COLLADA ZAE archive MIME Type

Learn what model/x-zae identifies, how COLLADA ZAE archive files are encoded, and how Poly supports them.

MIME type details for model/x-zae

In active use
MIME typemodel/x-zae
Extensions
.zae
First standardizedUnknown
Created byKhronos Group
Browser support
Example applicationsSketchUp, COLLADA tools
Poly supportPartial. Poly recognizes this 3D media type and processes supported files.
Indexed by PolyYes. Poly indexes filenames and visual similarity for processed geometry; scene counts are displayed in Details.
Preview in PolyPartial. Poly provides an interactive preview for supported constructs.
Poly agentYes. An optimized rendition of the 3D object or scene is provided to the agent, allowing compact yet information-rich multimodal interaction with 3D files.

What does model/x-zae mean?

ZAE is COLLADA’s Zipped Exchange Archive format. Khronos lists compressed archives as a COLLADA 1.5 enhancement and describes ZAE as packaging a COLLADA document with its assets.1

The associated extensions are .zae. The media type identifies this format family; it does not convert bytes or guarantee support for every feature.

Poly support

Poly can recognize this type as 3D content, index filenames and visual similarity for processed geometry; scene counts are displayed in the Details panel, and provide an interactive preview when the file imports successfully. An optimized rendition of the 3D object or scene is provided to the agent, allowing compact yet information-rich multimodal interaction with 3D files.

Opening and conversion

Use SketchUp or another format-aware tool when preserving editability matters. Modern interchange formats can be useful destinations, but conversion may discard application-specific scene data.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.khronos.org/collada/?t=64.
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