- Client Focus: Amada Co., Ltd.
- New Language Pages
- Job Openings: We are hiring!
- Upcoming Events
- Training Dates: June 23 - 26, 2008
- Meet the Team: Sandy Muller
- Programmers' Tips
Amada provides a visual real-time Virtual Factory Management System (vFactory).
"AMADA's vFactory enables users to monitor and analyze machine operations in real-time, helping factories to optimize productivity. A vital element of vFactory is the visualization of the entire factory floor, including moving 
machinery HOOPS has helped vFactory deliver excellent rendering performance and high visual quality. This has improved the attractiveness of vFactory and added value for our customers."
Hideaki Hozumi
General Manager
Software Planning Dept.
Sales Headquarters
Amada Co., Ltd.
NEW HOOPS Japanese and Chinese Web Pages
To better serve the growing community of interested developers in both Japan and China, we now provideHOOPS we pages in these languages.
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Consulting Engineer - USA - We are looking to grow our team of highly skilled employees. If you are looking for a company and technology you can be passionate about, with a great atmosphere and benefits package, TS3D may be the right place for you. Please send your resume and a brief cover letter to: hr@techsoft3d.com
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
Semicon West |
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Coordinate Metrology |
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Siggraph 2008 Los Angeles, CA |
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June 23 - 26 |
| Location: | Berkeley, CA |
| Product: | HOOPS 3D |
Our next HOOPS training session is set and filling up quickly. To secure a place in the class, 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 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.
Sandy Muller
Marketing Communications Manager
Bend, OR USA
Sandy Muller joins the Tech Soft 3D team with experience in the personal computing software industry and particular knowledge of media relations and online publicity. She has worked in marketing and PR for nearly twenty years, with a focus on technology driven companies. Sandy's experience includes preparation of marketing plans and collaterals, including white papers, web content, video content, presentation material and technical documentation.
PROGRAMMER'S TIP 
HC_Reference_Geometry
Sometimes it’s useful to define geometry once
and use it in more than one segment. It’s possible
to use HC_Include_Segment to achieve this, but HC_Include_Segment is like having the geometry we’re interested in included in a subsegment. When including a segment, we also get all that segment’s attributes and subsegments.
If we want to include the geometry directly in the currently open segment, rather than include it in a subsegment, we can use HC_Reference_Geometry. HC_Reference_Geometry takes a geometry key or a segment key. If the key is geometry, the geometry will be brought directly into the currently open segment. If the key is a segment, all the geometry in that segment will be brought directly into the currently open segment. If the segment we’re referencing has subsegments, the subsegments are ignored. Referencing geometry is extremely fast and efficient.
Our static tree heuristic makes use of geometry references to reorganize the segment tree for optimal rendering while maintaining a minimal memory footprint. Using geometry references maximizes performance and minimizes memory utilization especially when using common geometry in many segments.
Got questions about the HOOPS 3D Product Suite? Visit the HOOPS Forum.