The HOOPS/MVO file I/O architecture comes with a variety of prebuilt input/output handlers that support many commonly used 3D, 2D, raster and video formats. The file formats listed below can be imported and/or exported by HOOPS.

3D Formats

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
DWG RealDWG 2012 nt_i386_vc90, nt_x64_vc90
DWF DWF Toolkit 7.7

nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10

nt_x64_vc90, nt_x64_vc10

DGN * Teigha 3.04.01

nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10

nt_x64_vc90, nt_x64_vc10

HSF All
HMF All
U3D HOOPS Exchange 6.0

nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10

nt_x64_vc90, nt_x64_vc10

PRC HOOPS Exchange 6.0

nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10

nt_x64_vc90, nt_x64_vc10

PDF (2D/3D) ** nt_i386_vc90, nt_x64_vc90
OBJ All
PLY All
SKP Google SketchUp SDK 8.0 nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10
STL All
PTS All
PTX All
* For DGN, HOOPS provides basic capabilities to directly import DGN's CAD and wireframe information. To import fully rendered 3D information, a plugin can be used in Microstation to export an HSF file that can be read by HOOPS.
** 3D-PDF export is supported via the HIO_Publish module, which uses the PRC export cabilities of HOOPS Publish.

HOOPS provides plug-ins for importing 3ds Max as well as Microstation's DGN formats. These plugins are available on the Developer Zone.

2D Formats

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
PDF All
DWF, DWFx DWF Toolkit 7.7 nt_i386_vc90
Postscript All
HPGL2 All
CGM All

Raster Formats

HOOPS provides import capabilities via integration with the ImageMagick libraries. For export, HOOPS handles these formats natively. Any format supported by ImageMagick can be used in HOOPS. Below is a list of the major raster formats supported by HOOPS.

File Format Import Export Supported Platforms
PNG All
JPEG All
GIF All
BMP All
TIFF All

Video Formats

HOOPS/MVO currently supports export to one video format.

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
AVI (Animations) nt_i386_vc90, nt_i386_vc10