The HOOPS/MVO file I/O architecture comes with a variety of prebuilt input/output handlers that support many commonly used 3-D, 2-D, raster and video formats. The file formats listed below can be imported and/or exported by HOOPS.

3D Formats

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
DWG RealDWG 2010 nt_i386_vc90, nt_x64_vc90
DWF DWF Toolkit 7.6 nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
DGN * DGNdirect 2.7.2 nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
HSF All
HMF All
U3D U3D Toolkit version 1.2.851.0 nt_i386_vc80
3D PDF ** nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
OBJ All
PLY All
PRC APEX OEM Platform (Acrobat Pro Extended 9.1) nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
SKP Google SketchUp SDK 7.0 nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
STL All
IV All
PTS All
PTX All
VRML All
* For DGN, HOOPS provides basic capabilities to directly import DGN's CAD and Wireframe information. To import fully rendered 3D information, a plugin can be used in Microstation to export an HSF file that can be read by HOOPS.
** For basic export, HOOPS uses the U3D Toolkit. For more advanced capabilities, the Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended Library may be required.

HOOPS provides a plug-in for importing Microstation's DGN files. The Max format also have a separate Autodesk 3ds Max plug-in available.

2D Formats

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
PDF All
DWF, DWFx DWF Toolkit 7.6 nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90
Postscript All
HPGL2 All
CGM All
GDI All Windows Platforms
WMF/EMF All Windows Platforms

Raster Formats

HOOPS provides import and export capabilities via intergration with the ImageMagick libraries. Any format supported by ImageMagick can be used in HOOPS. Below is a list of the major raster formats supported by HOOPS.

File Format Import Export Supported Platforms
PNG All
JPEG All
GIF All
BMP All
TIFF All

Video Formats

HOOPS/MVO currently supports export to one video format.

File Format Import Export Third Party Package Supported Platforms
AVI(Animations) nt_i386_vc80, nt_i386_vc90