Distributing Your Application
When distributing any application built against HOOPS Exchange or HOOPS Publish, you will need to distribute HOOPS binaries as well. In general you should deploy all HOOPS binaries excluding those that you have identified as unnecessary for your build.
For instance, if you provide users with U3D support you will want to distribute your application with u3dstep30.dll.
Please see the section for the platform you’re interested in:
Distributing Your Application for Windows
HOOPS Exchange being an explicitly shared library, the impact occurs at runtime. Any application running HOOPS Exchange must have at least Visual Studio 2019 redistributable.
HOOPS Exchange and Publish on Windows is a modular distribution. Apart from mandatory core binaries, you may remove any unnecessary libraries for your deployment.
Whatever your distribution is, it should include all core binaries:
A3DLIBS.dll
TfFontMgr.dll
TfKernel.dll
TFKGEOM.dll
TFUGEOM.dll
Resources
The resource folder is required for any application using HOOPS Publish. Moreover, the font file resource/Font/MyriadCAD.otf is used by both HOOPS Exchange and HOOPS Publish and thus is required.
Parasolid
hepb.dll and psbodyshop.dll are necessary if you wish to export a Parasolid model to an open Parasolid session.
HEPBMP.dll is used for multi-process Parasolid translation through the
A3DRepresentationItemsTranslateToPkPartsMultiProcess()
function.
Readers
This list groups all binaries required for each reader:
3DXML
r3dxmlstep30.dll
Xvlstep30.dll
3MF
3mfstep30.dll
ACIS
satstep31.dll
Autodesk 3DS
aistep30.dll
CATIA V4
catstep30.dll
CATIA V5
cgrstep30.dll
cv5step30.dll
Creo
prostep30.dll
CGR
cgrstep30.dll
COLLADA
aistep30.dll
DWF
a3dpostergeneration.dll
dwfstep30.dll
DWG
OdBrepModeler_25.8_16.dll
OdConstraints_25.8_16.dll
TD_AcisBuilder_25.8_16.dll
TD_Alloc_25.8_16.dll
TD_Br_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepBuilderFiller_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepBuilder_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepRenderer_25.8_16.dll
TD_DbCore_25.8_16.dll
TD_DbRoot_25.8_16.dll
TD_Db_25.8_16.dll
TD_Ge_25.8_16.dll
TD_Gi_25.8_16.dll
TD_Gs_25.8_16.dll
TD_Root_25.8_16.dll
TD_SpatialIndex_25.8_16.dll
TD_Zlib.dll
dwgstep30.dll
libBuffer.dll
oless.dll
tbb12.dll
tinyxml.dll
emfrdr.dll
All
*.tx
files exceptTB_*.tx
(see *.TX Files)
FBX
aistep30.dll
GLTF
glstep30.dll
I-deas
Ideasstep30.dll
IFC
stepstep30.dll
JT
JTstep30.dll
IGES
igestep30.dll
Inventor
invstep30.dll
Navisworks
nwstep30.dll
NX
ugstep30.dll
OBJ
aistep30.dll
Revit
OdBrepModeler_25.8_16.dll
OdConstraints_25.8_16.dll
TD_AcisBuilder_25.8_16.dll
TD_Alloc_25.8_16.dll
TD_Br_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepBuilderFiller_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepBuilder_25.8_16.dll
TD_BrepRenderer_25.8_16.dll
TD_DbCore_25.8_16.dll
TD_DbRoot_25.8_16.dll
TD_Db_25.8_16.dll
TD_Ge_25.8_16.dll
TD_Gi_25.8_16.dll
TD_Gs_25.8_16.dll
TD_Root_25.8_16.dll
TD_SpatialIndex_25.8_16.dll
TD_Zlib.dll
libBuffer.dll
oless.dll
rvtstep30.dll
tbb12.dll
tinyxml.dll
All
*.tx
files (see *.TX Files)
Rhino
rdmstep30.dll
Solid Edge
sestep30.dll
SolidWorks
slwstep30.dll
STEP
stepstep30.dll
STEP XML
stepxmlstep30.dll
STL
stlstep30.dll
U3D
u3dstep30.dll
VDA
Vdastep30.dll
VRML
wrlstep30.dll
XT
xtstep30.dll
*.TX Files
These files are required by DWG and Revit readers:
ACCAMERA_25.8_16.tx
ATEXT_25.8_16.tx
AcIdViewObj_25.8_16.tx
AcMPolygonObj15_25.8_16.tx
ISM_25.8_16.tx
ModelerGeometry_25.8_16.tx
OdOleSsItemHandler_25.8_16.tx
RText_25.8_16.tx
RasterProcessor_25.8_16.tx
RecomputeDimBlock_25.8_16.tx
RxRasterServices_25.8_16.tx
SCENEOE_25.8_16.tx
TD_AssetXMLParser_25.8_16.tx
TD_DbEntities_25.8_16.tx
TD_DbIO_25.8_16.tx
TD_FtFontEngine_25.8_16.tx
TD_TfCore_25.8_16.tx
ThreadPool_25.8_16.tx
Revit needs additionnal files:
All
TB_*.tx
files:TB_Analytical_25.8_16.tx
TB_Architecture_25.8_16.tx
TB_Base_25.8_16.tx
TB_Common_25.8_16.tx
TB_Database_25.8_16.tx
TB_DPart_25.8_16.tx
TB_Essential_25.8_16.tx
TB_ExLabelUtils_25.8_16.tx
TB_Family_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2011Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2011Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2012Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2012Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2013Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2013Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2014Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2014Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2015Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2015Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2016Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2016Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2017Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2017Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2018Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2018Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2019Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2019Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2020Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2020Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2021Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2021Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2022Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2022Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2023Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2023Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2024Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2024Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2025Classes_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2025Readers_25.8_16.tx
TB_Format2025Writers_25.8_16.tx
TB_FormatCommonClasses_25.8_16.tx
TB_FormatCommonReaders_25.8_16.tx
TB_GeometryUtils_25.8_16.tx
TB_Geometry_25.8_16.tx
TB_HostObj_25.8_16.tx
TB_LoaderBase_25.8_16.tx
TB_Loader_25.8_16.tx
TB_MEP_25.8_16.tx
TB_Main_25.8_16.tx
TB_ModelerGeometry_25.8_16.tx
TB_NumberingSchema_25.8_16.tx
TB_Rebar_25.8_16.tx
TB_RoomAreaPlan_25.8_16.tx
TB_StairsRamp_25.8_16.tx
TB_Structural_25.8_16.tx
Writers
This list details which binaries are required for each writer:
3MF
w3mf.dll
FBX
aistep30.dll
GLTF
aistep30.dll
IGES
wiges.dll
JT
wjt.dll
OBJ
aistep30.dll
SAT
wsat.dll
STEP
wstp.dll
STL
wstl.dll
U3D
wu3d.dll
VRML
wwrl.dll
XT
hepb.dll
wxt.dll
TableToPDF
TableToPDF is a free add-on to HOOPS Publish, dedicated to the creation of tables in PDF documents.
TableToPDF uses third-party libraries that require LGPL conformance for distribution. TableToPDF can be downloaded from the TableToPDF download page. TableToPDF binaries have to be redistributed in the same folder as HOOPS Publish binaries.
Distributing Your Application for Linux
On Linux, HOOPS Exchange is distributed under one shared object file, libA3DLIBS.so.VERSION (and a symbolic link to it: libA3DLIBS.so).
The Linux distribution is provided in two versions, one version with support for DWG and Revit, and another version without support for DWG and Revit.
Parasolid
hepb.so
andlibpsbodyshop.so
are necessary if you wish to export a Parasolid model to an open Parasolid session.HEPBMP.so
is used for multi-process Parasolid translation through the :func:A3DRepresentationItemsTranslateToPkPartsMultiProcess
function.Please ensure the file attributes for
HEPBMP.so
are set with execute permission.
DWG and Revit
If you deploy the binaries with DWG and Revit support, you must include the following files:
liblibBuffer.so
liblibcrypto.so
libOdBrepModeler.so
libOdConstraints.so
liboless.so
libTD_AcisBuilder.so
libTD_Alloc.so
libTD_Br.so
libTD_BrepBuilder.so
libTD_BrepBuilderFiller.so
libTD_BrepRenderer.so
libTD_Db.so
libTD_DbCore.so
libTD_DbRoot.so
libTD_Ge.so
libTD_Gi.so
libTD_Gs.so
libTD_Root.so
libTD_SpatialIndex.so
libTD_Zlib.so
libtinyxml.so
All
*.tx
files exceptTB_*.tx
:ACCAMERA.tx
AcIdViewObj.tx
AcMPolygonObj15.tx
ATEXT.tx
ISM.tx
ModelerGeometry.tx
OdOleSsItemHandler.tx
RasterProcessor.tx
RecomputeDimBlock.tx
RText.tx
RxRasterServices.tx
SCENEOE.tx
TD_DbEntities.tx
TD_DbIO.tx
TD_FtFontEngine.tx
TD_TfCore.tx
ThreadPool.tx
WipeOut.tx
Revit needs additionnal files:
All
TB_*.tx
files:TB_Analytical.tx
TB_Architecture.tx
TB_Base.tx
TB_Common.tx
TB_Database.tx
TB_DPart.tx
TB_Essential.tx
TB_ExLabelUtils.tx
TB_ExportUtils.tx
TB_Family.tx
TB_Format2011Classes.tx
TB_Format2011Readers.tx
TB_Format2012Classes.tx
TB_Format2012Readers.tx
TB_Format2013Classes.tx
TB_Format2013Readers.tx
TB_Format2014Classes.tx
TB_Format2014Readers.tx
TB_Format2015Classes.tx
TB_Format2015Readers.tx
TB_Format2016Classes.tx
TB_Format2016Readers.tx
TB_Format2017Classes.tx
TB_Format2017Readers.tx
TB_Format2018Classes.tx
TB_Format2018Readers.tx
TB_Format2019Classes.tx
TB_Format2019Readers.tx
TB_Format2020Classes.tx
TB_Format2020Readers.tx
TB_Format2021Classes.tx
TB_Format2021Readers.tx
TB_Format2022Classes.tx
TB_Format2022Readers.tx
TB_Format2023Classes.tx
TB_Format2023Readers.tx
TB_Format2024Classes.tx
TB_Format2024Readers.tx
TB_Format2025Classes.tx
TB_Format2025Readers.tx
TB_Format2025Writers.tx
TB_FormatCommonClasses.tx
TB_FormatCommonReaders.tx
TB_Geometry.tx
TB_GeometryUtils.tx
TB_HostObj.tx
TB_Loader.tx
TB_LoaderBase.tx
TB_Main.tx
TB_MEP.tx
TB_ModelerGeometry.tx
TB_NumberingSchema.tx
TB_Rebar.tx
TB_RoomAreaPlan.tx
TB_StairsRamp.tx
TB_Structural.tx
TD_AssetXMLParser.tx
TableToPDF
TableToPDF is a free add-on to HOOPS Publish, dedicated to the creation of tables in PDF documents.
TableToPDF uses third-party libraries that require LGPL conformance for distribution. TableToPDF can be downloaded from the TableToPDF download page. TableToPDF binaries must be redistributed in the same folder as HOOPS Publish binaries.
Distributing Your Application for macOS
On macOS, HOOPS Exchange is distributed in one dynamic library file, libA3DLIBS.VERSION.dylib (and a symbolic link to it: libA3DLIBS.dylib).
Distributing Your Application for Android
On Android, HOOPS Exchange is distributed in one dynamic library file, libA3DLIBS.so.VERSION (and a symbolic link to it: libA3DLIBS.so).
Distributing Your Application for iOS
HOOPS Exchange for iOS is provided as a static library. Thus no binary is required to be distributed with your application.