Can Blender export to the COLLADA format?

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I tried going to File → Export, but COLLADA was not an option.

I'm using Blender 2.66.1 on Ubuntu 13.04.

Interesting. Should be there. It's the first option for me. Blender 2.67a — Daniel, May 23 '13 at 14:44
Can you try this on the latest version and update your answer? Where did you install Blender from? The Irie PPA? — A Wild RolandiXor Has Appeared, May 23 '13 at 14:54
Yes, it can. Make sure you're using blender official from http://blender.org — aditia, May 23 '13 at 14:57
Are you sure that you went to the 'export' menu and not 'save as'? I also saw "Collada (Default) (.dae)" as my first option. Blender 2.66a — Gwen, May 23 '13 at 14:59
As @aditia mentions, official builds (http://www.blender.org) have COLLADA option enabled by default. If you get builds from other locations (apt sources, graphicall.org, other linux distros) you might get one that doesn't have it turned on. — jesterKing, May 23 '13 at 22:04
collada is a build-option, unofficial builds may disable it. — ideasman42, May 24 '13 at 01:07
FYI: I also have blender 2.66 from the ubuntu repositories and it does not have the collada exporter. I will try irie's PPA — cheshirekow, Sep 09 '13 at 17:32
Debian's blender is built without COLLADA support, there's an old bug/whish but guess didn't gone far, in 2.71 still miss, that's annoying because seem the standard to export to three.js #694879 — Alex, Sep 22 '14 at 00:00

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:57

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I use Blender builds from the irie PPA, and I have it by default:

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Installing from the PPA:

Add the PPA: ppa:irie/blender (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:irie/blender)
Update your sources (Ubuntu Software Center does this automatically, but you will need to do it manually if adding from the command line). (sudo apt-get update)
Install blender (this package is 2.6x from git) (sudo apt-get install blender)

More info: https://askubuntu.com/questions/169542/how-do-i-install-the-latest-blender-3d-builds-from-a-ppa

Collada support is enabled and available in these builds.

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:57

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answered May 23 '13 at 15:08

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Thank you! I was using the default provided in the Ubuntu Software Center. With the version from the irie PPA, everything works. – Inkbug May 23 '13 at 16:30
I wasn't sure you wanted commandline stuff, but I see you added it ;) – A Wild RolandiXor Has Appeared May 23 '13 at 16:43

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 21 '23 at 12:52

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Your build probably wasn't compiled with COLLADA support, otherwise it should be there. Make sure you download an official release from the official site.

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 30 '13 at 18:08

Collada file export should come with Blender 2.66a. However, if it isn't installed, there are a number of external plug-ins you can use to get full-featured Collada compatibility.

The best one of these you can download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/colladablender/.

If that doesn't work for you, you can always try exporting to one of the other file type options, and then using an external program to import/convert into a Collada file.

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Please note: the above link points to a blender 2.49 script. it will not work with recent Blender versions!

Can Blender export to the COLLADA format?

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Installing from the PPA:

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