1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/io/stl/importer/stl_import_mesh.cc b/source/blender/io/stl/importer/stl_import_mesh.cc
index de993cd2f27..b8ebba380ef 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/stl/importer/stl_import_mesh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/stl/importer/stl_import_mesh.cc
@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ Mesh *STLMeshHelper::to_mesh(Main *bmain, char *mesh_name)
   id_us_min(&mesh->id);
 
   mesh->totvert = verts_.size();
-  CustomData_add_layer(&mesh->vdata, CD_MVERT, CD_SET_DEFAULT, nullptr, mesh->totvert);
-  MutableSpan<MVert> verts = mesh->verts_for_write();
-  for (int i = 0; i < mesh->totvert; i++) {
-    copy_v3_v3(verts[i].co, verts_[i]);
-  }
+  CustomData_add_layer_named(
+      &mesh->vdata, CD_PROP_FLOAT3, CD_CONSTRUCT, nullptr, mesh->totvert, "position");
+  mesh->positions_for_write().copy_from(verts_);
 
   mesh->totpoly = tris_.size();
   mesh->totloop = tris_.size() * 3;