"An open standard has been necessary but not forthcoming, until that of the OpenHSF Initiative. We were quite pleased to see that HSF has been created as the first open 3D Web streaming standard. It will be an ideal mechanism for general purpose posting of 3D models and scenes to the Web, with low cost roll out fee for the vendor or end-user."

Robert Lansdale
President
Okino Computer Graphics

 

The OpenHSF Initiative is an industry-wide effort to establish HOOPS Stream Format (HSF) as a common, open and rich streaming format for sharing visualization data between disparate engineering applications. OpenHSF represents the only truly open visualization format geared specifically toward engineering, making it the ideal solution for sharing visual models between the myriad of applications used within the greater PLM marketplace. Supported by dozens of software vendors and end users and already imported/exported from a wide range of popular applications, OpenHSF is enabling lightweight 2D/3D models to move smoothly through concept, design, analysis, manufacturing, marketing, e-commerce, maintenance and end-of-life phases that make up the full product life-cycle. Membership in the OpenHSF Initiative is free and open to all interested parties. The specification to HSF is public and published and a free version of the HSF read/write SDK is also available to members for use in their applications.