why daz removed the stl and vrml import in carrara 6 pro?

I have to import my geometry from CAD (Alibre, Solid Edge, IDEAS, NX5) by using STL.

Step (203,214) doesn't work (get an error massage while importing).  In C5P i am able to  import the step files!?
www.3dn-daten.de/alles/lego.stp

www.3dn-daten.de/alles/lego_203.stp
 

Parts imported by IGES are bad for morph areas => group with hunderts of faces.

STL is a very simple (not complicated) format.

My mind: A animation/rendering  suite must have as much as possible import formats.

Best regards

Edmund Neumann

Edmund,

My experience is very similar to yours, although I don't recall testing STEP import in C5Pro.

In C5Pro I found STL to be the most reliable choice for importing from CAD software. IGES occasionally would produce acceptable results. VRML was acceptable ONLY if the object had a low poly count and I needed textures. DXF and DWG usually produced the worst quality import.

I have yet to try importing any CAD files in C6Pro, but if some import formats have been eliminated, this will be a problem in getting good CAD geometry into Carrara.

I'm going to try some CAD models in C5Pro and C6Pro for comparison. I will report any issues on the daz bugtracker http://forum.daz3d.com/bugs/login_page.php, and suggest anyone else needing reliable CAD file import to do the same.

Chris