HOOPS AI 1.0-preview

Technology Updates

• Format Updates

HOOPS AI leverages the power of HOOPS Exchange to read and write a wide variety of file formats without needing to license any additional technology. See our File Formats page for more details.

• Third-Party Library Updates

HOOPS AI integrates open-source machine learning architectures to provide state-of-the-art CAD analysis capabilities. These models are located in the src/hoops_ai/ml/_thirdparty/ directory and are used under their respective open-source licenses. See our Acknowledgments page for more details.

• Platform Changes

HOOPS AI 2025 Preview only supports Windows Platform. See our Supported Platforms page for more details.

New Features

HOOPS AI 2025 Preview comes with a set of brand new features such as :

Data Flow Management:

• CAD Data Access - CAD file loading with HOOPSLoader, HOOPSModel, HOOPSBrep, and HOOPSTools

• CAD Data Encoding - Feature extraction with BrepEncoder

• Datasets - ML-Ready Inputs - Schema definition with SchemaBuilder

• Data Storage - Data persistence with OptStorage, MemoryStorage, JsonStorageHandler, and DatasetMerger

• Data Flow Customisation - Pipeline orchestration with @flowtask decorators, ParallelTask, SequentialTask, and ParallelExecutor

Machine Learning:

• Dataset Exploration and Mining - Dataset exploration with DatasetExplorer and DatasetLoader

• Develop Your own ML Model - Model training with FlowModel, FlowTrainer, and FlowInference (EXPERIMENTAL)

• Parts Classification Model - Part classification examples

• CAD Feature Recognition Model - Feature recognition examples

Visualization:

• Data Visualization Experience - Interactive visualization with DatasetViewer, CADViewer, and ColorPalette

API Changes

No APIs have been changed in HOOPS AI 2025 Preview

Documentation Changes

The HOOPS documentation interface has been changed significantly and includes many quality-of-life improvements to make navigating, finding, and reading information easier than ever before. Here’s a list of new features:

• Sticky header: The page header, which includes access to search, now stays on the top of the screen at all times.

• Collapsible table of contents: Free up additional reading space by clicking the small arrow button on the right edge of the table of contents to collapse it. Clicking the button again will restore the table of contents to its original view.

• Full-width reading: Get even more content in a single view by clicking the small double-arrow button in the bottom right of the content area, which expands the layout to fill the entire screen. Click the button again to restore the layout to its original width.

• Mobile-friendly HOOPSY: HOOPSY, our AI-powered chat assistant, has been restyled to display properly on all screens - including phones and tablets.

Deprecations

The ML architecture described in the Machine Learning Model section of our documentation is currently EXPERIMENTAL and may change in future releases.

Fixed Bugs

No bugs have been fixed in HOOPS AI 2025 Preview