Tech Soft 3D, the world leader in providing engineering software development toolkits (SDKs), officially launches HOOPS AI, the first framework purpose-built to unlock AI and machine learning for CAD data.

Built for data scientists and machine learning engineers, HOOPS AI unifies CAD access, dataset preparation, and encoding, providing the fastest path from raw CAD data to production-ready machine learning models.

Machine learning is transforming industries, but CAD data has remained largely out of reach. Current tools require improvised scripts, fragile workflows, and costly dependencies. HOOPS AI changes that, providing the first framework to build ML models with CAD data. This new toolkit offers data scientists and developers an out-of-the-box environment to prepare their data, manage experiments, and develop ML models at scale.

Tech Soft 3D is uniquely positioned to provide this technology, having processed more data than any other CAD data access library provider. The company is building on its decades of experience providing unmatched read success and speed to industry juggernauts like Ansys, Siemens, Hexagon, the NVIDIA Omniverse, Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, and hundreds more.

“HOOPS AI represents a major leap forward for organizations looking to finally harness artificial intelligence for 3D CAD,” said Gavin Bridgeman, CTO, Tech Soft 3D. “It provides a complete, reproducible pipeline that makes machine learning workflows with CAD data both practical and scalable.”

With this technology, Tech Soft 3D seeks to unlock the powerful combination of AI and CAD data for both its existing 750+ independent software vendor partners and the engineering industry as a whole.

Explore the HOOPS AI product page and sign up for a technical demo here.

Much-Needed Innovation in CAD and AI Integration

Despite serving as the foundation of modern engineering, CAD data is largely unused by AI today. Engineers have been forced to use disconnected tools and improvised techniques while working with massive datasets, resulting in slow iteration and fragile workflows. Constantly evolving research and workflows regularly render long periods of work obsolete. With the ever-growing demand for machine learning tools in design, simulation, and manufacturing, innovation was long overdue.

HOOPS AI eliminates these barriers by combining robust CAD access, large-scale dataset preparation, and optimized encoding into a single framework. The result is a transparent, efficient process that allows teams to focus on building and testing ML models rather than wrestling with data.

Architecture and Implementation

HOOPS AI builds on the rock-solid foundation of HOOPS Exchange, the industry’s leading CAD import/export library, offering direct, high-fidelity access to 30+ file formats, including geometry, topology, assemblies, PMI, and metadata, through a Python API. This avoids risky intermediate conversions and eliminates dependence on costly CAD systems.

From here, HOOPS AI automates dataset preparation at scale, with tools for visualization, segmentation, and cleaning, plus encoders that convert CAD models into ML-ready formats. It manages ingestion, versioning, and experiment tracking to ensure reproducible results, all supported by built-in visualization for clear insights at every stage

End-to-End Workflow Orchestration

Every stage of the machine learning lifecycle is covered within HOOPS AI. Storage and logging utilities capture the entire workflow, enabling traceability and experimentation repeatability. With these features, teams can iterate rapidly, leveraging a tool that works as fast as they do. From data scientists and startups to software vendors and researchers, HOOPS AI is ready to support innovators looking to unlock the full power of 3D data in their machine learning and AI applications.

For more information about HOOPS AI and to sign up for the technology preview, visit http://www.techsoft3d.com/developers/products/hoops-ai

About Tech Soft 3D

Tech Soft 3D is the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits and industrial applications for CAD & CAE data conversion, visualization, and simulation. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Bend, Oregon, Tech Soft 3D has additional offices in the USA, France, England, Japan, Germany, and Norway. Tech Soft 3D is backed by investment firm Battery Ventures. For more information, please contact press@techsoft3d.com or visit www.techsoft3d.com.

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“HOOPS AI represents a major leap forward for organizations looking to finally harness artificial intelligence for 3D CAD”