BDAE Converter

Extract text from Binary COLLADA models (BDAE)


Drop or upload your .BDAE file
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How to extract text from your BDAE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BDAE file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BDAE to another file type

To convert BDAE 3D models to another format, you need Blender or other 3D software.

Convert a file to BDAE

To convert other file formats to the "Binary 3D Model" file type, you need software like Blender or a similar tool.


About BDAE files

A .BDAE file is a compiled binary 3D model and asset container. It is primarily used by Nintendo as a Binary COLLADA file to store compressed 3D geometry for console games. Additionally, Gameloft uses the .BDAE extension for proprietary game data archives containing meshes, textures, and visual effects in mobile titles. These are closed, proprietary formats. Standard 3D software cannot open them out of the box because the data is packed or quantized to save disk space and optimize loading times. The main disadvantage is that editing requires reverse-engineered community plugins for tools like Blender. Users typically want to convert .BDAE to standard DAE, OBJ, or FBX formats. However, conversion often strips game-specific metadata, shaders, or custom rigging. Because this file format is difficult to open or convert, standard online converters fail to process it. Often, only the original software or specialized modding scripts can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BDAE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert BDAE file to , you can use Blender or similar software from the "Proprietary 3D Asset Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BDAE, try Blender or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary 3D Asset Storage" category.



The BDAE Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BDAE converter.