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Anyfile converts a COLLADA model to an STL model for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| What’s kept | Shape only: colours and textures are left out |
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When to use STL: Sending models to 3D printers and slicers.
.dae
An XML 3D interchange format created by Sony Computer Entertainment and now maintained by the Khronos Group. It holds geometry, materials, effects, skeletons and animation.
Exchanging models with older engines, SketchUp and Google Earth.
Opens in SketchUp, Maya, Cinema 4D, Quick Look on Mac
About DAE files.stl
A mesh format created by 3D Systems in 1987 for stereolithography printers. It describes a surface only as triangles, with no colour, units or materials, in text or binary form.
Sending models to 3D printers and slicers.
Opens in Cura, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, Blender, Quick Look on Mac
About STL filesGoing the other way? Convert STL to DAE
Everything that converts to STL
Need to change it first? Open the 3D viewer
Drop your DAE file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the STL downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the 3D viewer.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
No: STL holds a single picture, so only the first frame is kept.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every STL inside.