I use Blender, and it seems that editing meshes is stupid:

• Open mesh in Nifskope
  
• Edit mesh data and save
  
• Import .nif in Blender 2.49
  
• Save
  
• Open mesh in newer Blender version
  
• Edit mesh and save
  
• Open mesh in Blender 2.49 again
  
• Export as .nif
  
• Open .nif in Nifskope
  
• Edit data and save

So many stupid steps. Has everyone working on Skyrim tools slipped into a comma?

There has to be a better way, I'm going nuts!