The current Collada implementation in LightWave is Version 1.4.1. COLLADA 1.4 is the stable release of the specification that has been widely adopted by the video game, digital entertainment, and GIS industries. This version of COLLADA supports geometry meshes, skinning, morphing, animation, physics, shaders and effects.
COLLADA™ defines an XML-based schema to make it easy to transport 3D assets between applications, enabling diverse 3D authoring and content processing tools to be combined into a production pipeline.
The intermediate language provides comprehensive encoding of visual scenes including: geometry, shaders and effects, physics, animation, kinematics, and even multiple version representations of the same asset.COLLADA FX enables leading 3D authoring tools to work effectively together to create shader and effects applications and assets to be authored and packaged using OpenGL® Shading Language, Cg, CgFX, and DirectX® FX.
COLLADA defines an XML Namespace and database schema to make it easy to transport 3D assets between applications without loss of information, enabling diverse 3D authoring and processing tools to be combined into a content production pipeline.
COLLADA 1.4 Features
Core Feature Enhancements
Mesh geometry
Skinning
Morphing
Animation
Assets
Data validation
For more information visit The Khronos Group website here.
Collada Import
Collada objects can be imported directly into Layout and Modeler.
Collada Export
The exporter for Collada will save as a .dae file and offers the opportunity to scale the scene for use with other applications.
