Extract text from HOOPS and Huawei files (HMF)
To convert HMF files to another format, you need HOOPS Visualize or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "3D Scene Graph Metafile" file type, you need software like HOOPS Visualize or a similar tool.
The .hmf file extension primarily functions as a HOOPS 3D Metafile, a specialized format created by Tech Soft 3D. Software developers use the HOOPS component architecture to build 3D CAD and visualization applications. The .hmf format stores internal scene graphs, geometry, and rendering properties for these applications. A secondary use for .hmf is the Huawei IdeaHub digital whiteboard session file, which is essentially a compressed ZIP container holding meeting data. Finally, some Huawei mobile devices use .hmf for firmware updates.
The primary disadvantage of the HOOPS .hmf format is its highly proprietary nature. It is heavily tied to the specific software built using the HOOPS engine, meaning you cannot natively open it in web browsers or standard 3D viewers. Users typically need to convert the original data into universal 3D interchange formats like STEP, IGES, or OBJ for external interoperability, or into PDF or PNG for basic 2D viewing. The Huawei HiBoard .hmf files require specific Huawei hardware to display the whiteboard strokes correctly, locking you into their ecosystem.
Because .hmf files are closed, proprietary, or hardware-specific, standard online converters frequently fail to process them. Often, only the original authoring software can accurately read or export the 3D geometry or whiteboard strokes. For Huawei IdeaHub files, our system can detect the underlying ZIP structure, allowing you to bypass hardware restrictions and extract embedded images or session metadata.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HMF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert HMF file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use HOOPS Visualize or similar software from the "3D Graphics Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to HMF, try HOOPS Visualize or another comparable tool in the "3D Graphics Data Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HMF converter.