# HOOPS Envision for Desktop Documentation

Version: 4.1-0

HOOPS Envision for Desktop is a modular, object-oriented class library tailored to presentation of scientific and engineering data with a particular strength in visualization of finite element models and results. It is an excellent development platform for building 3D visualization applications and provides software developers with ease of use and effectiveness during application building. It contains a rich, high level feature set for extracting and displaying simulations results efficiently.

HOOPS Envision for Desktop integrates easily and swiftly into the developer’s environment and contain powerful functionality for post processing and visualization of simulation data. This enables the user to concentrate on improving the core functionality of the simulation environment and structuring the workflow and application logic of the software. HOOPS Envision for Desktop is based on recent implementations of OpenGL, is fully shader-based and uses an instruction set which enable visualization on multiple platforms using a common code base. As a result, the graphics performance of HOOPS Envision for Desktop based applications is optimized for multiple devices ranging from high end workstations, laptops and mobile handheld devices.

Getting Started

Prerequisites and quickstart walkthrough for new developers

- Introduction
- Quickstart
- UI Toolkit Integrations

Tutorials

How to build real-world applications

- Examples
- Tutorials
- Code Examples

Programming Guide

Complete guide to HOOPS Envision concepts

- General Concepts
- View and Navigation
- Unstructured Grid
- Data Provider Plugins

API Reference

Detailed information about HOOPS Envision for Desktop API

- Components Overview
- Class Index

Frameworks

Overview over additional HOOPS Envision frameworks

- VTFx Component
- Data Provider Framework
- Result Calculator Framework

Additional Resources

Stay up to date with the latest changes and improvements

- Release Notes
- Support

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