Supported Formats
The HOOPS Communicator import/export capabilities are based on HOOPS Exchange. The following formats are available with a HOOPS Communicator license.
Supported Import Formats
| Format | Version | Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| HOOPS Stream Format [1] | All versions | HSF |
| OBJ [2] | All versions | OBJ |
| BCF [3] | Up to 2.1 | BCF |
| PDF [4] | All versions | |
| 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 |
Supported Export Formats
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| BCF [3] | BCF |
| HOOPS Communicator StreamCache | SC, SC, SCZ |
| HOOPS Stream Format [1] | HSF |
| HTML | HTML |
| PNG | PNG |
| PRC | PRC |
| Stereo Lithography | STL |
Footnotes
| [1] | (1, 2) 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. |
| [2] | HOOPS Converter only supports tessellated data. MTL files can be provided to define materials. |
| [3] | (1, 2) Only available through the Web Viewer directly. |
| [4] | 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
| Format | Version | Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| 3MF | 1, 2, 3 | 3MF |
| ACIS | Up to 2023 | SAT, SAB |
| AutoCAD | Up to AutoCAD 2024 | DWG, DXF |
| Autodesk Inventor | Up to 2025 | IPT, IAM |
| Autodesk Navisworks | 2012 to 2025 | NWD |
| CATIA V4 | Up to 4.2.5 | MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP |
| CATIA V5 | Up to V5-6 R2024 (R34) | CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATShape, CGR |
| CATIA V6 / 3DExperience | Up to V5-6 R2024 (R34) | 3DXML |
| COLLADA | Any | DAE |
| Creo - Pro/E | Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 11 | ASM, NEU, PRT, XAS, XPR |
| DGN | 7, 8 | DGN |
| FBX | ASCII: from 7100 to 7500. 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 NX2406 | PRT |
| Parasolid | Up to v37.0 | X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT |
| Revit | 2015 to 2025 | RVT, RFA |
| Rhino3D | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 3DM |
| Solid Edge | 1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2024 | ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM |
| SolidWorks | From 97 up to 2024 | SLDASM, SLDPRT |
| STEP | AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242 E1/E2(beta)/E3(beta) | STP, STEP, STP.Z |
| VDA-FS | Version 1.0 and 2.0 | VDA |
Additional Export Formats Available to HOOPS Web Platform or HOOPS Exchange Licensees
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| 3MF | 3MF 1,2,3 |
| JT | JT |
| STEP | STP, STEP |
| X_T | X_T |
Additional Export Formats Available to HOOPS Web Platform or HOOPS Publish Licensees
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
