heyas; wow, varian!!! :) thanks for all the cool stuff! mike: go to load an object, a vue object, and down under the list of categories, it says something like 'add.' you have to have a new directory pre-made. find that and add it (i think you can name it whatever you want), and then it will always appear in the vue object listings. (i think... you might have to save it somehow...) this also works with the materials. hint (from guitta): 'add' the vue plants directory; that's where they store their materials.