Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS v16.0

By DE Editors

Tech Soft 3D (TS3D; Berkeley, CA) announced the availability of HOOPS version 16.0, which boosts the performance of the extensible, high-level components that simplify design, development, and maintenance of high-performance, interactive 2D/3D applications. Plus, it delivers Direct3D support.

HOOPS is a 2D/3D development platform for creating or enhancing professional-grade applications. Its set of application programming interfaces (API) enables developers to work from a very high level, effectively jump-starting software application development. It also enables programming teams to produce more competitive applications and to accelerate project delivery, while reducing total research and development costs.

Highlights of HOOPS 16.0 include DirectX9 Shader-Based Driver, with Vista, for rendering; enables new visualization capabilities, such as support for reflection planes and dynamic shadow maps.

With both DirectX and OpenGL drivers, HOOPS-based application developers will gain extended support from C# developers. TS3D’s HOOPS v. 16.0 enables even more rapid application development. Also, access to DGN data is available either directly into HOOPS-based applications through our integration with the Open Design Alliance’s DGNDirect libraries or via HSF with our new Microstation HSF Export plug-in.

U3D Export has been extended to provide support for animations. This allows developers to easily export 3D PDF documents that include sophisticated animations.

Contact Tech Soft 3D (TS3D) for details.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.