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Feeling Snappy

The fastest COLLADA tools yet. 

Are you or your users tired of waiting for COLLADA files to import or export? Have you had out-of-memory problems processing very large scenes? Feeling Snappy is the answer you've been waiting for. It is a radically optimized version of our popular COLLADA tools relied upon by hundreds of game and film studios throughout the world.

Benefits at a glance

  • The same high-quality translators for Maya, 3ds Max and Motion Builder you’ve grown to love and rely on, now redesigned for amazing speed and improved memory usage.
  • 8 to 10 times faster: less delays, more productivity
  • 5 to 10 times more memory efficient: import and export extremely complex scenes at record speed
  • Up to 50% more memory available for your application after import, achieved through reduced memory fragmentation

Benefits for developers

  • Includes full source code and documentation for Snappy version of FCollada and COLLADA translators.
  • No changes to FCollada API: simply recompile and enjoy fast, memory-efficient performance through your whole pipeline.
  • Includes 2 hours of priority support (email or phone) at no extra charge. 

Feeling Snappy is a commercial product available in two versions.

  • Studio version: designed for medium and large studios who want fast and extremely robust COLLADA tools
  • SDK version: designed for application developers and ISVs who want their users to enjoy the ultimate experience in COLLADA support
  • We may consider offering single-user licenses of Snappy if there is sufficient demand.

Can't wait to get your hands on Snappy? Download the order forms and the full benchmarks.