Sounds like "Duplicate" -- at least, whenever I use Duplicate, that's the result I get, a bunch of copies on top of each other. For Scatter, you need to set the coordinates of the "four corners" where you want the objects scattered. There's places on the popup window to type them in. Unless you're a math whiz, however, you might not know what numbers to type in. On the vuedesprit@yahoogroups.com list, I learned a much easier way of using Scatter. Create four copies of what you want to scatter, say Fir trees. Place the four Fir trees at the "four corners" of the area you want to scatter Fir trees around in. Then select all four and use Scatter. Fill in how many objects you want, and the coordinates will already be filled in for you. When doing this over a terrain, it's a good idea to place your four objects above the terrain. Once they've been scattered, select one at a time to drop them onto the terrain. (If you start with the "four corners" on the terrain, the scattered items will be at those heights and probably not where you want them.) I hope this makes sense okay. I had avoided Scatter until I learned this technique; this makes it so easy to use! :) Varian -- Treasures d'Esprit http://www.varian.net/dreamview/dreamtools/vue/