Free Online DAE to KMZ Converter

You can use our DAE to KMZ conversion tool to quickly convert your 3D model (with optional texture files) for free. You may upload up to 20 files at one time, and our batch DAE to KMZ converter will process each 3D model and present you with a download link for each file once completed.

Select File(s)

Or drag and drop your files here to upload.
A maximum of 20 files can be uploaded at once.

Please note: Your DAE file, once uploaded to our server, will be deleted 15 minutes after upload, so please download your converted DAE file before this time.

Our 3D model DAE to KMZ tool will load your DAE file and, where supported, attempt to extract all the relevant 3D features, such as geometry, textures, and animations. To access the 3D conversion configuration options, click the button when you have selected your files. The current options support the ability to voxelize your 3D model and more.

How to Convert your DAE to KMZ Online?

Here are two simple steps to convert your DAE to KMZ using our fast and free DAE converter tool.

Upload your DAE file

Click the "Upload a DAE File" button, then select a DAE to upload. The maximum file size is 100MB.

Download your KMZ

Click the download link to receive your KMZ file.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I convert my DAE file to KMZ?

First, click the "Upload..." button and select your DAE file to upload. Your DAE file will be uploaded to our servers. When the DAE to KMZ conversion has completed, you can download your KMZ file right away.

How long does it take to convert my DAE to KMZ?

We aim to process all DAE to KMZ conversions as quickly as possible; this usually takes around 5 seconds; however, this can be longer for certain files, so please be patient.

How accurate is the DAE to KMZ conversion?

We aim to provide the best conversion experience. Our tools are under constant review and development, with new features being added every week.

How does converting DAE to KMZ work?

In order to successfully convert an DAE formatted file to the KMZ format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an DAE 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 DAE files to the exact specification.

Take your DAE file

The DAE file format is an Xml-based format, meaning its contents are structured and human-readable, making smaller DAE files easy to edit in simple text editors. Within this Xml-based format are the core elements that make up the 3D scene, including camera positions, lighting configuration, 3D models, vertices, faces, animations, and more. To ensure efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the DAE file and remove any information that may be duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated KMZ file size is smaller.

As the KMZ file format does not support material textures, our tool when processing the DAE file will ignore any texture image files that may be present. It will also ignore any texture coordinate information present in the 3D model data.

Convert the data from DAE to KMZ

Now that the data from the DAE 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 KMZ file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the KMZ format and removing any data that cannot be represented.

Save to the KMZ format

At this point, the DAE to KMZ conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the KMZ format. Our tool creates the KMZ file, ensuring all the model data is present and is formatted to match the KMZ file specification to ensure the file opens in compatible KMZ file editors.

File format information for DAE and KMZ

Extension	DAE
Full Name	COLLADA - Collaborative Design Activity
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	text/xml
Format	Text
Opens With	Blender, MeshLab

A DAE file, also known as a Collada file, was developed by the Khronos Group as an open standard format for representing 3D models and their associated data in a manner that is both extensible and compatible with other 3D modeling applications.

The extensibility of the DAE format comes from the fact that content is stored within an XML structure, allowing the 3D model geometry to be stored along with texture and material information, as well as animations. As it is an extensible format, new features can be added relatively easily without impacting compatibility.

As mentioned, the DAE format was designed to be an open format, standardized to allow any 3D modeling application to easily implement support for DAE files. Popular 3D modeling apps such as Blender offer support for the DAE format out of the box.

DAE Converter Capabilities

When converting 3D model or mesh files using our DAE converter, we will attempt to convert color materials into a suitable format for use in the converted file.

Extension	KMZ
Full Name	Keyhole Markup Language
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml
Format	Binary

A KMZ, which is short for Keyhole Markup Zip, is a compressed ZIP file used to contain geographic files and data, including, but not limited to, 3D models, images, and terrain.

The 3D models that are included will use the popular DAE format, which is capable of storing animations, textures, and 3D geometry. Of course, the KMZ file uses the ZIP file format to compress all this data to reduce the final size.

KMZ files can be viewed using specialist software, or you can use our range of KMZ file converters to process KMZ files into other, more common formats.

Information for converting from DAE to KMZ

Your DAE file will be converted to a KMZ file using our unified 3D model and mesh conversion tool. Our DAE 3D tool performs accurate conversions of 3D elements such as vertices, faces, normals, and relevant material information. As DAE supports color materials and KMZ does not, our tool will not attempt to transfer any color information; your final 3D model will contain geometry data only.