What is a .DAE file?
DAE (COLLADA) is an open 3D interchange format for models and scenes.
- Did you know
- COLLADA was created in 2004 as a vendor-neutral way to move 3D assets between tools.
- The .dae extension stands for “digital asset exchange”, while COLLADA itself is short for “collaborative design activity”.
- Originally created by Sony Computer Entertainment, COLLADA is now an open standard managed by the Khronos Group and adopted by ISO.
- What Analyser reads
- Header and metadata extraction for 3D meshes, voxels, BIM, point clouds and Gaussian splats: Wavefront OBJ, Stanford PLY, OFF, glTF, AMF, MagicaVoxel VOX, COLLADA DAE/ZAE, USD crate, X3D/VRML, LightWave LWO/LWS, Quake MD2/MD3/MDL, VRM avatars, Siemens JT, LAS/LAZ/PCD/PTS/E57 LiDAR clouds, IFC BIM, and .splat/.spz - vertex/face/point counts, bounding boxes, units and authoring tool.
- Depth of analysis
- .DAE is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .DAE file
- Drag a .DAE file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.