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DAE

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Collada 3D digital asset exchange data

File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file

A dae file extension is used for COLLADA 3D graphic interchange format. Used in several games and programs  and supported by graphic editors such as Adobe Photoshop or Blender.

What is dae file?

File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file

Date updated: February 4, 2025

File extension dae is associated with COLLADA, a COLLAborative Design Activity XML schema for establishing an interchange file format for interactive 3D applications.

The intermediate language from COLLADA provides comprehensive encoding of visual scenes including: geometry, shaders and effects, physics, animation, kinematics, and even multiple version representations of the same asset.

The .dae files can contain information about the model's geometry, textures, lighting, shading, animation, and visual scenes. This format supports interactive 3D applications and it's often used in the development of video games and similar products.

The format is used as default in several software packages, for example the Khronos applications.

How to open dae file?

You can open the .dea files with Collada or any other suitable third party applications such as Adobe Photoshop or Blender.

How to convert dae file?

You can use Collada or any other suitable third party application, such as Adobe PhotoShop or Blender, to save the *.dae files in to other graphic formats.

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Software applications that can open dae files:

Software applications that can edit dae files:

Multiplatform

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Software capable of saving dae files:

Multiplatform

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Software apps that create dae files:

Software apps that print dae files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

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