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	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.

Format	Version	Extensions
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

Format	Extensions
PDF	PDF