BEND, OR and SANTA CLARA, CA, June 20, 2025 – Tech Soft 3D and NVIDIA announced a collaboration between Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) and the NVIDIA Omniverse platform.
Tech Soft 3D has also joined the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) and will work with NVIDIA and other members to support the development of the OpenUSD standard. Since 2022, NVIDIA has licensed HOOPS Exchange, Tech Soft 3D’s CAD data access toolkit, to convert native CAD files into the OpenUSD format. This capability supports the creation of 3D digital twin applications across various industries.
The latest HOOPS Exchange release enables export of CAD data to the USD (Universal Scene Description) format, the core of the NVIDIA Omniverse development platform. This new capability ensures precise translation of 3D engineering models for use in simulation, visualization, and digital twin applications. By streamlining CAD-to-USD workflows, the update improves interoperability across AI, simulation, and real-time collaboration environments built on Omniverse.
“This evolution of HOOPS Exchange is a huge leap forward for the engineering software community,” said Gavin Bridgeman, CTO of Tech Soft 3D. “Our mission has always been to empower developers with the best tools to unlock the full value of their rich engineering data. By enabling export to USD, we’re accelerating how that data fuels next-gen digital twins, immersive simulations, and AI-powered experiences across both consumer and industrial applications.”
With support for USD export in HOOPS Exchange, developers can transfer engineering data from over 30 CAD file formats – including CATIA, STEP, and SOLIDWORKS – into 3D applications accepting the USD format. This supports integration across an ecosystem of USD-compatible tools. As USD adoption grows for managing 3D and digital content, this functionality allows software developers to enable consistent data use in visualization, simulation, and digital twin applications throughout the product lifecycle.
“Tech Soft 3D’s investment in USD is great news for the entire industrial and CAD ecosystem,” says Aaron Luk, director of product management at NVIDIA. “HOOPS offers an unparalleled opportunity for CAD users to seamlessly connect their data to USD, unleashing the immense power of its composition capabilities to aggregate diverse data sources and construct comprehensive digital twins for industrial and physical AI use cases.”
Those in the Tech Soft 3D developer ecosystem can integrate with the OpenUSD ecosystem, empowering engineering software developers to innovate without any roadblocks.
Source: Tech Soft 3D
About Tech Soft 3D
Tech Soft 3D, founded in 1996, provides engineering software development toolkits (SDKs) that enable companies to create advanced 3D applications. Headquartered in Bend, OR, with additional offices in France, England, Japan, Germany, and Norway, the company serves industries such as CAD, CAE, and CAM. Their product offerings include solutions for CAD data translation, visualization, and data publishing, facilitating the development of applications across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. As of December 2024, Tech Soft 3D reported annual revenues of approximately $35 million and employed around 176 individuals. The company has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions, including Theorem Solutions in June 2024, enhancing its position in CAD data translation and reuse solutions.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation, based in Santa Clara, CA, is a U.S. technology company specializing in the design and production of graphics processing units (GPUs). It’s hardware and software solutions support a range of applications and simulation. Operating for over 30 years, NVIDIA has seen strong financial growth, reporting $39.3 billion in revenue and $22.1 billion in net income for the fiscal quarter ending January 2025. Its headquarters are designed to promote a flat organizational structure that encourages open communication and collaboration between leadership and staff across industries. In gaming, its GPUs power high-performance visual rendering. In artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, NVIDIA provides the infrastructure needed for training and deploying large-scale models. The company also contributes to the automotive sector with systems for autonomous driving and supports robotics with tools for AI-based perception.