Hi Deb! Mainly, it has to do with the fact that things like .obj, .3ds, and so on, while considered 'standards', have actually changed over time, and the importers that Vue (name your flavor) uses work best with the formats as they were when the importer was liscenced. A .3ds file from 3years ago apparently can be enough different from one created 3 weeks ago that you get problems. About the only thing I can say so far as a release date is 'when it's fixed as good as we can get it'. Nobody was happy with things the way they went, and all concerned are determined to make sure the relaunch and update release goes smoothly.