How can I convert my STL file to DAE?

Click the upload area and select your STL file. It opens and converts in your browser, so the file is not uploaded. When the STL to DAE conversion has finished, download your DAE file right away.

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

Most STL to DAE conversions complete in a few seconds for typical furniture-model files (a few MB; uploads up to 50 MB). The pipeline runs in your browser for most format pairs — no upload to a server, no roundtrip latency. For SKP, BLEND and FBX outputs the conversion runs server-side via the native Blender or SketchUp engine, with a hard 5-minute timeout per conversion; most server-side conversions finish in well under a minute.

What does the STL to DAE conversion preserve?

Materials, UV maps, vertex normals, and scene hierarchy are preserved wherever the DAE format supports them. STL is the exception — it is a geometry-only format by design and discards materials and UVs. GLB and GLTF preserve embedded textures inside the file; OBJ produces an accompanying MTL material descriptor; SKP groups components logically with materials applied; BLEND preserves the full Blender scene graph with modifiers.

How does converting STL to DAE work?

In order to successfully convert a STL formatted file to the DAE format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed a STL 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.

What if I don't have a STL file to convert yet?

Browse the FurniMesh 3D furniture library at https://furnimesh.com/library/ — every model exports as GLB, OBJ, SKP, or BLEND, and this converter can transform any of those to DAE. Or generate a custom 3D model from any furniture photo with the Image to 3D AI generator at https://furnimesh.com/image-to-3d/.

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STL to DAE Converter

Convert your STL files to DAE format for free. No sign up or credit card required.

Quick answer: To convert STL to DAE, upload your STL file and download the DAE in seconds — free, in your browser, with no sign-up or watermark. Textures, UVs and scene data carry over where present in the source.

Convert STL files to DAE format quickly and securely in your browser. Or skip the conversion entirely — browse the free 3D furniture library.

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How to convert STL to DAE

Upload your STL file — drag and drop it above, or click to browse. Files load instantly in your browser.
Confirm DAE as the output format and start the conversion. It runs in seconds; no account or payment is required.
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What is kept and what is lost converting STL to DAE?

Property	In STL	In DAE
Mesh geometry	Yes	Kept

DAE (COLLADA) is an open XML-based interchange format that stores geometry, materials, textures, rigging, animation and scene hierarchy.

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File Formats

File format information for STL and DAE

Detailed information about the source and target file formats, including their capabilities and specifications.

STL Format

Extension:STL

Full Name:Stereolithography

Type:3D Model

Mime Type:model/stl

Format:Binary

Opens With:3D Printers, Slicing Software

STL (Stereolithography): A file format (.stl) for 3D printing and CAD, representing surface geometry as a mesh of triangles. It's simple, widely supported, but lacks color or texture data.

STL Converter Capabilities

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

DAE Format

Extension:DAE

Full Name:COLLADA

Type:3D Model

Mime Type:application/octet-stream

Format:Binary

Opens With:Blender, Maya

DAE (Digital Asset Exchange): An open, XML-based file format (.dae) for 3D models, part of the COLLADA standard. It supports geometry, animations, and materials, used for interoperability between 3D tools.

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.

Information for converting from STL to DAE

About the STL to DAE converter

FurniMesh's STL to DAE converter runs entirely in your browser using a WebAssembly glTF/3D-mesh pipeline — your file never leaves your tab, and the conversion completes in seconds for typical furniture-model files. Materials, UV maps, and scene hierarchy are preserved wherever the DAE format supports them. There's no sign-up (up to 20 conversions a day) and no watermark; files up to 50 MB — practical limits depend on your browser's available memory.

FurniMesh natively outputs four formats — GLB, OBJ, SKP (SketchUp 2017+), and BLEND (Blender 3.0+). Bridge conversion via this converter additionally produces FBX, STL, GLTF, 3DM (Rhino), PLY and OFF, and reads IFC, DAE, 3DS and 3MF files. Use the converter to bridge between supported formats — or skip the conversion step entirely if you don't have a source file yet (the FurniMesh library ships every model in all four native formats pre-rendered).