Description

Document importer plug-in which is able to load COLLADA (*.dae) files.

What this plug-in support

Hierarchy and Transformations
- Translation
- Scaling
- Rotation
- Skewing
- Static object instantiation: Instances of static objects. Such an object can have multiple transforms
- Transform with no geometry: It must be possible to transform something with no geometry (e.g., locator, NULL)
Vertex Attributes
Loading of texture files into a corresponding Bitmap plugin (jpg, png, tiff, bmp)
Scene Data
- Empty nodes
- Cameras

What this plug-in don't support yet

Parenting
Texture-mapping method: A texture-mapping method (cylindrical, spherical, etc.)
Transparency / reflectivity: Additional material parameters for transparency and reflectivity
Materials and Textures
- RGB textures
- RGBA textures
- Baked Procedural Texture Coordinates
- Common profile material: (PHONG, LAMBERT, etc.)
- Per-face material
Animation
Lights (semi-implemented still on development)

How to use it

This is an application plug-in type. It can be loaded from the Import button on the top menubar. To load a COLLADA file simply open the Import file chooser.

File->Import

On the file chooser there will be a combo box of the type of file to import, select collada and open the file to load. Please note that due to differences in the coordinate systems, the geometry might not be seen at first, this might be because either the geometry is too small or too big so try zooming in or out until you see the loaded geometry.