I made a MAT with 2 materials, each one from a different figure, and it works, although you have to select the figures separately and apply the MAT to each. The problem is..... the MAT adds the material which isn't in the figure, to the figure, if you know what I mean. I used 'back' and 'front' in the MAT. One figure had a 'back' material, the other a 'front'. After applying the MAT, each figure has a new material appended at the end of it's list, front or back, according to whichever one it DIDN'T have before. The new material doesn't do anything, of course, but if you save the figure, it retains the new material. Mixing materials would be useful to me, if I could figure how to NOT get a new material added. Any suggestions? mac