Volume Three 2008
- HOOPS White Paper
- Tech Soft is hiring!
- Client Focus: Mitutoyo
- Upcoming Events
- Training Dates: June 23 - 26, 2008
- Meet the Team: Thomas Osowski
- Programmers' Tips
Download our updated White Paper, “HOOPS and the Changing Graphics Landscape” to read about what's happening with OpenGL and Direct3D, and how HOOPS can help!
Consulting Engineer - EUROPE 
Tech Soft 3D is a well-established US software
company delivering world-class 2D & 3D computer graphics tools to many of the leading software developers worldwide including Solidworks, Autodesk, Dassault, PTC and many other specialist applications companies. We have a small team in Europe that we are now looking to expand with the addition of a Consulting Engineer to support our growing customer-base in the region. As a member of this team you will take responsibility for the daily support and assistance to selected customers, who are all experienced software engineers. You will work with the European Consulting Director to continually enhance and improve the service we offer to our prospects and customers.
“HOOPS has helped us to provide a far richer visual experience for our users of MeasurLink Real-Time PLUS. With HOOPS we’re able to handle 3D
models and extensive PMI annotations in the same scene, providing production and engineering a real-time view of their process performance and capability. Tech Soft’s support, consulting and overall responsiveness have been a great help to us as we continue to rapidly evolve our software offerings.”
Robert Brown, Manager
Information Technology/application Development
Mitutoyo America Corporation
Members of the Tech Soft 3D Team travel to all parts of the globe to talk to developers about TS3D Components. Below is where you can find us in the coming months. If you'd like to arrange a meeting or set up a conversation with us, simply email us at: info@techsoft3d.com
| Bentley DevCon 2008 May 29-30 Exton, PA |
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| Intergraph Users Conference June 2-5 Las Vegas, NV |
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| Semicon West July 15-17 San Francisco, CA |
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| Coordinate Metrology Systems Conf. (CMSC) July 21-25 Charlotte, NC |
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Thomas Osowski
Developer Support Manager
Berkeley, California, USA
At TS3D, we view support as an vital element of the total solution we provide. As our team has grown, we felt that a manager dedicated 100% to customer satisfaction would help us with our mission of helping developers build better software, faster. Tom is that manager. Tom's Masters thesis consisted of developing a real-time environment that allowed users to interact with 3D STL objects via an integrated haptic, or force feedback, device. After finishing a Masters of Computer Science in Germany and taking time off learning to sail, Tom ended up spending the past few years working for Havok, known for their C++ physics SDK.
| Date: | June 23 - 26 |
| Location: | Berkeley, CA |
| Toolkit: | HOOPS |
Our next HOOPS training session will be held in June. These classes fill up quickly and space is limited. To secure your spot please contact us at info@techsoft3d.com. Developers new to HOOPS will find these programs to be the most efficient and effective way to become familiar with the use of HOOPS API. These workshops also provide the unique opportunity to work with the HOOPS development team. The program involves 3-days of classroom sessions/programming exercises, followed by a day of one-on-one programming assistance for application-specific issues or prototyping.
TECH TIP: HC_Show_Geometry_Pointer 
Sometimes you need quick or frequent access to the points defining a piece of geometry but can't afford the overhead of allocating and copying them into a temporary buffer.
HC_Show_Geometry_Pointer allows much more rapid access to point data than HC_Show_Shell but can only be used for reading. This is because it gives access to the array stored in the internal Hoops data structure. In many cases this is acceptable and allows for dramatic performance improvements. HC_Show_Geometry_Pointer can also be used for face lists, face planes, and rasters in addition to points.
Got questions about the HOOPS 3D Product Suite? Visit the HOOPS Forum.