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Supported Formats
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The HOOPS Communicator import/export capabilities are based on HOOPS Exchange. The following formats are available with a HOOPS Communicator license.
		

Supported Import Formats
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 Format                        Version                     Extensions  
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 HOOPS Stream Format [#hsf]_   All versions                HSF         
 OBJ [#obj]_                   All versions                OBJ         
 BCF [#bcf]_                   Up to 2.1                   BCF         
 PDF [#pdf]_                   All versions                PDF         
 PRC                           All versions                PRC         
 3D point cloud                All versions                PTS, PTX         
 Sketchup                      Up to 2023 (Windows only)   SKP         
 Stereo Lithography            All versions                STL         
 Universal 3D                  All versions                U3D         
 VRML                          v1.0 and v2.0               WRL, WRML   
 3D point cloud                All versions                XYZ         
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Supported Export Formats
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 Format                           Extensions              
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 BCF [#bcf]_                      BCF                     
 HOOPS Communicator StreamCache   SC, SC, SCZ  
 HOOPS Stream Format [#hsf]_      HSF                     
 HTML                             HTML                    
 PNG                              PNG                     
 PRC                              PRC                     
 Stereo Lithography               STL                     
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.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#hsf] The following HSF attributes are not supported and are ignored during SC Export: *callback, camera, clip regions, color map, condition, cutting planes, edge pattern, edge weight, handedness, heuristics, images, lights, line pattern, line pattern definition, line weight, local textures, marker size, marker symbol, markers, mesh, named styles, references, rendering options, sub-geometry attributes (colors and visibility), selectability, styles, text alignment, text font, text spacing, texture matrix, visibility, window, window frame, window pattern.*
.. [#obj] HOOPS Converter only supports tessellated data. MTL files can be provided to define materials.
.. [#bcf] Only available through the Web Viewer directly.
.. [#pdf] The PDF importer only imports 3D geometry - 2D objects will not be imported.


Additional Import Formats Available to HOOPS Web Platform or HOOPS Exchange Licensees
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 Format                    Version                                               Extensions                                                   
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 3MF                       Up to 2.0                                             3MF                                                          
 ACIS                      Up to 2023                                            SAT, SAB                                            
 AutoCAD                   Up to AutoCAD 2019                                    DWG, DXF                                            
 Autodesk Inventor         Up to 2024                                            IPT, IAM                                            
 Autodesk Navisworks       2012 to 2024                                          NWD                                                          
 CATIA V4                  Up to 4.2.5                                           MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP                     
 CATIA V5                  Up to V5-6R2023                                       CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATShape, CGR          
 CATIA V6 / 3DExperience   Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29)                                3DXML                                                        
 COLLADA                   Any                                                   DAE                                                          
 Creo - Pro/E              Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 10                          ASM, NEU, PRT, XAS, XPR          
 FBX                       ASCII: from 7100 to 7400. Binary: all.                FBX                                                          
 GLTF                      Version 2.0 only                                      GLTF, GLB                                            
 I-deas                    Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6                        MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG          
 IFC                       IFC2x Editions 2, 3 and 4                             IFC, IFCZIP                               
 IGES                      5.1, 5.2, 5.3                                         IGS, IGES                    
 JT                        Up to v10.9                                           JT                                                           
 NX - Unigraphics          UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2306    PRT                                                          
 Parasolid                 Up to v36.0                                           X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT                 
 Revit                     2015 to 2023                                          RVT, RFA                                            
 Rhino3D                   4, 5, 6, 7                                            3DM                     
 Solid Edge                1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2024                    ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM  
 SolidWorks                From 97 up to 2023                                    SLDASM, SLDPRT                                         
 STEP                      AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242                          STP, STEP, STP.Z        
 VDA-FS                    Version 1.0 and 2.0                                   VDA                                                          
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Additional Export Formats Available to HOOPS Web Platform or HOOPS Exchange Licensees
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 Format   Extensions            
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 3MF      3MF, 3MF 2.0  
 JT       JT                    
 STEP     STP, STEP     
 X_T      X_T                   
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Additional Export Formats Available to HOOPS Web Platform or HOOPS Publish Licensees
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 Format   Extensions  
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 PDF      PDF         
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