When I want to uniformly scale something I change the value in the global scale parameter in the properties tray. Your grouping thing is a cool idea but not completely necessary. Nice tip. When I fuss with the preview window, I make sure the object I'm working on is selected. The centerpoint of the selected object is considered the "pivot" point the camera rotates around when changing the view. It's really discouraging sometimes but that's what I percieve how it works. When you know that's what's happening, you can understand what you're doing when dealing with the position controls. When my viewpoint gets so danged whacked I can't figure it anymore, I pull the plug, close and reload. Not elegant but it works and it isn't that bad. Ken has the same idea I have when things get nasty. -Kix

-Kix