![]()
"It was a pleasure to work with the HOOPS technology and Tech Soft team. They gave us excellent support throughout the project. That support, combined wit the strength of the HOOPS/3dAF and HOOPS/Stream toolkits, helped us hit an aggressive launch date and ship a great product."
Autodesk Labs

A Rapid Development Platform for High-Performance Applications
HOOPS
is a 2D/3D development platform for creating or enhancing professional-grade
applications. HOOPS’ rich set of API’s enable developers
to work from a very high level – dramatically jumpstarting application
development. Programming teams using HOOPS are able to produce more
competitive applications, while reducing total R&D costs and accelerating
project delivery.
HOOPS is the perfect platform for MCAD & CAM applications such as:
| • | 3D Modeling | • | CAM |
|
||
| • | 2D Drafting | • | CMM | |||
| • | Technical Publications | • | Parts Catalogues |
|||
| • | Digital Mock-Up |
• | Reverse Engineering | |||
| • | View/Markup | • | And More... |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
Extensive Set of General 2D/3D Graphics Capabilities Include:
- Impressive Rendering Performance on both OpenGL and Direct3D
- A Flexible Graphics Database
- Sophisticated 2D and Font Handling
- Broad Graphics Card Support
- And More...
Advanced Capabilities for MCAD & CAM include:
- Large Model Visualization
- Shader-Based Rendering
- Collisions Detection
- Full Animation Engine
- Integrations with 3rd party toolkits
HOOPS MCAD & CAM Customers
HOOPS is used in nearly 200 engineering applications worldwide. HOOPS-based MCAD and CAM applications range from heavyweight mechanical design applications such as PTC’s CADDS5 to mid-range modelers such as IronCAD and KeyCreator - through to downstream design-review applications such as Solidworks’ eDrawings and the Autodesk DWF Viewer.
![]() |
HOOPS-based CAM applications include products from companies such as Mitutoyo, Metris, Dukin and Thermwood.


