LOL! No problem, Mike. Some days, I'm lucky if I remember my own name! :) And yes, I see what you meant, so here's another brief tip that might help you get through the effort quicker. Vue already has several color maps available. So the easiest/fastest way to add materials to the new material-less models, just to improve the preview image... 1 - select the object (or portion of the object) 2 - in the Material Editor (on the right) above the World Browser, right-click and choose Edit Material. 3 - the first tab will be the Color tab. Right-click on the color map (which is likely showing the default beige) and select Load New Color Map 4 - Vue will autmagically point you to the preset color maps. You might prefer to work with the solid colors. Pick one, any one. 5 - move on to the next object (or object portion) and do the same until the object is completely colored 6 - now save the object and it won't be a plain white/beige appearance in the preview image any longer Here's another tip, since you mentioned the memos I add to my objects. If you need to re-save an object (or atmosphere or material, etc.) that had a memo, if you don't include the memo when you re-save, it will vanish. Oh dear! But it's easy to work around that problem. When re-saving, navigate to the directory where the item belongs (if necessary), then click ONCE on the previously saved item in the list. This autmagically puts the memo back into place. Then say OK, and Vue will ask if you want to overwrite the previous item, say yes, and it's done -- and the memo remains. Hm, maybe I oughta start keeping notes of this stuff myself! LOL! :)