Clint, I don't have any problems naming polygons in the vertex modeler, but splitting up an object into two polymeshes bugged me for a long time. I finaly found that after you select and detach the polygons all you have to do is use the cut and paste functions. When you paste the polygons back into the vertex modeler Carrara will allow you to give the polymesh a name. As for the zoom to selected I could never get it to work in the vertex modeler either. Keith