I used to use the settings that PhilC is using, but then suddenly habware plugin decided not to scale down by 1000 for some reason so now just use import and outport scale as 1.. but when I import a .obj I select it in Max (using th e H key select dialog) and right click the scale button to get the scale type in dialog and set the scale for x y and z all to 100,000 % this lets you see and work on the model ok.. but I remember someone posting a better scal factor (400 odd I think ) that should actually convert poser metres to 3ds metres.. anyway if you use Max to do the scaling before export you must use the scale type in to set the scale back to 100%. Best wishes