UPDATE: looks like it's my own fault for not studying enough SketchUp's GUI. See my own answer.
Hi,
I'm planning to implement an "export to COLLADA" functionality in my mapping software, but I'm hampered by a lack of a good COLLADA files viewer. I've tried several applications:
I'd be grateful for any hints, but I'm looking for first-hand experience, not just googling (I've tried that myself). I realize this is not a typical programming question, but I see no better place on StackExchange to ask this.
You can open a COLLADA file on a Windows or Mac computer. Right-click on the name of the file. Then click on Choose default program, then Browse, to select an application to open it with. You can view a COLLADA file with Adobe Photoshop, Daz Studio, SketchUp, and Blender, among others.
You can open DAE files and view their contents in Adobe Photoshop (Windows, Mac) and Apple Preview (Mac). If you want to edit a DAE file, you should open it in an Autodesk application that supports DAE files, such as Autodesk Maya (cross-platform), or Blender (cross-platform).
COLLADA files use the . dae file extension, which stands for digital asset exchange. In SketchUp, you can import and export COLLADA files pretty easily. Note: SketchUp supports the COLLADA 1.4 specification and schema.
There is also MeshLab which is free and open-source, cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), it supports several formats (COLLADA, VRML 2.0, 3DS etc.) and has extensive viewing capabilities (e.g. panning/orbiting).
COLLADA had now been replaced by glTF format.
F3D can open glTF and many other file format. F3D is a free, opensource VTK based software.
f3d file.gltf
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