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This powerful Parasolid part viewer and navigator has been developed using the HOOPS 3D Application Framework 14.0 (HOOPS/3dAF) from TS3D and the Parasolid Kernel Modeler version 18.0 from EDS.
   
Along with viewing parts, the application functions as a demonstration of the HOOPS/3dAF and serves as a reference architecture which developers can easily extend to build their own Parasolid and/or HOOPS 3dAF based applications. As with all TS3D components this Reference Application is available to all customers in open, readable source code.
   
Because the application serves as a Reference Application, the set of functionality implemented was chosen for its usefulness in demonstrating how to implement many operations common to 3D modeling applications. Commerical software developers may take the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for Parasolid and easily customize and extend its functionality by creating new HOOPS/MVO-derived operator classes. The HOOPS/3dAF can be used to build web-based applications using ActiveX, and our framework is fully portable across all major Windows and UNIX platforms (including Linux). In addition to reading the widely-used XT format, the application can be extended by developers to also interoperate with data from various industry standard formats, such as IGES, STEP, CATIA and Pro/E.