STEPIMPORT_EXPORT
  TopoDS_Shape ImportSTEP (const TCollection_AsciiString& theFileName,
                       const TCollection_AsciiString& /*theFormatName*/,
                       TCollection_AsciiString&       theError,
                       const TDF_Label&               theShapeLabel)
  {
    MESSAGE("Import STEP model from file " << theFileName.ToCString());
    // Set "C" numeric locale to save numbers correctly
    //Kernel_Utils::Localizer loc;
    TopoDS_Shape aResShape;
    //VRV: OCC 4.0 migration
    STEPControl_Reader aReader;
    //VSR: 16/09/09: Convert to METERS
    Interface_Static::SetCVal("xstep.cascade.unit","M");
    Interface_Static::SetIVal("read.step.ideas", 1);
    Interface_Static::SetIVal("read.step.nonmanifold", 1);
    //VRV: OCC 4.0 migration
    TopoDS_Compound compound;
    BRep_Builder B;
    B.MakeCompound(compound);
    try {
#if OCC_VERSION_LARGE > 0x06010000
      OCC_CATCH_SIGNALS;
#endif
      IFSelect_ReturnStatus status = aReader.ReadFile(theFileName.ToCString());

      if (status == IFSelect_RetDone) {
        Standard_Boolean failsonly = Standard_False;
        aReader.PrintCheckLoad(failsonly, IFSelect_ItemsByEntity);
        /* Root transfers */
        Standard_Integer nbr = aReader.NbRootsForTransfer();
        aReader.PrintCheckTransfer(failsonly, IFSelect_ItemsByEntity);

        for (Standard_Integer n = 1; n <= nbr; n++) {
          Standard_Boolean ok = aReader.TransferRoot(n);
          /* Collecting resulting entities */
          Standard_Integer nbs = aReader.NbShapes();
          if (!ok || nbs == 0)
          {
            // THROW_SALOME_CORBA_EXCEPTION("Exception catched in GEOM_Gen_i::ImportStep", SALOME::BAD_PARAM);
            continue; // skip empty root
          }
          /* For a single entity */
          else if (nbr == 1 && nbs == 1) {
            aResShape = aReader.Shape(1);
            // ATTENTION: this is a workaround for mantis issue 0020442 remark 0010776
            // It should be removed after patching OCCT for bug OCC22436
            // (fix for OCCT is expected in service pack next to OCCT6.3sp12)
            if (aResShape.ShapeType() == TopAbs_COMPOUND) {
              int nbSub1 = 0;
              TopoDS_Shape currShape;
              TopoDS_Iterator It (aResShape, Standard_True, Standard_True);
              for (; It.More(); It.Next()) {
                nbSub1++;
                currShape = It.Value();
              }
              if (nbSub1 == 1)
                aResShape = currShape;
            }
            // END workaround
            break;
          }

          for (Standard_Integer i = 1; i <= nbs; i++) {
            TopoDS_Shape aShape = aReader.Shape(i);
            if (aShape.IsNull()) {
              // THROW_SALOME_CORBA_EXCEPTION("Null shape in GEOM_Gen_i::ImportStep", SALOME::BAD_PARAM) ;
              //return aResShape;
              continue;
            }
            else {
              B.Add(compound, aShape);
            }
          }
        }
        if (aResShape.IsNull())
          aResShape = compound;

        // BEGIN: Store names of sub-shapes from file
        TopTools_IndexedMapOfShape anIndices;
        TopExp::MapShapes(aResShape, anIndices);

        Handle(Interface_InterfaceModel) Model = aReader.WS()->Model();
        Handle(XSControl_TransferReader) TR = aReader.WS()->TransferReader();
        if (!TR.IsNull()) {
          Handle(Transfer_TransientProcess) TP = TR->TransientProcess();
          Handle(Standard_Type) tPD  = STANDARD_TYPE(StepBasic_ProductDefinition);
          Handle(Standard_Type) tShape  = STANDARD_TYPE(StepShape_TopologicalRepresentationItem);
          Handle(Standard_Type) tGeom  = STANDARD_TYPE(StepGeom_GeometricRepresentationItem);

          Standard_Integer nb = Model->NbEntities();
          for (Standard_Integer ie = 1; ie <= nb; ie++) {
            Handle(Standard_Transient) enti = Model->Value(ie);
            Handle(TCollection_HAsciiString) aName;
            if ( enti->IsKind( tShape ) || enti->IsKind(tGeom))
            {
              aName = Handle(StepRepr_RepresentationItem)::DownCast(enti)->Name();
            }
            else if (enti->DynamicType() == tPD)
            {
              Handle(StepBasic_ProductDefinition) PD =
                Handle(StepBasic_ProductDefinition)::DownCast(enti);
              if (PD.IsNull()) continue;

              Handle(StepBasic_Product) Prod = PD->Formation()->OfProduct();
              aName = Prod->Name();
            }
            else
            {
              continue;
            }
            if ( aName->UsefullLength() < 1 )
              continue;
            // skip 'N0NE' name
            if ( aName->UsefullLength() == 4 &&
                 toupper (aName->Value(1)) == 'N' &&
                 toupper (aName->Value(2)) == 'O' &&
                 toupper (aName->Value(3)) == 'N' &&
                 toupper (aName->Value(4)) == 'E')
              continue;

            // special check to pass names like "Open CASCADE STEP translator 6.3 1"
            TCollection_AsciiString aSkipName ("Open CASCADE STEP translator");
            if (aName->Length() >= aSkipName.Length()) {
              if (aName->String().SubString(1, aSkipName.Length()).IsEqual(aSkipName))
                continue;
            }
            TCollection_ExtendedString aNameExt (aName->ToCString());

            // find target shape
            Handle(Transfer_Binder) binder = TP->Find(enti);
            if (binder.IsNull()) continue;
            TopoDS_Shape S = TransferBRep::ShapeResult(binder);
            if (S.IsNull()) continue;

            // as PRODUCT can be included in the main shape
            // several times, we look here for all iclusions.
            Standard_Integer isub, nbSubs = anIndices.Extent();
            for (isub = 1; isub <= nbSubs; isub++)
            {
              TopoDS_Shape aSub = anIndices.FindKey(isub);
              if (aSub.IsPartner(S)) {
                TDF_Label L;
                if (enti->IsKind(tGeom)) {
                  // check all named shapes using iterator
                  TDF_ChildIDIterator anIt (theShapeLabel, TDataStd_Name::GetID(), Standard_True);
                  for (; anIt.More(); anIt.Next()) {
                    Handle(TDataStd_Name) nameAttr =
                      Handle(TDataStd_Name)::DownCast(anIt.Value());
                    if (nameAttr.IsNull()) continue;
                    TDF_Label Lab = nameAttr->Label();
                    Handle(TNaming_NamedShape) shAttr; 
                    if (Lab.FindAttribute(TNaming_NamedShape::GetID(), shAttr) && shAttr->Get().IsEqual(aSub))
                      L = Lab;
                  }
                }
                // create label and set shape
                if (L.IsNull())
                {
                  TDF_TagSource aTag;
                  L = aTag.NewChild(theShapeLabel);
                  TNaming_Builder tnBuild (L);
                  //tnBuild.Generated(S);
                  tnBuild.Generated(aSub);
                }
                // set a name
                TDataStd_Name::Set(L, aNameExt);
              }
            }
          }
        }
        // END: Store names
      }
      else {
//        switch (status) {
//        case IFSelect_RetVoid:
//          theError = "Nothing created or No data to process";
//          break;
//        case IFSelect_RetError:
//          theError = "Error in command or input data";
//          break;
//        case IFSelect_RetFail:
//          theError = "Execution was run, but has failed";
//          break;
//        case IFSelect_RetStop:
//          theError = "Execution has been stopped. Quite possible, an exception was raised";
//          break;
//        default:
//          break;
//        }
        theError = "Wrong format of the imported file. Can't import file.";
        aResShape.Nullify();
      }
    }
    catch (Standard_Failure) {
      Handle(Standard_Failure) aFail = Standard_Failure::Caught();
      theError = aFail->GetMessageString();
      aResShape.Nullify();
    }
    // Return previous locale
    return aResShape;
  }