I wouldn't hold newtek to the collada format import too soon.. I've been waiting almost 2 years now for the new improvements were were supposed to see in Modeler with the last release.

That could actually be a lot of the issues of EF working with Newtek.. newtek's heads are so far up their @$$es that they can't keep them out long enough to give EF the info they need.

Bear in mind I go back to Lightwave 1.0, and I was a HUGE lightwave supported fo ralmost 20 years now, but they jumped the shark a few years ago, and have never gotten back on track.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.