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Up to 95% smaller.
COLLADA (DAE) — compress and optimize for the web.
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What is DAE?
COLLADA (COLLAborative Design Activity) is an XML-based 3D format with the .dae extension. It supports geometry, materials, animations, physics, and effects. Managed by the Khronos Group — the same organization behind glTF.
Why optimize DAE?
COLLADA files are XML-based (text), making them extremely large compared to binary formats. A typical DAE file is 5-10x larger than the equivalent binary representation. Optimization converts DAE to compressed GLB — eliminating the XML overhead and applying meshopt compression, texture optimization, and deduplication.
What gets optimized?
Trice converts DAE to GLB (binary), applies meshopt compression, converts textures to WebP, resizes oversized textures, and deduplicates geometry and materials. Animations are preserved.
How it works
Drop your .dae file
Drag and drop or click to select your DAE model.
Auto-optimize
Trice compresses meshes, optimizes textures, and deduplicates geometry — all in your browser.
Download optimized file
Preview with before/after comparison and export a production-ready optimized GLB.
Frequently asked questions
Dramatic reduction. XML-based COLLADA files are extremely verbose. Converting to binary GLB with meshopt compression typically achieves 90-97% file size reduction. A 50 MB DAE can become 2-3 MB.
Yes. Skeletal animations and keyframe animations from COLLADA files are converted to the GLB animation system and preserved through optimization.
Yes. SketchUp COLLADA exports are well supported. Materials and textures are converted to PBR format and optimized. For textures, ZIP the .dae file together with the texture folder.
COLLADA is a legacy format. Its successor, glTF/GLB, is now the standard for 3D on the web. Optimizing your DAE files to GLB future-proofs your assets and delivers much smaller file sizes.
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