Free SKP to DAE converter
Convert SketchUp files to COLLADA (.dae)
Drop in a .skp and download a zip with the .dae and every texture, with repeated components written once. No SketchUp, no sign-up, and the file stays on your device.
How to convert SKP to DAE
- Click Choose a .skp file above, or drag the file onto the box.
- Wait while your browser reads the model and writes the COLLADA file.
- Click Download .zip, unzip it, and import the .dae into your 3D app with the textures folder next to it.
What's in the download
- model.dae: COLLADA 1.4.1, the version nearly every importer reads. Metres, Z up, with normals and texture coordinates.
- textures/: the original texture images from the .skp, as JPEG or PNG.
What carries over, and what doesn't
- Kept: geometry at real size, colors, textures and their placement, transparency, group and component names, and the group and component structure.
- Written once: a group or component used in several places is stored once in the file and placed with a transform each time.
- Not kept: edges and lines with no face, tags, scenes, dimensions and text. Hidden geometry is left out, the same way SketchUp leaves it off screen.
COLLADA names can't contain spaces, so a component called "Back panel" is written as "Back_panel".
How we checked it
We converted a 20 MB house model saved in SketchUp 2026. The zip came out at 14.5 MB with 325,669 triangles, 119 materials and 45 texture images, and 59 repeated components were written once each. The .dae validates against the official COLLADA 1.4.1 schema, and pycollada, an independent COLLADA reader, loads it with no errors and the same triangle count and model size.
Other ways to get a DAE from SketchUp
- SketchUp desktop exports COLLADA (File › Export › 3D Model), including the free SketchUp Make 2017. It needs the file to open in your SketchUp first.
- Going to Blender, a game engine or the web? The SKP to GLB converter packs everything into one file and is better supported by current tools.
- Need OBJ? The SKP to OBJ converter gives you the .obj, .mtl and textures in one zip.
Going the other way?
To bring a COLLADA file into SketchUp, use the DAE to SKP converter. And if your SketchUp won't open a .skp because it was saved in a newer version, convert it to your SketchUp version (first file free).
SKP to DAE questions
Is this SKP to DAE converter free?
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Yes. There's no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit. The conversion runs on your own device, so there's nothing for us to charge for.
Is my SketchUp file uploaded?
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No. Your browser reads the .skp and writes the DAE itself. We never receive the model.
Are textures included?
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Yes. The download is a zip with the .dae and a textures folder holding every image the model uses. Keep them together after unzipping: the .dae points to the images by their place in the folder.
Are components kept?
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A group or component that appears more than once is written once and placed at each spot, the standard COLLADA way. Apps that understand COLLADA instancing keep the copies linked; geometry is never duplicated in the file.
What units and axes does the DAE use?
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Metres, with Z as the up axis, the same as SketchUp's own export. Both are written into the file, so importing apps rescale and turn the model upright on their own.
Can I open the DAE in Blender?
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Not in Blender 5.0 or later, which dropped COLLADA support. For Blender, use the SKP to GLB converter instead: GLB imports in every current Blender with textures and components intact.
Which SketchUp versions does it read?
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Files from current SketchUp releases, including the 2021-and-later file format, and older files back to classic versions like SketchUp 8.
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