Krimpr: Thanks for the input, but as a long-time animator, this was my very next choice. Unfortunately, Vue has a mind of it's own, and alters the numbers once you move the timeline, to reflect the "shorter" path. I can't believe no one has commented on this seemingly bassackward mechanism. Maybe most users of Vue have never used other "normal" 3D software before? As I said, this is but one of a number of strange (and some very annoying) attributes of Vue I am finding. The biggest of which is stability ... but that's another thread. -Tim