How does converting BLEND to DAE work?
In order to successfully convert an BLEND formatted file to the DAE format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an BLEND file. There are many files out there where the file type extension does not match the data contained within the file. Along with these file type checks, our tools will do additional checks to ensure the file is correctly formatted to match the provided file type. There are many tools out there that do not always create BLEND files to the exact specification.
Take your BLEND file
A Blender BLEND file is a binary data file containing 3D data such as vertices, faces, normals, materials, animations, shaders, and other related data that make up the 3D scene. To guarantee efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the BLEND file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated DAE file size is smaller. Our Blender to DAE converter supports all versions of the Blender file format.
Along with the core data that makes up the 3D model, our tool will check the BLEND file for the presence of texture coordinates to ensure any texture-based materials are converted correctly. Even if the texture files are not presented with the BLEND file, our converter will preserve any texture coordinates when converting to the DAE format.
Convert the data from BLEND to DAE
Now that the data from the BLEND file has been processed, our tool can apply any conversion specified options, such as enabling Voxel mode, and with these applied, prepare the data to be converted to the final DAE file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the DAE format and removing any data that cannot be represented.
Save to the DAE format
At this point, the BLEND to DAE conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the DAE format. Our tool creates the DAE file, ensuring all the model data is present and is structured using the Xml standard to match the DAE file specification to ensure the file opens in compatible DAE 3D model editors.
If the BLEND file contains texture images, these will be exported to a format that is compatible with the DAE format. For most textures that are stored as JPG or PNG images, these are transferred with no changes. However, if there are other formats, such as TGA, these will be converted to a suitable format.
If an BLEND texture does need to be converted to a different image file format, our tool will ensure the quality and resolution are not degraded during the conversion process.
