Introducing HOOPSFast

HOOPSFast is an open-source technology developed by Tech Soft 3D that utilizes HOOPS Visualize to pre-process and visualize OpenFAST turbine models.

OpenFAST, an open-source solver created by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is widely used in the wind energy industry for advanced wind turbine analysis. There is a clear need for a preprocessing and visualization tool for OpenFAST in the wind energy industry. To address this need, we developed this tool for OpenFAST.

Key Features of HOOPSFast:

Supports both onshore and offshore wind turbine visualization

Directly edit and save OpenFAST files within the application

Seamless OpenFAST analysis

Basic post-processing capabilities, including result plotting

Export models as .HSF files for web-based visualization via Tech Soft 3D's Web Platform Demo

By providing strong pre-processing and visualization features for OpenFAST wind turbine models, HOOPSFast enhances and improves accessibility for wind turbine modeling workflows.