I tried this again, and this time it didn't hang up. It's been draping for over ten minutes, but it's clearly at work... But to answer your questions (in case something jumps out as obviously stupid in my process): The clothe does intersect the figure. I'm trying to get a basic skirt together, and while I built a whole in the middle of it, I'm sure that it is smaller than the figure's torso. You know, I'm not doing an animation, and right now I'm just trying to get a test to work, so everything is at the default except for the frame numbers, which I've set all to one (from one to one, and drape from one). Is that not how I should be setting that? I really appreciate the help -- it would be great if the manual were a bit more useful...