.dae

DAE files

DAE, also called COLLADA, is an XML scene format with meshes, materials and scene hierarchy. It is still used by SketchUp exports, Second Life and some older game pipelines.

Full name
COLLADA (Digital Asset Exchange)
Type
3D scene
Used in
SketchUp, Blender, Second Life, Google Earth, older game engines
Strength
Open, readable XML with materials and hierarchy.
Limits
Verbose; largely replaced by glTF.

Open DAE files

Convert DAE to

DAE → STLDAE → STEPDAE → STPDAE → IGESDAE → BREPDAE → OBJDAE → FBXDAE → GLBDAE → glTFDAE → 3MFDAE → PLYDAE → DXFDAE → USDZDAE → 3DM

Convert to DAE

STL → DAESTEP → DAESTP → DAEIGES → DAEOBJ → DAEFBX → DAEGLB → DAEglTF → DAE3MF → DAEPLY → DAE3DS → DAEBLEND → DAE3DM → DAEUSDZ → DAEGCODE → DAEOFF → DAEAMF → DAEX → DAEBREP → DAE