Thanx, Jackbox and ryamka. Tried your suggestions and it worked. Unfortunately, after all the effort the file does not appear useable within Poser in its present form. Can someone enlighten me as to what the heck a *3ds.asc file is? None of the converters I use have it listed as a format I can convert to or from. And neither Rhino or Amorphium wants anything to do with it. But, again, thanx for the help.