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
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2D Drafting CMM
Technical Publications Parts
Catalogues
Digital
Mock-Up
Reverse Engineering
View/Markup And More...
 
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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
More features

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.

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