriel.peragine/32/1535_2.png) [@gabriel.peragine](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/u/gabriel.peragine)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/2022-community-wrap-up/1298/1 "2023-01-13T19:29:56Z")
First of all, happy new year to you all! 🎉 🎆 It’s been over a year since we launched our community, and I’d say it’s been a pretty great year for us. I wanted to take some time and highlight some of the best things from this year! **TOP 5 POSTS OF 2022** > [@Silent Installation of AutoCAD OEM 2023 (tech changed from 2022)](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/silent-installation-of-autocad-oem-2023-tech-changed-from-2022/781/20): > > Just to clarify to anyone who reads this. The ‘–pf’ and ‘–sn’ arguments can be arbitrary or fake, don’t use any real serial numbers for this. See full post from Madhu at the ADN here: Several of our OEM users had difficulties with the installer after it was changed. It was great to see everyone helping each other out. Shout out to @stephan.kaiser for sharing and starting this discussion! > [@Part Arranger Class](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/part-arranger-class/688): > > [arrange2] [arrange3] [bbb] This class essentially “dissolves” a model (or a subset of a model) into its individual pieces and rearranges those pieces in a stacked grid. It makes for an interesting effect but it also has “real” use cases, mainly in visualizing the content of a model in quantity take-off scenarios, analyzing the content of a model or to temporarily “pull out” relevant parts of an assembly or building model for further inspection. The current implementation bases the posit… An excellent post by @guido, showing off a class used to dissolve a model. If you’re using HOOPS Communicator, you should check it out if you haven’t already. > [@Kinematics Toolkit Labs Project Released](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/kinematics-toolkit-labs-project-released/775): > > Hello everyone, we have just released a new Project in our Innovation Labs called the Kinematics Toolkit. It’s a set of classes for HOOPS Communicator to easily add kinematics-based animations to CAD Models. The complete source code for this project is available on GitHub and it even comes with its own (still experimental) editor environment. Please check it out in the labs here: [https://labs.techsoft3d.com/project/kinematics-toolkit/](https://labs.techsoft3d.com/project/kinematics-toolkit/) [ktt] [ktt] [ktt] [ktt] Another helpful post by @guido for those using HOOPS Communicator that allows you to add kinematics-based animations to CAD models easily. > [@Built-in operator customization](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/built-in-operator-customization/932): > > Introduction This article shows how you can customize a HOOPS Communicator Web Viewer built-in operator through a resizable Redline Rectangle Operator example. [[resize redline] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n7XXroAmkY) Approach If you want to enhance or change the behaviors of a built-in operator in HOOPS Web Viewer, there are two ways: Create your own operator Extend a pre-existing built-in operator In either case, referring to the source code of the target operator will be the first step. You will find the source c… This one was a helpful HOOPS Communicator post by @Toshi-TS3D. He shared how to customize a built-in operator in Communicator. > [@How to make the most of your HOOPS Evaluation](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-hoops-evaluation/942): > > So you’re developing software, and you decided to download the HOOPS Web or Native Platform trial and evaluate our SDKs. Now what? Let’s go over some ways you can make the most of your evaluation time and set yourself up for success. 1) Define an evaluation plan Being successful with your HOOPS product evaluation is a lot like successfully writing a good research paper. You will want to create an outline, write a draft, or in our case, create a proof of concept and then iterate until you have… Last but not least, this one is for our self-evaluators, where we discuss ways to get the most out of your self-evaluation. **2022 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS** @619944680 - I wanted to recognize this new user for their posts. They’ve been asking a lot of great questions here in the forum. I think before long they will be a HOOPS expert 😉 @shawn.g - Shawn’s replies have been beneficial in the OEM space. Great job Shawn! I also wanted to highlight our VIPs @jm1 @dave.calkins and @jamestruax - They’ve been a joy to have around in our community this year. All of them have shared their knowledge with others here, either by helping them solve a problem or by sharing their own helpful tips and tricks. Ya’ll rock! That’s all I had for this post, but was there anything you found especially exciting this year in our community? What are you looking forward to next year? Let us know in the comments below. 🙂