Rynn, There seems to be a bit more to it than that though. For one thing, DXF format has no UV coordinates, which is why you can't texture it. Also, there appear to be many various different types of DXF, at least one of which is not compatible with Vue. But don't worry...DXF seems as though it's being phased out in favor of 3DS, and OBJ. There's also always the possibility that a file may have been corrupted during the download. It seems to be almost rare, but it happens. And then again, people screw up from time to time. (yes, believe it or not!) As Lynn said, .OBJ is a VERY good bet in terms of Vue compatibility. As far as I can tell, the most common 3D file formats are, .OBJ, .3DS, .LWO (somewhat rare), and .DXF. There are also various offshoots, such as .prj, .MAX, etc.. There are many freeware and shareware apps which can make conversions from one format to another, such as 3D Explorer and 3D Win, , to name a couple. In the case of DXF files, I personally like to convert them to .OBJ and then run them through Steve Cox' freeware app, UV Mapper, which can be used to then apply UV coordinates to them, and make them easy to texture, and very Vue-friendly. .OBJ is definitely the way to go, but 3DS seems to work well, too. I have some models which are 3DS, which I have had far better results with, rather than converting them to .OBJ. As far as DXF goes, I don't even bother...that is, if it's a DXF file I've downloaded, the first thing I'll do is to convert it to .OBJ, then send it through UV Mapper, save it again as .OBJ (UV Mapper can only open a .OBJ file), and take it from there. UV Mapper seems to somehow "fix" problems with .OBJ files also, by the way. You can find these apps here: UV Mapper: http://home.pb.net/~stevecox It's free, and there are some great tutorials at his site. Plus, Steve Cox is more than willing to answer any questions, through emails, and very quickly. :) 3D Exploration: http://www.xdsoft.com/explorer/ It's shareware and fully functional (it saves), but you have 30 days to check it out and decide if you like it. Most people seem to, and it works pretty well. 3D Win: http://www.stmuc.com/thbaier/index.html 3D Win is also shareware. Personally, though, I find the 3D Exploration/UV Mapper combination to be the best. One other thing I might mention, though, if you find some cool .3DS files you like, you might have trouble with them even with 3D Exploration: It seems some of them are enclosed in a 3D sphere, or are grouped with a semi-enclosed cube, kind of like a display case, or something. There's another freeware app called Anim8or ( http://www.anim8or.com ), which is very good for eliminating the excess stuff. I hope this info helps, and if you need more, please feel free to ask! :) Cheers, Mike