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title: "COLLADA 1.4 Import"
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description: "This page describes the COLLADA 1.4 import in Cinema 4D. It loads .dae files with geometry, cameras, lights and animation — a common bridge from older …"
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# COLLADA 1.4 Import

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page describes the **COLLADA 1.4 import** in **Cinema 4D**. It loads .dae files with geometry, cameras, lights and animation — a common bridge from older exchange pipelines.

Cinema 4D supports the following elements for import:

- Materials (see "Export" for details)
- Layer names and layer assignment
- Hierarchies
- All types of geometry (polylist, polygons, triangles, tristrips, lines, linestrips (the last two as Splines)), incl. N-Gons, Normals and UV coordinates.
- Instances
- Splines
- Lights
- Cameras
- Joints (with links/skinning)
- Animations (Position, Scale, Rotation)