How-To: Set up HOOPS Visualize HPS_MFC_Sandbox to work with HOOPS Exchange integration

Visualization Solutions HOOPS Visualize Desktop
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HOOPS Visualize package is shipped with different samples called Sandbox. These sandboxes are compatible with HOOPS Exchange but they need an additional setup detailled below.

Instructions for HPS_MFC_Sandbox

  1. Open the project properties from Visual Studio
  2. Navigate to C/C++ → Preprocessor and add USING_EXCHANGE in the Preprocessor Definition

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  1. Navigate to Linker → Input and add hps_sprk_exchange.lib in the additional dependencies

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  1. Make sure the HOOPS Exchange DLL are in the PATH or near the application executable:
    a. by using the environment variable HEXCHANGE_INSTALL_DIR. Its value must be the root of a HOOPS Exchange package
    OR
    2b. by copying the content of HOOPS_Exchange/bin/win64 inside HOOPS Visualize bin directory

If the sandbox is correctly set-up, when running the Sandbox, the filters in File->Open shows HOOPS Exchange compatible CAD formats.

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