COLLADA Converter
FileFlip converts COLLADA files into 13 other formats entirely inside your browser, using Assimp compiled to WebAssembly. The COLLADA file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. There is no file-size limit and no account to create.
How do I convert a COLLADA file?#
- Drop your COLLADA file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer.
- Choose the format you want out of it. FileFlip downloads the engine that conversion needs, once, and your browser caches it.
- Conversion starts the moment you pick the format, and the result is yours to download. The work happens in this tab, so nothing is uploaded and nothing is queued.
Is it safe to convert COLLADA files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts COLLADA files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What happens to a COLLADA file#
FileFlip converts COLLADA into 13 formats with Assimp, all of it inside the browser tab. Each conversion below names the engine it uses, what it downloads, and exactly what that conversion keeps or drops.
| Category | 3D Models |
|---|---|
| File extension | .dae |
| FileFlip support | Read and written |
| Conversions available | 13 |
| Engines | Assimp |
| Downloaded to your browser | 11.2 MB on the first conversion, then cached |
What is a COLLADA file?#
A DAE file is an XML document in the COLLADA schema, created at Sony Computer Entertainment in 2004 and now maintained by the Khronos Group, describing a 3D scene's geometry, materials, lights, cameras and animation so it can move between authoring tools that don't share a native format.
Use COLLADA when a scene, not just a mesh, needs to move between two older authoring tools that both implement the schema.
Convert DAE to glTF for anything shipping to a web viewer, game engine or AR platform today, since that's the format those targets expect.
The COLLADA file format reference covers the specification, the programs that open one, and what each conversion keeps or drops.
COLLADA questions people ask#
What is a DAE file?
A DAE file is a COLLADA document, an XML-based interchange format created at Sony Computer Entertainment in 2004 and now maintained by the Khronos Group. It describes a full 3D scene, geometry, materials, lights, cameras and animation, so it can move between authoring tools that don't share a native format.
What program opens DAE files?
Blender, SketchUp and Autodesk Maya all open DAE files, since COLLADA has long been supported as an import and export option across mainstream 3D and CAD tools. Which one to use depends on whether the goal is further editing or just viewing the scene.
Is COLLADA the same as glTF?
No, they're different formats with a shared lineage: both come from the Khronos Group, but COLLADA is a verbose XML schema for exchanging scenes between authoring tools, while glTF is a leaner JSON and binary format built specifically for efficient delivery to a renderer. glTF has largely replaced COLLADA for that delivery role.
Why do SketchUp exports come as DAE?
SketchUp has supported COLLADA export since early versions of the free edition, making DAE one of the standard ways to get a SketchUp model into another 3D application. It remains common in older pipelines and asset libraries built around that workflow.