Supported File Formats

Import Formats

HOOPS Publish provides the capability to read data from the popular 3D formats listed below:

Format

Version

Extension

Tess

B-Rep

PMI

ACIS*

Up to 2020

SAT, SAB

supported

supported

na

FBX**

ASCII: from 7100 to 7400. Binary: all.

FBX

supported

na

na

IFC*

IFC2x Editions 2, 3 and 4

IFC, IFCZIP

supported

supported

na

IGES*

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

IGS, IGES

supported

supported

na

JT*

Up to v10.3

JT

supported

supported

supported

Parasolid*

Up to v34.1

X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT

supported

supported

na

PDF

All versions

PDF

supported

supported

supported

PRC

All versions

PRC

supported

supported

supported

STEP*

AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242

STP, STEP, STP.X

supported

supported

supported

STL

All versions

STL

supported

na

na

U3D

ECMA-363
(1st, 2nd and 3rd editions)

U3D

supported

na

na

VRML

v1.0 and v2.0

WRL, VRML

supported

na

na

supported = supported
na = this concept is not supported by the file format
  • File formats with an asterisk are only available to define the 3D model in HOOPS Publish.

Advanced CAD file import functionality is available with HOOPS Exchange.

Export Formats

HOOPS Publish provides the capability to write data to popular 3D standards listed below:

Format

Extensions

Tess

B-Rep

PMI

3MF

3MF

supported

na

na

HTML †

HTML

supported

supported

supported

IGES

IGES

na

supported

na

JT*

JT

supported

supported

supported

PDF

PDF

supported

supported

supported

PRC

PRC

supported

supported

supported

SCS †

SCS

supported

supported

supported

STEP**

STEP

unsupported

supported

supported

STL

STL

supported

na

na

U3D

U3D

supported

na

na

VRML

VMRL

supported

na

na

supported = supported
na = this concept is not supported by the file format
unsupported = unsupported

* Our JT writer supports JT 8.1, 9.5 and 10

** Our STEP writer supports AP203, AP214, and AP242.

*** FBX-DOM files are unsupported.

† HTML and SCS export are only available on Linux & Windows 64 bit. For HTML and SCS, B-rep is only available for exact measurements (and not for faceted B-rep).