Topics

• API Core — Foundational SDK plumbing.
  • UTF-8 Conversion Utilities — Functions for converting between UTF-8 and UTF-16 strings on Windows.
  • Base Module — This section describes the functions you use to start, configure, and terminate a session with the library.
    • Library Session Functions — Starts, configures, and terminates a session with the library.
    • License module — Methods and structures dedicated to setting the license.
    • Custom Memory Allocation — Specifies custom memory-allocation functions.
    • Custom Report — Specifies custom reporting of messages.
    • Custom Progress-Indicator — Specifies a custom progress indicator.
  • XML Trace File Generation — Generates an XML trace file (for debugging).
  • Delete Entities
  • Entity Reference — Creates and accesses references to other PRC entities.
  • Entity Type Determination — Determines the type of a PRC entity.
  • Debug Utilities — Functions to aid debugging.
  • Fundamental Type Definitions
  • Miscellaneous Module — Tools and common structures.
  • Reference on coordinate system subcomponent — Creates and accesses entities that reference coordinate system subcomponent.
  • Reference on Topology/Tessellation — Creates and accesses entities that reference topological entities and that specify globally-defined attributes.
  • Entity Base — Creates and accesses a hierarchy of descriptive names and modeller data that can be applied to any PRC entity.
  • Entity Base with Graphics — Creates and accesses global graphic characteristics that apply to any PRC entity in the Graphics and Appearance.
• Entity Types — PRC entity types.
  • BIM Type Declarations
  • Constraint Type Declarations
  • Curve Type Declarations
  • Drawing Type Declarations
  • Feature Type Declarations
  • Geometry Type Declarations
  • Graphics Type Declarations
  • Markup Type Declarations
  • Common Data Type declarations
  • Markup Definition Type Declarations
  • Type declarations specific to markup dimension
  • Type declarations specific to markup GDT
  • Geometric Mathematical Operator Type Declarations
  • Miscellaneous Type Declarations
  • Publication Type Declarations
  • Representation Item Type Declarations
  • Root Type Declarations
  • Structure Type Declarations
    • Model tree helper Type Declarations
  • Surface Type Declarations
  • Tessellation Type Declarations
  • Texture Type Declarations
  • Topological item owners
  • Topology Type Declarations
  • Entity Constants
• Import and Export — Reading and writing CAD formats.
  • Miscellaneous Attribute Entity — Creates and accesses descriptive names and modeller data associated with PRC entities.
  • Load Module — Loads the model file with information from the input CAD file.
  • I/O Base — Base Read and Write API.
  • Rhino attribute name — Defines names for Rhino attributes.
  • Export Module — Structures to write the ModelFile defined through this API.
• Assembly and Product Structure — Product tree.
  • Constraint Module — Accesses constraint entities.
  • Constraint Linked Item — Entity type is kA3DTypeMiscConstraintLinkedItem.
  • Filter Module — Creates and accesses filter entities that control the entities and layers included in the 3D image.
  • Layer Module — Accesses layer entities.
  • Mechanism — Some geometric entities are linked together so that they remain rigidly connected.
  • Model File — Reads and writes a physical file containing a PRC model file; and creates and accesses model file entities.
  • Model tree helper — Tools and structure data to use for quick implementation of a model tree.
  • Part Definition
  • Bit field flag definitions for product occurrences — The product flags are used to define the specific usages of a product occurrence.
  • Product Occurrence — Creates and accesses product occurrence PRC entities.
• Representation Items — Representation-item containers.
  • BrepModel Representation Item — An A3DRiBrepModel is a representation item that contains a topological Boundary Representation.
  • Representation Item Base
  • Coordinate System Representation Item — An axis system.
  • Curve Representation Item — An A3DRiCurve is a representation item that contains a geometrical curve.
  • Direction Representation Item
  • Helpers — High-level functions for Representation Items module.
  • Plane Representation Item — An A3DRiPlane is a representation item that contains a A3DTopoBrepData made of one single planar face.
  • PointSet Representation Item — An A3DRiPointSet is a set of 3D points.
  • PolyBrepModel Representation Item — An A3DRiPolyBrepModel is a representation item that contains only a tessellation of a solid or a surface.
  • PolyWire Representation Item — An A3DRiPolyWire is a representation item that contains a polywire.
  • Set Representation Item — This entity is a logical grouping of other representation items.
• Geometry (Curves and Surfaces) — Curves and surfaces.
  • ArctanCos Function — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct1DArctanCos.
  • Combination Function — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct1DCombination.
  • Fraction Function — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct1DFraction.
  • Polynomial Function — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct1DPolynom.
  • Trigonometric Function — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct1DTrigonometric.
  • 3D Linear Transformation — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct3DLinear.
  • 3D Non-Linear Transformation — Entity type is kA3DTypeMathFct3DNonLinear.
  • Cartesian Transformation — Functions and structures for defining combinations of transformations (without the use of a matrix)
  • Blend02Boundary Curve
  • Circular Curve
  • Composite Curve
  • Elliptic Curve
  • Equation Curve
  • Helix Curve
  • Hyperbolic Curve
  • Intersection Curve
  • Linear Curve
  • NURBS Curve — Entity type is kA3DTypeCrvNurbs.
  • Offset Curve
  • Curve On Surface
  • Parabolic Curve
  • Polyline Curve
  • Transform Curve
  • Eval on curves and surfaces
  • Range Definitions — Structures for defining range definitions for curves, surfaces, and 3D objects.
  • General 3D Transformation (using 4x4 transformation matrices) — Functions and structures for defining 4x4 transformation matrices that translate, scale, and rotate.
  • Parameterization for Curve and Surface Geometries — Structures for parameterizing curves and structures.
  • Project points on curves and surfaces
  • Blend Surface Type 1 — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfBlend01.
  • Blend Surface Type 2 — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfBlend02.
  • Blend Surface Type 3 — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfBlend03.
  • Conic Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfCone.
  • Cylindrical Surface
  • Cylindrical-Space Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfCylindrical.
  • Extrusion Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfExtrusion.
  • From Curves Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfFromCurves.
  • NURBS Surface (the base surface entity) — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfNurbs.
  • Offset Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfOffset.
  • Pipe Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfPipe.
  • Plane Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfPlane.
  • Revolution Surface
  • Ruled Surface — Entity type is kA3DTypeSurfRuled.
  • Spherical Surface
  • Toric Surface
  • Transform Surface
  • Tools Module
  • Cartesian Transformation Types — Bitmasks that can be OR’d together to specify the transformation behavior.
  • Vectors — Structures for defining 2D and 3D vectors.
• Topology (B-Rep) — B-Rep topology.
  • BrepData — Entity type is kA3DTypeTopoBrepData.
  • CoEdge
  • Connex
  • Edge — Entity type is kA3DTypeTopoEdge.
  • Face
  • Loop — Entity type is kA3DTypeTopoLoop.
  • Vertex defined with multiple positions — Entity type is kA3DTypeTopoMultipleVertex.
  • Shell
  • SingleWireBody
  • Topology Body (the topology base entity) — Sets and gets attributes that apply to all A3DTopoBody entities.
  • Topology Body Data — Structure and bitmasks for establishing the bounding box orientation and context of any type of A3DTopoBody entity.
  • Topology Context — Creates and accesses A3DTopoContext entities, which specify topology context and common attributes such as granularity, tolerance, and thickness.
  • Topology Context Data — Structure and bitmasks for specifying the topology context and common attributes such as granularity, tolerance, and thickness.
  • Vertex defined with a single position
  • WireEdge — Entity type is kA3DTypeTopoWireEdge.
• Tessellation — Mesh approximation of geometry.
  • Tess3D — Tessellation for solids and surfaces.
  • Tess3DWire — Tessellation for 3D wireframes.
  • Flags for Specifying Wire Characteristics — Bitmasks used in the A3DTess3DWireData structure to describe wire characteristics.
  • Tessellation Base — Functions for setting and getting data common to all tessellation entities.
  • Tessellation Module — Creates and accesses tessellation entities.
  • TessFace — Functions and structures for defining tessellation face data.
  • Bitmasks for Loop Characteristics in Face Loops — Bitmasks for specifying loop characteristics of face wires in the A3DTessFaceData::m_puiSizesWires array.
  • Bitmasks for Behavior of Normals — Bitmasks used to set and access the A3DTessFaceData::m_usUsedEntitiesFlags.
  • Bitmasks for Specifying Tessellation Types — Bitmasks for specifying a type of tessellation face data.
  • Tessellation for Markups — Tessellation for markups.
  • Bitmasks for markup options
  • Extra data types for A3DTessMarkupData tessellation
  • Bitmasks for A3DTessMarkupData tessellation
• Graphics and Appearance — Appearance and rendering.
  • Global Data Module — Accesses global definitions used by all PRC entities.
  • Bit Field for Behavior on Graphics
  • Display Style — Entity type is kA3DTypeGraphStyle.
  • Texture Mapping Attribute Components
  • Texture Alpha Mode Parameter
  • Texture Alpha Test
  • Texture Blend Parameter
  • Texture Function
  • Texture Mapping Type
  • Texture Mapping Operator — A3DSDKTexture.
  • Texture Transformation
  • Texture Wrapping Mode
  • Texture Application — Defines a complete set of textures to apply.
  • Texture Definition — Defines a single texture set of parameters, which can be used in a Texture Application.
    • PBR attribute name — Defines names for PBR attributes associated to A3DGraphMaterialData.
    • Texture Applying Mode — Defines special modes for applying textures.
    • Texture Mapping Attribute — Defines texture-mapping methods.
• Physical Properties — Material physical properties.
  • Physical properties
• Geometric Analysis and Measurement — Geometry analysis.
  • Compare faces
  • Compute Section
  • Compute HLR
  • Project Point Cloud
  • UV Classification
  • Collision computation — Determine if there are interferences between parts from an assembly.
  • Type of HLR curves result.
• Model Healing and Repair — Geometry repair and adaptation.
  • Healing
  • Adapt and replace all B-rep in model file
  • Copy and adapt B-rep model
  • Mesh Repair
  • Simplify modelfile curves and surfaces as analytic
• Markup and PMI — Annotations and PMI.
  • Annotation Item — Usage of a markup.
  • Annotation Reference — Logical grouping of other annotations Entity type is kA3DTypeMkpAnnotationReference.
  • Annotation Set — Group of annotation entities Entity type is kA3DTypeMkpAnnotationSet.
  • View — Entity type is kA3DTypeMkpView.
  • Fonts — When creating a markup tessellation that uses specific fonts, store fonts with font keys (A3DFontKeyData) by invoking the A3DGlobalFontKeyCreate function.
  • Markup Types and Subtypes — Enumerations for markup types and subtypes for use in the A3DMkpMarkupData structure.
    • Flags for Font and Font-Key Attributes
  • Markup Module — Creates and accesses markup entities.
  • RTF parsing — Set of functions used to parse RTF strings.
  • Balloon
  • Datum
  • Markup definition
    • Dimension
  • Dimension extension line
  • Dimension line
  • Dimension value
  • Fastener
  • Feature control frame
  • Semantic drawing row value
  • Drafting row
  • Drawing row
  • Geometrical dimensioning tolerance
  • Markup Leader — Entity type is kA3DTypeMkpLeader.
  • Leader definition
  • Markup Linked Item — Entity type is kA3DTypeMiscMarkupLinkedItem.
  • Locator
  • Measurement point
  • Position definition
  • Markup note based on rich text
  • Roughness
  • Markups based on simple text
  • Tolerance
  • Tolerance size
  • Tolerance size value
  • Welding
  • Masks for encoding font keys
• BIM — IFC/BIM data.
• Publication and Named Views — Named views and publications.
• Feature Recognition — Manufacturing feature tree.
  • Definition for chamfer
  • Basic — The basic features are these defined with one of the following family types kA3DFamily_DoubleData, kA3DFamily_IntegerData, kA3DFamily_StringData.
  • Definition
  • Enumerated Values
  • Tree information — There are three kinds of features that define the model tree.
  • Specific Definition
  • Value
  • Definition for fillet
  • Definition for hole
  • Connection — Feature connection indicates a reference and a product occurrence target in case of the reference is defined in another part definition.
  • Parameter — Parameters allow to group features according to the type of information whom they contain.
  • Definition for pattern
  • Structure — The feature structure allows to store information with various levels of complexity.
  • Definition for thread
  • Feature Tree — CAD model are represented by a feature tree.
  • Type and Specification
• Advanced Publishing — Interactive 3D PDF publishing.
  • Entity PDF IDs
  • 2D Drawing Module — Module to create 2D Drawings on a PDF page.
  • 3D Annot Module — Module to define a 3D Annotation.
  • 3D Artwork Module — Module to define a 3D Artwork to add in a 3D Annotation.
  • 3D Stream Module — Module to define a 3D Stream to add in a 3D Artwork.
  • Tetra 4D Enrich Templates Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Functions to enrich Tetra 4D documents.
  • Animation Module — Module to define Animation.
    • Bit Field to indicate which data must be interpolated.
  • Data Model Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to modelize data tables and interactivity.
    • tBit Field to indicate the options for filtering 3D views. — These fields are used with function A3DPDFGetStreams to define its behaviour.
  • DataTable Module — Module to define a Data table.
    • Bit Field to indicate the options for creating table for 3D views. — These fields are used with function A3DPDFDataTable3DViewsCreate to define its behavior.
  • DataRelationship Module — Module to define a relationship between DataTables.
  • Document Module — Module to define a PDF Document.
    • Bit Field to indicate the document permissions.
    • Bit Field to indicate the saving options.
  • Export Image Module — Module to export a PDF document to image formats.
  • Font Module — Module for fonts on a PDF document.
  • Icon Image Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to define icon image used for interactivity.
  • Image Module — Add Images in the page.
  • JavaScript Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Functions for setting JavaScript code on PDF entities.
  • Layer Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to define PDF layers.
  • Layout Module — Module to access or create entities on a PDF page.
  • Link Module — Adds Links in the page.
  • Page Module — Module to define and access a Page in a document.
  • Rich Media Module — Adds rich media (video, sound) in the page.
  • Table Module — Module to create tables on a PDF page.
  • Table From API Module — Module to create tables on a PDF page, based on API definition.
  • Text Module — Adds text lines in the page.
  • View Module — Module to access and create Views in a 3D Annot.
  • Interactive Layout Entities Module — Module for interactive widgets on a PDF page.
  • HOOPS Publish Standard Actions Module — Module to set pre-defined HOOPS Publish Standard actions on PDF entities.
  • Button Module — Module to access and define Button field.
  • Check Box Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define Check Box field
  • Drop down List Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define Drop down List field
  • ListBox Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define ListBox field
  • Radio Button Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define Radio Button field
  • Digital Signature Module — Module to access and define Digital Signature field.
  • Text Field Module — Module to access and define Text field.
  • PDF Library Session Functions — Starts, configures, and terminates a session with the PDF Library.
  • View Carousel Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define View Carousel widget
  • Scroll Table Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define Scroll Table widget
  • 3D Type Declarations
  • Driver selection with A3DPOSTERDRV
  • BillOfMaterial Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to calculate a BOM on a modelfile.
  • Document Type Declarations
  • Interactivity Type Declarations
  • Interactivity Advanced Type Declarations
  • Layout Static Type Declarations
  • ModelFile Module — Module to get and compute information on modelfile.
  • ModelFile Nodes Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to get list of nodes from a modelfile.
  • PDF Widget Type Determination — Determines the type of a PDF Widget.
  • Layout Widget Type Declarations
  • PDF Widget Entity Constants
  • HTML Module
  • Export monolithic HTML Module — (HOOPS Publish Advanced) Structure and function to write a ModelFile as a monolithic HTML file.
• Drawing (2D Drafting) — 2D drawings and sheets.
  • Callback Function Type Definitions — Callback function type definitions for drawing operations.
  • Drawing Block — Creates and accesses entities that contain graphics entities.
  • Drawing Block Basic
  • Drawing Clip Frame — Define a clipping frame for views.
  • Drawing Curve
  • Drawing Filled Area
  • Drawing Model
  • Value for undefined active sheet — This value determines the case where no active sheet has been set.
  • Drawing Operator — Enumerations for drawing operator type for use in the A3DDrawingBlockOperatorData structure.
  • Drawing Picture
  • Drawing Sheet
  • Drawing Sheet Format
  • Drawing Vertices
  • Drawing View — Enumerations for drawing view type for use in the A3DDrawingViewData structure.