HOOPS Exchange SDK is a C++ software library that enables development teams to quickly add reliable 2D and 3D CAD import and export capabilities to their applications. It provides access to a broad range of data, including boundary representation (BREP), product manufacturing information (PMI), model tree, views, persistent IDs, styles, construction geometry, and visualization, without depending on any CAD system. HOOPS Exchange supports access to various mechanical CAD formats such as CATIA, NX, Creo®, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, and Solid Edge®, as well as CAD standards like JT, STEP, STL, IGES, and AEC formats like Revit, IFC, and DWG. It also supports export to popular formats such as JT, STEP, and STL.

Features:

CAD Import Simplify CAD data import into your application and increase your 3D interoperability with fast and accurate access to over 30 CAD formats. The HOOPS Exchange API reads CAD data from popular 2D and 3D file formats and converts that data into the highly compressible and open file format PRC. Engineering Workflows Whether you’re developing a new application or enhancing an existing product, CAD translation provided by HOOPS Exchange supports workflows in mechanical design, engineering and manufacturing, building and construction, shipbuilding, plant and process, and more with full 3D model tree access, exact PMI and advanced selection. PMI & Markup Access to essential CAD data like PMI (Product Manufacturing Information) is provided with graphical representations in both visual and semantic forms. HOOPS Exchange provides accurate tessellation, identical to the original CAD system and associates PMI markups with assemblies, sub-assemblies and parts. Reading CAD Files Simplify CAD data access in your application and enable it to read and write popular 2D and 3D formats. Access the original CAD data and easily control what data is read with a single call to the API. CAD Data Accuracy The PRC format used by HOOPS Exchange ensures there is no loss of precision or accuracy when representing 3D curve and surface data, keeping entities in their original parametric form defined by the original modeling system. Small File Size Files can typically be compressed 100 times smaller than the original CAD file by using HOOPS Exchange for CAD data access and the PRC file format.