Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)
HOOPS SDKs from Tech Soft 3D are the building blocks of many world-class AEC applications. From large model visualization to rich data access, HOOPS toolkits provide you with everything you need to build better software even faster.
If you’re building an innovative construction or BIM application, you’ll want the most robust core functionalities to support your development. Tech Soft 3D provides SDKs that deliver best-in-class multi-CAD import, 3D visualization, modeling, and simulation across platforms, including Windows, Linux, OSX, and mobile.
Trusted by industry leaders like Trimble, RIB, Bentley, and Causeway, HOOPS SDKs power the world’s leading AEC software
HOOPS Exchange import and export libraries provide fast, accurate CAD data access that AEC and BIM applications can rely on. With support for rich 3D construction data from Revit, Navisworks, DGN, IFC, and DWG files, plus over 30 popular mechanical CAD formats including SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, Inventor, and Solid Edge, you can easily integrate AEC and manufacturing data into a single application.
HOOPS Visualize is the leading 3D visualization SDK for AEC and BIM applications. Whether you're integrating graphics into an existing platform or building something new, HOOPS Visualize offers built-in tools for intelligent streaming of large models, real-time collaboration, markups, measurements, point-cloud rendering, and more. Trusted by developers across web, desktop, and mobile, HOOPS Visualize helps power the next generation of construction applications.
HOOPS Mesh and HOOPS Solve from Tech Soft 3D enable AEC applications to integrate advanced simulation and analysis capabilities for structural, airflow, and other CAE/CFD scenarios. HOOPS Mesh generates high-quality volumetric meshes from CAD or BIM geometry, while HOOPS Solve provides a solver-agnostic framework for performing structural and fluid simulations.
Together, these toolkits allow developers to embed real-time or batch simulation features directly into AEC workflows, supporting accurate analysis of building performance, structural integrity, and environmental factors within a unified application environment.
Allow your users to visualize massive construction models without sacrificing performance. MachineWorks Polygonica intelligently reduces the polygon count of your model, preserving its look and feel while enhancing the rendering performance across platforms. These lighter models can easily be shared either through 3D PDF or via other web-based applications. With advanced collision detection features, Polygonica helps prevent costly design errors and ensures confident construction planning.
Siemens Parasolid provides a powerful modeling foundation for advanced AEC applications, enabling precise creation and editing of complex 3D building components. Its robust geometric kernel supports CAD-like functionality, bringing high accuracy and flexibility to architectural and engineering workflows. Trusted by leading developers, Parasolid empowers intuitive, reliable modeling throughout the design and construction lifecycle.
Apartment Building BIM Demo
Showcasing the power of tightly integrated toolkits, this demo application relies on HOOPS Exchange for IFC data import and HOOPS Visualize for web-based viewing. Explore functionality such as cycling through saved views, visualization by floor, by building domain, or by day in construction timeline.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tech Soft 3D offers a powerful suite of SDKs designed to accelerate AEC software development and reduce time-to-market. These toolkits enable developers to seamlessly integrate key functionalities like CAD data access, 3D visualization, simulation, and modeling into their applications.
Here’s how each SDK supports AEC workflows:
HOOPS Exchange – Provides fast and accurate CAD data import/export from over 30 file formats, including Revit, IFC, DWG, and Navisworks, ensuring smooth interoperability in BIM and construction environments.
HOOPS Visualize – A high-performance 3D graphics engine for web, desktop, and mobile platforms. It enables advanced rendering of large construction models with support for markups, collaboration, and point cloud visualization.
HOOPS Mesh – Generates high-quality volumetric meshes from CAD and BIM models, ideal for structural or environmental simulations in AEC applications.
HOOPS Solve – A solver-agnostic simulation framework for defining and solving structural, thermal, or fluid models, supporting real-time and batch simulation workflows.
Polygonica – Optimizes large 3D construction models by intelligently reducing polygon counts, improving rendering performance without sacrificing visual quality.
Parasolid – A robust geometric modeling kernel that enables precise creation and editing of complex 3D architectural and engineering components.
These SDKs are trusted by leading AEC software companies to build powerful, scalable applications across desktop, mobile, and cloud environments.
Yes. HOOPS SDKs are designed for cross-platform AEC development, supporting desktop (Windows, Linux, macOS), web, and mobile (iOS and Android) environments. Whether you're building a native BIM application or a browser-based digital construction tool, Tech Soft 3D provides the flexibility to deploy across all major platforms.
HOOPS Exchange supports a variety of CAD and AEC formats, including:
Read & Write Support:
STEP, STEP XML, IGES, PRC, STL, U3D, OBJ, gITF, Parasolid, JT, ACIS, VRML, 3MF
Read Only Support
PDF, COLLADA, VDA-FS, IFC, NX. Solid Edge, I-DEAS, SOLIDWORKS, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, CATIA V6, 3Dexperience, Inventor, Revit, DWG, DWF, Navisworks, DXF, 3DS, Creo, Pro/E, Rhino
HOOPS Visualize is engineered to handle massive and complex BIM and construction models using out-of-core (OOC) rendering, which allows only necessary portions of a model to load into memory at a given time. This ensures smooth performance even with multi-gigabyte datasets.
In addition to OOC rendering, HOOPS SDKs leverage:
Level-of-detail (LOD) management
Tiled streaming and progressive loading
Scene graph optimization
GPU culling and memory-efficient rendering