STL to DAE
Please find below the list of our other useful resources related to STL and DAE interoperability and exchange that could help you with the STL to DAE conversion.
STL File
STL (STereoLithography) is a file format developed by 3D Systems company, the world leader in the 3D printing industry. STL files contain triangular mesh only, without face color, texture, transparency and named groups data. While it is possible to assign RGB color value for each individual vertex, Autoconverter our STL file converter doesn't support this STL file extension. You can save STL files in binary or ASCII text file format, with the preference for the former one due to significant STL file size reduction. The triangles in STL files are always defined in millimeters therefore our STL converters will make the necessary unit conversion if required.
DAE Collada File
DAE (Collada) file extension is a Digital Asset Exchange file used by many 3D software products as the main file format to exchange digital assets e.q. textures, geometries or just bitmap images. DAE file format is capable of storing multiple texture images with the corresponding texture coordinates, color transparency and named groups hierarchy. Our DAE file converters either Autoconverter or Autoshaper, can process your Collada DAE files thanks to OpenCOLLADA open framework which allows us to read and write to Collada DAE file format in an easy and efficient way.