ABOUT
HOOPS Exchange is a set of high performance software libraries designed to provide software developers with the ability to read and write popular 3D formats from within their application. The Exchange product family consists of 2 different products:
The flagship of the HOOPS Exchange product family is the Import product. HOOPS Exchange Import reads CAD data from the most popular 3D file formats and provides access to that 3D data through the PRC data format, a highly compressed and open file format that is currently in the process of ISO standardization. HOOPS Exchange Import is optimized to read various kinds of 3D data, especially those coming from computer-aided design (CAD) systems. HOOPS Exchange Import provides access to the 3D data without changing the original representation of the data; geometric data retains its original definition. Most of the data types stored by CAD systems are supported by HOOPS Exchange:
Additionally, HOOPS Exchange Import can publish 3D data in the ISO-0 standard PRC file format.
HOOPS Exchange Export provides the capability to write data to 3D CAD file formats including IGES, STEP, Parasolid and ACIS.