# How to read and render the file which format is dae using VTK

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-and-render-the-file-which-format-is-dae-using-vtk/9673>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** file-formats\
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-and-render-the-file-which-format-is-dae-using-vtk/9673 "2022-10-25T09:48:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![zyxgis](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zyxgis](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/zyxgis)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-and-render-the-file-which-format-is-dae-using-vtk/9673/1 "2022-10-25T09:48:36Z")

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i have a file which format is dae (COLLADA), i want to render it with VTK, but i cannot find the related classes, how to solve the problem?

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**Author:** ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-and-render-the-file-which-format-is-dae-using-vtk/9673/2 "2022-10-25T10:04:46Z")

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If you want just to visualize, F3D has a .dae reader: [F3D](https://f3d-app.github.io/f3d/)

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**Author:** ![zyxgis](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zyxgis](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/zyxgis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-and-render-the-file-which-format-is-dae-using-vtk/9673/3 "2022-10-27T07:08:50Z")

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thank you for your help