As a note, Wings3D will order items in this manner -- and when an item which has the fragmentation issue in it is loaded into wings (such as, yes, v3 and the mil folk), it will split all those parts up into hundreds (in some cases, thousands) of distinct parts. Forgive me -- I have note read the whole thread, only the first ten or so posts, and would like to note that I've been dealing with this for about three years now, and never realized this connection. Anton -- sharp!

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)