So out of no where I have a Collada folder installed on my mac, and I can guarantee it was no one in this household so I am confused...
does this software come pre installed with mac or was it somehow downloaded onto my mac?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 8.3
Do you have Photoshop installed? If so, blame Adobe.
No I do not have photoshop, is it an adobe program? thanks by the way for responding!
COLLADA (from collaborative design activity) is an interchange file format for interactive 3Dapplications. It is managed by the nonprofit technology consortium, the Khronos Group, and has been adopted by ISO as a publicly available specification, ISO/PAS 17506.[1]
COLLADA defines an open standard XML schema for exchanging digital assets among various graphics software applications that might otherwise store their assets in incompatible file formats. COLLADA documents that describe digital assets are XML files, usually identified with a .dae(digital asset exchange) filename extension.
from Wikipedia
Or perhaps it was one of these:
Software tools[edit]
COLLADA was originally intended as an intermediate format for transporting data from one digital content creation (DCC) tool to another application. Applications exist to support the usage of several DCCs, including:
- 3ds Max (ColladaMax)
- Adobe Photoshop
- Allplan
- ArtiosCAD
- Blender
- Bryce
- Carrara
- Cheddar Cheese Press (model processor)
- Chief Architect Software
- Cinema 4D (MAXON)
- CityEngine
- CityScape
- Clara.io
- Cura
- DAZ Studio
- E-on Vue 9 xStream
- Esko Studio
- FreeCAD
- FormZ
- GPure
- Houdini (Side Effects Software)
- iBooks Author
- LightWave 3D (v 9.5)
- MakeHuman
- Maya (ColladaMaya)
- MeshLab
- Mobile Model Viewer (Android)
- Modo
- Okino PolyTrans for bidirectional Collada conversions
- OpenRAVE
- Poser Pro (v 7.0)
- Presagis Creator
- Robot Operating System
- SAP Visual Enterprise Author
- Shade 3D (E Frontier, Mirye)
- SketchUp (v 8.0) – KMZ file is a zip file containing a KML file, a COLLADA file, and texture images
- Softimage|XSI
- Strata 3D
- Ürban PAD
- Vectorworks
- Visual3D Game Development Tool for Collada scene and model viewing, editing, and exporting
- Wings 3D
- Xcode (v 4.4)
Game engines[edit]
Although originally intended as an interchange format, many game engines now support COLLADA natively, including:
- Ardor3D
- Blender Game Engine
- C4 Engine
- CryEngine 2
- GamePlay
- GLGE
- Irrlicht Engine
- Panda3d
- SceneKit
- ShiVa
- Spring
- Torque 3D
- Turbulenz
- Unigine
- Unity
- Unreal Engine
- Vanda Engine
- Visual3D Game Engine
- Neoaxis 3d Game Engine
- HPL Engine
Applications[edit]
Some games and 3D applications have started to support COLLADA:
- ArcGIS
- Autodesk InfraWorks
- Google Earth (v 4) – users can simply drag and drop a COLLADA file on top of the virtual Earth
- Kerbal Space Program - .dae files for 3d model mods.
- Maple (software) - 3D plots can be exported as COLLADA
- Open Wonderland
- OpenSimulator
- Mac OS X 10.6's Preview
- NASA World Wind
- SAP Visual Enterprise Author – supports import and export .dae files.
- Second Life
- SketchUp - import .dae files.
- Systems Tool Kit (STK) - utilizes .dae files for 3d models
- TNTmips
Wow thank you for all the info! So then I guess that it is not an apple folder nothing having to do with it guess. So its safe to delete it then. Thank you so much!!!
It would be fine to delete it out of the Applications folder, if you have not installed ANY of the packages listed.
DO NOT reach into any other System Folders to delete it, or any of its parts. That is just asking for trouble.
Ok I see. Thank you so much for the help! 😀
Why is Collada on my mac?
