This is the project website for the Collada 1.4.1 Plug-in for Blender.

This plug-in is a script for Blender to import from and export to the Collada 1.4 format. The plug-in is a python script which runs through the Blender Python Interpretor. If you want more information about this project check the info page.

To support this open source project, please consider to make a donation! Thanks!

Latest version: July 9, 2007 - 0.3.159

July 7th, 2007 - Major upgrades! 

It is now possible to animate rather basic skeletal objects and export them. Importing animated skeletal objects does not work yet.  Also you can now export the materials applied to a textured object. The object must be textured and you must have the "Use UV" option selected for this to work.

Other changes also include exporting and importing of object properties.  If you select an object and add goto the logic pane, your properties that are added there will be accessible via the extras tag for that scene graph node.

Countless other bug fixes and stability issues were also addressed in this release.  Including accidently overriding files from your last export.  The default file location is now a combination of your last known exported directory and the name of the current file you are trying to export.

Very BIG thanks to Nightst4r! 

September 15, 2006 - Export Skinned Geometry!

From today it's also possible to export Skinned Meshes! Animation of these armatures is not supported yet.

August 31, 2006 - Import Skinned Geometry!

Importing Skinned Meshes is now possible! Download the latest release and let me know if you like it.

June 09, 2006 - Physics support now available!

Basic support for Physics is available in the latest release of the plug-in! For more information about physics and a standalone physics viewer check the website of Erwin Coumans at bullet.sourceforge.net.

July 04, 2006 - Animation support coming up!

www.programmeerzomer.nl, the Dutch version of "Summer of Code" has accepted my proposal to add Animation support for this plugin! Check the dedicated Animation page on this website for more info.

May 18, 2006 - Version 0.2 is released.

Version 0.2 of the Collada 1.4 Plug-in for Blender is released today. UV and Material support are the biggest improvements. Check the downloads section for more info. Thanks for your feedback and submitted bugs on the Bug Tracker.

March 20, 2006 - Illusoft on blendernation.com

The excellent website www.blendernation.com posted a nice article about Illusoft and it's relation to Blender. Check it out!

March 19, 2006 - And then there was light...

Yeah, here it is! The first public release of this plug-in Check the downloads section. A lot of features are not implemented yet, but it's a good start. Please use the Bug Tracker and the Forum to help us improve this plug-in and keep the community alive. When you have collada files that won't work with the plug-in, please upload them using the Bug Tracker. For feature requests please use the Forum.

March 17, 2006 - Website upgraded

The forum and bug tracking system are online!

March 15, 2006 - Launch project website

We're proud to announce the new project website for the Collada plug-in Here you can find everything you want to know about this project.

Feel free to give us feedback and suggestions!

- Pieter Visser

March 06, 2006 - Illusoft goes Collada

The development of the COLLADA 1.4.0 plug-in has been taken up by Illusoft! We will provide you with the first working version as soon as possible.